—You didn’t take the high-speed train with the leading letter "G" to Shanghai?

       —         . I still took the "D" train, which saved me more than 50 yuan．       

       A．Yes, I didn't        B．No, I did     

      C．Yes, I did                D．No, I didn't

---Have you heard that Jones, along with her parents, _________to Hainan for the winter vacation?

   --- Really? No wonder I haven’t seen her these days.

       A. had been                         B. have been                 C. has gone                   D. have gone

The global financial crisis is likely to cause increased mental health problems as people struggle to deal with poverty and unemployment, the World Health Organization warned Thursday．

Hundreds of millions of people worldwide are already affected by mental problems such as depression and bipolar disorders （帶躁狂的抑郁癥） and the current market meltdown （崩潰） could worsen feelings of despair among people who can't stand such illnesses．

The United Nations agency said the impact(沖擊) could be especially marked for those living in low and middle income countries where access to treatment is often limited．

"We should not be surprised at the turbulence （動蕩） and likely consequences of the current financial crisis．Now we are seeing a huge gap in taking care of people in great need," WHO director general Margaret Chan told at a meeting of mental health experts．

"It should not come as a surprise that we continue to see more stresses, suicides and mental disorders," Chan warned．

Benedetto Saraceno, director of WHO's mental health, said mental health disorders affected one in four people at some point in their lives．

Mental and neurological（精神的） disorders are often chronic （慢性） and disabling, he said．Nearly 1 million people commit suicide worldwide every year, a large part of them are young adults．

Asked about the financial crisis, Saraceno said, "Poverty can be the consequence of such events, the debts, despair and sense of loss that may reach middle and lower classes．Even the poor can be affected by this crisis．"

"There is clear evidence that suicide is linked to financial disasters．I am not talking about the millionaire's jumping out of the window but about poor people," he said．The global crisis could be expected to affect the "stability of communities and families", according to Saraceno．

According to the passage, the chief result of the worldwide financial crisis is that         ．

       A．more people will be poorer  B．more people will be out of jobs

       C．more people will suffer from mental problems

       D．more people will commit suicide

The United Nations agency worried that               ．

       A．more rich people would commit suicide

       B．the financial crisis might especially influence developing or underdeveloped countries

       C．the current market meltdown could worsen feelings of despair

       D．hundreds of millions of people in the world were already affected by mental problems

It can be inferred that               ． 

       A．far more work should be done to help those who are mentally ill

       B．it will be surprising to see more people commit suicide

       C．a(chǎn) mental disorder is a chronic disease

       D．many more young adults commit suicide worldwide than people of other ages

The best title for the passage is               ． 

       A．Global Financial Crisis．

       B．Mental Disorders Resulting From Global Financial Crisis．

       C．Suicides as a Result of Market Meltdown．

       D．Chronic Mental Disorders．

Most scientists are now certain that global warming is taking place．Gases such as carbon dioxide produced by burning of coal, oil, wood, together with industrial pollution, are creating a warm blanket around the earth．This blanket is trapping heat in the atmosphere and so raising the temperature of the earth.

    The evidence for global warming can now be seen in the world’s changing climate statistics．In Europe, eight of the last ten years have seen record high temperature．For northern Europe, this has generally been a change for the better．Gardens can even now grow tropical（熱帶的） plants in England, though London may never see a “White Christmas” again．On the other hand, the countries around the Mediterranean Sea, and those south of the Sahara desert are receiving even

less rain than before．In sub-Saharan Africa the crops are drying out in the fields and people are dying of starvation．In the Americas, the climate is becoming more extreme ---the summers are getting hotter and hotter and the storms are becoming more violent．In 1999 the southern United States was struck by a series of destructive hurricanes, while the end of 1999 saw the worst floods ever in Venezuela．Meteorologists（氣象學家） expect such trends to continue, and indeed to worsen, if global warming cannot be halted(終止).

In addition to worrying about rising global temperatures and more extreme weather conditions, scientists are closely monitoring（監(jiān)測）sea levels around the world．These are slowly rising, as the northern and southern polar ice-caps start to melt．This will have serious consequences for low-lying countries near the sea, such as the coral islands in the Pacific, and Bangladesh where the River Ganges already folds the delta(三角洲) every year．Already parts of these places are disappearing under the rising tides.

