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1. In the United Kingdom,the head of state is

a .

   A. president   B. Chairman

   C. king or queen   D. parliament leader

(   )2. How many countries belong to the European Union in 2004?

   A. 25.   B. 15.   C. 6.   D. 21.

(   )3. What can we know from the first part?

   A. The European Union controls its member countries completely.

   B. A king or queen has higher power than a president.

   C. Any member country can ask the European Union for help.

   D. The European Union sends representatives to each member country.

(   )4. All the following countries belong to the EU’s first members EXCEPT .

   A. Germany   B. France

   C. Denmark   D. Italy

(   )5. What can we conclude from the second and third parts?

   A. The United States doesn belong to the European Union.

   B. The European Union is popular among most European countries.

   C. The European Union wants to unite the whole of Europe.

   D. Each European country is ruled in different ways by the European Union.

      In the United States there was an unusual story telling of the daughter of a mechanic (^H) . One day while walking along the bank of a lake,the girl 1 to see 20  eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl 2 the mother would not return to her eggs and she 3 to take them home. There she carefully 4 the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days 5 the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 6 .

    Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. 7,to these young geese,the girl was their mother.

    As they 8 , the girl was able to 9 her birds to run across the grass,but she could not teach them to 10 . The girl became increasingly worried about this,both when 11 and in her dreams. Later,she had an 12 ：she would pilot a plane to guide them in 13 . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled (組裝) a small aircraft for her.

Caring about 14 safety,the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However,the birds did not 15 or follow him,and 16 slept in the grass.

     One day,the girl 17 into the plane,started it and soon left the 18 . Seeing their mother take to the air,the birds 19 flapped (拍打) their wings and 20 . She flew the plane freely in the sky,her young birds following.

1. A. managed   B. attempted

   C. happened   D. supposed

2. A. realised   B. expected

   C. imagined   D. admitted

3. A. helped   B. decided

   C. afforded   D. meant

4. A. placed   B. protected

   C. treated   D. examined

5. A. ago   B. out

   C. later   D. long

6. A. family   B. lake

   C. home   D. world

7. A. But   B. Also

   C. Thus   D. Still

8. A. increased   B. improved

   C. rose   D. grew

9. A. ask   B. lead

   C. want   D. allow

10. A. fly   B. race

   C. swim   D. sing

11. A. asleep   B. away

   C. around   D. awake

12. A. idea   B. opinion

   C. explanation   D. excuse

13. A. sky   B. space

   C. flight   D. plane

14. A. his   B. her

   C. their   D. its

15. A. respect   B. remember

   C. recognise   D. receive

16. A. so   B. instead

   C. hardly   D. too

17. A. climbed   B. looked

   C. reached   D. fell

18. A. house   B. floor

   C. water   D. ground

19. A. secretly   B. disappointedly

   C. patiently   D. eagerly

20. A. looked away   B. set out

   C. went by   D. turned back

10. —Why did the teacher get angry?

— what we had done the day before yesterday.

   A. Because   B. Since

   C. As   D. Because of

9. Every possible means to prevent the air pol- lution,but the sky is still not clear.

   A. is used        B. are used

   C. has been used   D. have been used

8. The temple on the top of the mountain.

   A. is situated   B. situated

   C. has situated   D. is situating

7. The factory goes from bad to worse,and the workers hardly enough to make a living.

   A. are paid   B. are paying

   C. have paid   D. paid

6. There is a magnificent of mountains in the borderland (邊境地帶) .

   A. row   B. line   C. range   D. limits

5. Shenzhen is a quickly developing city. It lies the south of Guangdong Province and the north of Hong Kong.

   A. to;in   B. on;to

   C. in;on   D. to;on

4. with so much trouble,we failed to complete the task on time.

   A. Faced   B. Face   C. Facing   D. To face

3. That was really a splendid evening. It's years I enjoyed myself so much.

   A. before   B. when

   C. ever since   D. now that