People in the United States honor their parents with 2 special days: Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May and Father's Day on the 3rd Sunday in June. These days are to show love and respect for parents. They raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens.They give love and care. These two days offer an opportunity to think about the changing roles of mothers and fathers. More mothers now work outside the home and more fathers must help with child-care.
These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother's Day, people wear carnations. A red one symbolizes a living mother. A white one shows that the mother is dead. Many people attend religious services to honor parents. It's also a day when people whose parents are dead visit the cemetery. On these days families get together at home as well as in restaurants. They often have outdoor barbecues for Father's Day. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.?
Another tradition is to give cards and gifts. Children make them in school. Many people make their own presents. These are more valued than those bought in stores. It's not the ?value? of the gift that is important, but “the thought that counts”. Greeting card stores,florists,candy makers, bakers, phone companies and other stores do lots of business during these holidays.?
小題1:Which is not a reason for children to show love and respect for parents?

A．Parents bring up children.?

B．Parents give love and care to children.?

C．Parents educate children to be good persons.?

D．Parents pass away before children grow up.?

小題2:What can we learn from the passage?

A．Both festivals are in May.?

B．Fewer women worked outside the home in the past.?

C．Not all the children respect their parents.?

D．Fathers are not as important as mothers at home.?

小題3:What do you know about “carnation”??

A．It only has two kinds of color.?

B．It refers to the special clothes people wear on Mother's Day.?

C．It's a kind of flower showing love and best wishes.?

D．People can wear them only on the second Sunday in May.?

小題4:On Mother's Day and Father's Day _______.

A．people usually have family parties

B．everyone goes to the cemetery?

C．children always go to parents' home

D．hand-made cards are the most valuable gifts?

A serious problem for today’s society is who should be responsible for our elderly and how to improve their lives. It is not only a financial problem but also a question of the system we want for our society. I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem.
First, employers should take the responsibility for their retried employees. To make this possible,  a percentage of profits should be set aside for this purpose. But when a company must  take life long responsibility for its employees, it may suffer from a commercial disadvantage due to higher employee costs.
Another way of solving the problem is to return the responsibility to the individual. This means each person must save during his working years to pay for his years of retirement. This does not seem a very fair model since some people have enough trouble paying for their daily life without trying to earn extra to cover their retirement years. This means the government might have to step in to care for the poor.
In addition, the government could take responsibility for the care of the elderly. This could be financed through government taxes to increase the level of pensions. Furthermore, some institutions should be created for senior citizens, which can help provide a comfortable life for them. Unfortunately , as the present situation in our country shows, this is not a truly viable  answer. The government can seldom afford to care for the elderly, particularly when it is busy trying to care for the young.
One further solution is that the government or social organizations establish some workplaces especially for the elderly where they are independent.
To sum up, all these options have advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that some combination of these options may be needed to provide the care we hope to give to our elderly generations.
小題1:What is the passage mainly about?

A．The problem faced by the old in society.

B．Why we should take responsibility for the old.

C．How we can improve the lives of the old

D．Where the old can go to get their pensions.

小題2:According to the passage, how can the government help to improve the lives of retired people?

A．Set aside some profits to help people with problems after they retire

B．Increase saving levels of people during their working years

C．Increase the discounts for food and transport for the old

D．Make available pensions for those who have retired

小題3:The underlined word “viable” most probably means ____.

A．impossible

B．practical

C．usefull

D．successful

小題4:What can be concluded from the passage?

A．Taking care of the old is mainly an issue of money

B．Employers should allow their workers to retire at a later age

C．Becoming independent should be the goal of most old people

D．There is no single solution to the problem of the old

小題5:What is the writer’s main purpose of writing this article?

A．To point out the need for government supporting for old people

B．To make general readers aware of the problems of retired people

C．To discuss some possible solutions to an important social problem

D．To instruct retired people on how they can have a happier life.