                          Title: Global Warming

Attracting    senior citizens, Florida is   home to the largest population of elder Americans．

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

The emergency required that all the tasks _____ at least two days ahead of time．

       A．to complete     B．should complete      C．be completed    D.should have been completed

---I haven’t got the reference book yet, but I’ll have a test on the subject next month.

   ---Don’t worry. You______ have it by Friday.

A. could     B. shall       C. must        D. may

It is diving _____ great speed that often causes serious accidents.

A. on                    B. at                     C. for                           D. in

I used to be a mortgage broker(貸款中間人) in the Phoenix area. In April 2007, the company that I had been with for a year went out of business. That was the latest of the four companies that I had worked for since 2000 .They all either went under or let most of the employees go, including me.

  In December 2007, the bank took back my house, and I had no choice but to move in with my parents, five miles away. My sister has three children, and she had no room. My fiancée(未婚妻), Brandi Wetch, and I have been living in my parents’ house for about a year and a half now.

  My mother, Sue, works part-time at a high school library. My father left for a job in the Marshall Islands a few months ago and will be gone for two years.

  I’m trying to be patient with finding a new job, but it’s been hard. I check the Internet for jobs every morning. I have sent countless letters but have never got a job. I have no idea how many other people are applying for the same job.

  I do the housework and washing, and I take care of the garden. Sometimes, I feel like the best part of my life is over. The worst part of the day is when I chat with my friends on the Internet. I’ve talked to about 10 old friends online. The first thing they usually ask is what I’m doing now.

  My mother, who is in her 60s, has been so patient and supportive. She acts like she’s happy to have us, not like we’re crowding her. We have learned what’s important since I lived here.

We can infer that the writer is living a _________ life.

A. busy B. rich    C. difficult     D. hopeful

How long has the writer been out of work?

A. For more than a year                     B. For a year and a half

C. For less than two years                   D. For more than two years

Which of the following types of work is NOT done by the writer in his parents’ house?

A. Looking after children                   B. Doing the housework.

C. Washing clothes and dishes       D. Applying for a job online.

It can be learned from the passage that the writer now________.

A. is preparing for his wedding    B. is fond of doing the housework

C. is patient with job-hunting       D. is afraid of being asked about work

If you give something to someone for free, will that person value it and use it? Development experts have debated this question for decades. Some think the act of paying causes people to value something and use it more.

   Selling necessary health treatments, others argue, may deny them to the people who need them the most.

    Consider, for example, chemically treated bed nets, which kill mosquitoes anti protect people against malaria(瘧疾)while they are sleeping. William Easterly, an economist at New York University, believes this is one example of development having gone wrong. In a recent book, Professor Easterly suggests bed nets given free in Africa are often used for the wrong purpose. Yet, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends bed nets be given out free and used by whole communities. The success of a large free bed net campaign in Kenya led the WHO to announce this recommendation

    This debate will likely influence social programs in the developing world. Many non-governmental organizations support the creation of self-supporting programs in poor countries. Goods and services are sold for a price to help these programs survive.

    According to Rachel Glenerster, who runs a research lab doing development and poverty studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, her several studies have proven that small price changes have a big influence on the number of people who use a product. A price change will reduce the total amount of use of the product as well, she says. She has also found no evidence that the very act of paying for something changes how people use it.

    As for a particular product among special populations, some development experts argue that pricing is useful. When it comes to bed nets, Miss Glenerster says research shows no evidence of this. People are just as likely to use a bed net whether they paid for it or not.

The debate among experts focuses on       .

 A. a special use of bed nets in Africa

 B. the use of assistance-related products

 C. the importance of social programs for the poor

 D. a popular way to help the poor

According to some experts, certain health treatments        .

  A. can only be sold to the rich                   B. should be completely free                         

  C. are too expensive                                D. are not needed by the poor                       

What can be inferred from Paragraph 2?

  A. The WHO's advice may not be always practical.

  B. Many Africans don't know the function of bed nets.

  C. The case of Kenya is doubtful.

  D. Bed nets given to Africans are poor in quality.

What may be the possible change in the social program according to the third paragraph?

  A. Some of them may become financially independent.

  B. Many of them will not be organized by the government.

  C. Some of them will go to developed countries.

  D. Most of them will be free of charge.