The Internet has led to a huge increase in credit-card(信用卡) fraud. Your card information could even be for sale in an illegal Web site(網(wǎng)站).Web sites offering cheap goods and services should be regarded with care. On-line shoppers who enter their credit-card information may never receive the goods they bought. The thieves then go shopping with your card number—or sell the information over the Internet.?
Computers hackers(黑客) have broken down security(安全) systems, raising questions about the safety of cardholder information. Several months ago,25 000 customers of CD Universe, an on-line music retailer(批發(fā)商),were not lucky. Their names,addresses and credit-card numbers were posted on a Web site after the retailer refused to pay US $157 828 to get back the information.?
Credit-card firms are now fighting against on-line fraud. MasterCard is working on plans for Web-only credit card, with a lower credit limit. The card could be used only for shopping on-line.
However, there are a few simple steps you can take to keep from being cheated.?
Ask about your credit-card firm's on-line rules: Under British law, cardholders are responsible?(對……負有責任的) for the first US $78 of any fraudulent spending.?
And shop only at secure sites: Send your credit-card information only if the Web site offers-advanced secure system.?
　　If the security is in place, a letter will appear in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. The Web site address may also start with https://—the extra “s” stands for secure. If in doubt, give your credit-card information over the telephone.?
Keep your password safe: Most online sites require a user name and password before placing an order. Treat your passwords with care.?
小題1:What do most people worry about the Internet according to this passage??

A．A lot of stolen credit-cards were sold on the Internet.?

B．Fraud on the Internet.?

C．Many Web sites are destroyed.?

D．Many illegal Web sites are on the Internet.

小題2:What is the meaning of “fraud”??

A．cheating

B．sale

C．payment

D．safety

小題3:How can the thieves get the information of the credit-card??
A. The customers give them the information.?
B. The thieves steal the information from Web sites.?
C. The customers sell the information to them.?
D. Both A and B.
小題4:How many pieces of advice does the passage give to you??

A．Four.

B．Three.

C．Five.

D．Six.

閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)所讀內容在文后的第76至85小題的空格上填上適當?shù)膯卧~或短語。每空不超過3個單詞。
The Gobi is one of the world’s great deserts. The desert basins of the Gobi are bounded(邊界限制) by the Altai mountains and the grasslands of Mongolia on the north and by the Tibetan Plateau(青藏高原) to the southwest.
The word Gobi means “desert” in Mongolian. The Gobi is most famous in history as part of the great Mongol empire, and as the area of several important cities along the Silk Road.
The Gobi measures over 1,600 km southwest to northeast and 800 km from north to south. The desert is widest in the west. It covers 1.3 million square kilometers in area, making it one the largest deserts in the world. Much of the Gobi is not sandy but is covered with rock. The desert holds so many animals, such as Gobi bear, the wild camel and the black-tailed gazelle(羚羊), and is sometimes visited by wolves. The Kerulen River is the Gobi’s largest stream. It flows into small salt lakes or disappears into the sand. Nearly all the soil here has been removed by the north-westerly winds. The sand and wind storms are common. The Gobi has cold winters and short, hot summers. The Gobi is crossed by a high way, which links Ulaanbaata with Jining, China.
    76       

77	one of the world’s great deserts, the Gobi,    78    by the Altai mountains and  on the north and by the Tibetan Plateau to the southwest, lies in the northwest of China.
79	the word of its name came from Mongolian. It acted     80    an important part in the history of great Mongol empire, which was famous for the Silk Road.
size	the west of the desert is widest. It covers1.3 million square kilometers,    81     over 1,600 km southwest to northeast and 800 km from north to south.
animals	many animals live on the desert, such as Gobi bear,    82    and the black-tailed gazelle, and is sometimes visited by wolves.
83	the Gobi    84    rock mostly, and the soil has been moved by the north-westerly wind. The largest stream is Kerulen River, which flows into    85     at last. The sandstorm, cold winters and short, hot summers are very common.

Since long ago,greeting cards have been considered a time-saver.More than 150 years ago,a busy Englishman,Sir Henry,asked a friend to design a card so that he didn't have to labour to write holiday letters to his friends at the end of the year.Those paper cards are now the tradition.
But time,like sunlight,is still in short supply for December.That's why the Internet is ready to make a change in holiday greeting customs.Already,those,who are always busy,like sending video greetings by e-mail.So,don't be surprised to find a lively card in your electronic mail box at the end of the year or at any time you should have one.
A recent survey by the Shared Greetings Company found 50 percent of all the Internet users will send online cards especially during the holiday seasons.“That is a lot easier,and it is lively,”said Carol,a New Yorker,who had stopped at the Shared Greetings Company demonstration() online.With her children's help,she sent her first e-card before Thanksgiving Day.“It was the first time I had done something like this;it's quite enjoyable,”she said.
“I will send online Christmas cards to my friends,”said Marcos,a 22-year-old student.“It costs so little and you can even send numbers of greetings at a time.”But he added “the e-card also has its limits,and I don't think it is ready to replace the paper card for the more formal or traditional occasions.For some people,I would rather buy paper cards and mail them traditionally.I believe it is more personal and respectful in that way,”he said.
Well,for those who are very busy but still prefer to do a lot of greetings to different receivers in the holiday season,the Internet may have another way.“Now you can use the Net to decide and send as many as 50 beautiful cards,which allows the buyer to choose the inside saying,as well as the ink colour and typeface,only costing about 30 minutes,”said Julie,vice-president of marketing for an electronic card company-Hallmark Company.“And if you are in less of a hurry,you can spend another 30 minutes sitting in your home or office to create a photo card,showing off your kids,your pets or even your new house-anything as your favorite design for your relatives and friends.”
小題1:How can we understand “But time,like sunlight,is still in short supply for December”in Paragraph 2?

A．December cannot supply enough time for people because the sunlight in this month is short.

B．People are always busy at the end of the year,so time is precious like the sunlight in winter.

C．Time is short at the end of the year,like the sunlight in December.

D．Time passes quickly like the sunlight in winter as December comes.

小題2:According to the 22-year-old student,he would probably mail e-cards to everyone except_________.

A．the members of his family

B．his girlfriend

C．the teachers who have taught him

D．his schoolmates

小題3:If you are quite busy,but having many greetings to send,which of the following is your best choice?

A．Ordering a lot of cards you like online and sending them from the post office.

B．Getting as many cards from your electronic mail box and mailing them on the Net.

C．Sitting and writing lots of beautiful cards at home and sending them just in a traditional way.

D．Choosing personalized cards in numbers and mailing them directly on the Net.

Making an advertisement for television often costs more than a movie．For example, a two-hour movie costs $ 6 million to make．A TV commercial can cost more than $ 6 000 a second．And that does not include cost of paying for air time(電視節(jié)目開始的時間)．Which is more valuable, the program or the ad? In terms of money--and making money is what television is all about  the commercial is by far the more important．
Research, market testing, talent, time and money-----all come together to make us want to buy a product．No matter how bad we think a commercial is, it works．The sales of Charm went up once the ads began．TV commercials actually buy their way into our head．We, in turn, buy the product．
And the ads work because so much time an attention are given them．Here are some rules of commercial ad making．If you want to get the low middle-class buyer, make sure the announcer has a tough, manly voice．Put some people in the ad who work with their hands．If you want to sell to upper-class audience, make sure that the house, the furniture, and the hair style are the types that the group identifies (識別) with．If you want the buyer feel superior to the character selling the product, then make that person so stupid or silly that everyone will feel great about himself or herself
We laugh at commercials．We don't think we pay that much attention them．But facts show we are kidding ourselves．The making of a commercial that costs so much money is not kid stuff．It's big, big business．And it's telling us what to think, what we need, and what to buy．To put  it simply, the TV commercial is a form of brainwashing．
小題1:TV commercials are more important than other programs to television because _______．

A．they bring in great profits (利潤)	B．they require a lot of money to make
C．they are not difficult to produce	D．they attract more viewers than other programs

小題2:The purpose of all the efforts made in turning out TV commercials is ________．

A．to persuade people to buy the product	B．to show how valuable the product is
C．to test the market value of the product	D．to make them as interesting as TV movies

小題3:From the rules set for making commercial ads, we can see that_________．

A．the lower-middle-class buyer likes to work with his hand

B．the more stupid the characters, the more buyers of the product

C．ad designers attract different people with different skills

D．an upper-class buyer is more interested in houses and furniture than a lower-middle-class buyer

小題4:It is believed by the writer that_________．

A．few people like to watch TV commercials

B．TV commercials are a good guide to buyers

C．TV commercials often make people laugh

D．people do not think highly of TV commercials

You may open your electronic mail and find information about how to buy medicine, cheap airline tickets, books and, of course, computers and computer products．There may also be offers for investment deals, bank loans and special holidays．However, to many computer users, this use of electronic spare to sell products has become a major problem as it makes computer communication more difficult．
Many companies who want to send a great deal of advertising might use the services of a “spammer．” A spammer is a person or company that uses computers to send out millions of copies of the same sales information．Spammers find e-mail addresses from websites, news groups and “chat rooms” where people send messages to each other．Most spare is sent by companies who are trying to get you to buy their products．Some of these are honest companies that offer good products or services for a fair price．These companies can offer their products at a cheaper price than you might find in a store．However, much of the spam on the Internet is sent by criminals who are trying to sell products that do not exist or offer services they will not provide．They are only interested in stealing your money．When you answer their spam you find you are expected to send them money and receive a gift．One country in Africa has become famous for the number of criminals who try every known trick to separate people from their money．
小題1:What does the  underlined word “spam” in the paragraph probably refer to ?

A．Unwanted electronic information that reaches computer users．

B．Computer virus that causes computer communication difficulties．

C．Advertisements sent out by companies who want to sell their products．

D．Companies that send out millions of copies of the same sales information．

小題2:．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A．Companies who want to send a great deal of advertising are referred to as spammers．

B．Spammers are people who collect e-mail addresses from websites, newsgroups and “chat rooms”．

C．Either individuals or organizations can be regarded as spammers if they send out spam．

D．Spammers are people who receive spam on their computers．

小題3:Which is the possible suggestion from the writer concerning spam ?

A．Spain is very helpful in providing you with useful information about product sales．

B．Spam helps companies to sell more of their products so it should be valued by people．

C．Spam is sent out by those who want to separate you from your money．

D．Look out for any spam that reaches your computer

What makes a person a scientist? Does he have ways or tools of learning that are different from those of others? The answer is “no”. It is not the tools a scientist uses but how he uses these tools that makes him a scientist. You will probably agree that knowing how to use a power is important to a carpenter. You will probably agree, too, that knowing how to investigate(調查),how to discover information, is important to everyone. The scientist, however, goes one step further, he must be sure that he has a reasonable answer to his questions and that his answer can be confirmed by other persons. He also works to fit the answers he gets to many questions into a large set of ideas about how the world works.
The scientist’s knowledge must be exact. There is no room for half right or right just half the time. He must be as nearly right as the conditions permit. What works under one set of conditions at one time must work under the same conditions at other times. If the conditions are different, any changes the scientist observes in a demonstration must be explained by the changes in the conditions. This is one reason that investigations are important in science. Albert Einstein, who developed the theory of relativity, arrived at this theory through mathematics. The accuracy of his mathematics was later tested through investigations. Einstein’s ideas were shown to be correct. A scientist uses many tools for measurements. Then the measurements are used to make mathematical calculations that may test his investigations.
小題1:What makes a scientist according to the passage?

A．The tools he uses.	B．His ways of learning.
C．The way he uses his tools.	D．The various tools he use

小題2:“The scientist, however, goes one step further,” the author says this to show      。

A．the importance of information

B．the importance of thinking

C．the difference between scientists and ordinary people

D．the difference between carpenters and people with other jobs.

小題3:A sound scientific theory should be one that      .

A．does not only work under one set of conditions at one time, but also works under the same conditions at other times

B．leaves no room for improvement

C．does not allow any change even under different conditions

D．can be used for many purposes

小題4:What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Scientists are different from ordinary people.

B．The theory of relativity.

C．Exactness is the core（核心）of science.

D．Exactness and way of using tools are the keys to the making of a scientist.

What on Earth about Chinese Football?
Do you like playing football? Do you know what on earth about Chinese football? Are you in  
__1__ of watching Chinese football? If you are,you will know that China's football world is a mess (混亂) recently. It looks as if only an earthquake  2   the system and a reform has to   3 . Last week, the fa'st steps towards change might have been  4   when the Chinese Football Association(CFA) agreed  5  out the reform of the Chinese Premier League (中超聯(lián)賽). For example, no team will leave the league for its bad performance this year. The move came following pressure from both clubs and the fans.
The story starts when the Beijing Hyundai Football Club quit a match (罷賽) on October 2,2004 in protest against a penalty kick (違規(guī)點球). The club disagreed   6   their punishment made by the CFA,  7  included a fine and a points cut. It warned it might leave the league. Many fans and clubs supported Beijing Hyundai's position. They said that the fault did not lie   8   the club but the troubled Chinese football world. Scold of match fixing and" black whistles" have been frequent since the late 1990s. In an important match  9 Yanbian Hyundai and Sichuan Quanxing in 1995, one side gave up defending to protest   10   unfair referees(判罰) and watched the other side score almost freely. Some teams lose   11  purpose because it  12  the same owner with its opposition. Most football fans are losing interest in such games because of their lack   13  professional spirit.
Most football clubs are   14   and some cannot pay their players. Smaller and smaller crowds means ticket sales, their other main income,   15  falling. All the facts show that Chinese football has come to its most critical point for years. "There is no choice   16  . The CFA will help those clubs which are losing money to  17  confidence  l8   a profit ",said Yan Shiduo, the vice president of the CFA. Wang Wen,  19   of Beijing's Football Fans Association said," The fans are  20   by Chinese football and we hope for effective reform of the league."
1.A.habit B.a habit  C.the habit           D.habits           
2.A.will shake up     B.shake up C.would shake up    D.should shake up  
3.A.carry out   B. be carried out      C.make    D.be made      
4.A.made          B.carried C.taken    D.brought                 
5.A.to carry      B.carrying         C.with carrying       D.on carrying             
6.A.with   B.to C.on D./            
7.A.it        B.which    C.that       D.this                
8.A.in        B.on C.at D.with              
9.A.between    B.among  C.in  D.on                  
10.A.at     B.for         C.against D.in          
11. A.for  B. on         C. in D. with    
12.A. shares    B. spares      C. owns         D. wants          
13. A. for B. of C. with            D. to                  
14. A. on debts         B. in red       C. in the debt          D. in the red             
15. A. is    B. are       C. was             D. were            
16. A. but reform     B. but reforming      C. but to reform       D.other than to reform
17.A.build         B.build up         C. set up             D. put up         
18.A.to make   B. making             C. make         D.made            
19.A.head         B.thehead        C. a head           D.heads            
20.A.harmed   B.hurt       C.injured  D.destroyed             

My newly-rented small apartment was far away from the centre of London and it was becoming essential for me to find a job, so finally I spent a whole morning getting to town and putting my name down to be considered by London Transport for a job on the underground. They were looking for guards, not drivers. This suited me. I couldn’t drive a car but thought that I could probably guard a train, and perhaps continue to write my poems between stations. The writers Keats and Chekhov had been doctors. T.S. Eliot had worked in a bank and Wallace Stevens for an insurance company. I’d be a subway guard. I could see myself being cheerful, useful, a good man in a crisis. Obviously I’d be overqualified but I was willing to forget about that in return for a steady income and travel privileges — those being particularly welcome to someone living a long way from the city centre.
The next day I sat down, with almost a hundred other candidates, for the intelligence test. I must have done all right because after about half an hour’s wait I was sent into another room for a psychological test. This time there were only about fifty candidates. The interviewer sat at a desk. Candidates were signaled forward to occupy the seat opposite him when the previous occupant had been dismissed, after a greater or shorter time. Obviously the long interviews were the more successful ones. Some of the interviews were as short as five minutes. Mine was the only one that lasted a minute and a half.
I can remember the questions now: “Why did you leave your last job?” “Why did you leave your job before that?” “And the one before that?” I can’t recall my answers, except that they were short at first and grew progressively shorter. His closing statement, I thought, revealed (揭示) a lack of sensitivity which helped to explain why as a psychologist, he had risen no higher than the underground railway. “You’ve failed the psychological test and we are unable to offer you a position.”
Failing to get that job was my low point. Or so I thought, believing that the work was easy. Actually, such jobs — being a postman is another one I still desire — demand exactly the sort of elementary yet responsible awareness that the habitual dreamer is least qualified to give. But I was still far short of full self-understanding. I was also short of cash.
小題1:The writer applied for the job chiefly because _________.

A．he wanted to work in the centre of London

B．he could no longer afford to live without one

C．he was not interested in any other available job

D．he had received some suitable training

小題2:The writer thought he was overqualified for the job because _________.

A．he often traveled underground	B．he had written many poems
C．he could deal with difficult situations	D．he had worked in a company

小題3:The length of his interview meant that _________.

A．he was not going to be offered the job

B．he had not done well in the intelligence test

C．he did not like the interviewer at all

D．he had little work experience to talk about

小題4:What does the writer realize now that he did not realize then?

A．How unpleasant ordinary jobs can be.	B．How difficult it is to be a poet.
C．How unsuitable he was for the job.	D．How badly he did in the interview.

小題5:What’s the writer’s opinion of the psychologist?

A．He was very aggressive.	B．He was unhappy with his job.
C．He was quite inefficient.	D．He was rather unsympathetic.