American English has many dialects, _________ the Midwestern, southern, African American and Spanish dialects.

A especial   B special       C specially     D especially

---Now, where is my purse?

    ---_______! We’ll be late for the picnic.

A. take your time         B. Don’t worry

C. Come on             D. Take it easy

It is obvious to the students _________ they should get well prepared for their future.

   A. as            B. which          C. whether          D. that

_______ Tom, we wouldn’t have been late for the last bus.

A. If we didn’t wait for               B. If we haven’t waited for

C. we hadn’t waited for               D. Had we not waited for

When we think about giving help to developing countries, we often think about giving money so that these countries can build schools and hospitals, buy food and medicine, or find clean water supplies. These seem to be the most important basic needs of the people we are trying to help. However, it's far from enough. Ladies and gentlemen, we've got to come up with some better ideas to help them.

I was very surprised, then, when I read about a plan to make cheap laptop computers for children in developing countries. A man called Nicholas Negroponte invented a cheap laptop computer, which can run without electricity. He decided to invent this computer after he visited a school in Cambodia.

The laptop which Mr. Negroponte has designed is a little different from the normal laptop computers you can buy in the shops. One difference is that it is covered in rubber so that it is very strong and won't be damaged easily. As an electricity supply can be a problem in developing countries, the computer also has a special handle so that children can wind the computer up to give it extra power when needed.

These special laptop computers will cost less than 100 US dollars and Mr. Negroponte wants to build as many as 15 million machines in the first year of production. The idea is that these computers will help the children's education as they will be able to access the Internet. These computers might not help the people in developing countries immediately, but by improving children's education they should help people to find their own solutions to their problems in the long term.

Another idea to help children in developing countries is to recycle old mobile phones so that they can be used again. In the UK, and, probably in many other countries too, millions of mobile phones are thrown away every year. The waste created by throwing away these old phones is very bad for the environment, so it seems to be an excellent idea to recycle them. In this way we will be able to achieve two important goals at the same time. We will reduce the waste we produce and help others. In other words, we will be able to 'kill two birds with one stone', and that is always a good thing.

It's an excellent idea to recycle old mobile phones because _______.

A. it reduces waste and can help others  

B. it prevents waste and can earn lots of money

C. it can send the waste produced by developed countries to other countries

D. it is good for the environment and very educative for phone users

The author gives the example of Mr. Negroponte's cheap computers _______.

A. to show what high tech can bring us.

B. to illustrate the kindness of people in the developed countries

C. to show how to find business opportunities in developing countries

D. to give an example of how to help developing countries

Which of the following statements is TRUE about Mr. Negroponte's cheap computers?

      A. His computers don’t need any power to function well.

      B. His computers are covered with rubber so that they are very cheap.

      C. His computers will help children in developing countries to have better education.

      D. His computers will help people in developing countries to find all the solutions.

Where does this passage probably come from?

      A. A magazine      B. A newspaper        C. A lecture          D. An advertisement

根據(jù)中文提示，填寫所缺單詞的適當(dāng)形式（每題1分, 共10小題, 滿分10分）

Judy is Italian by birth but now she is an Australian ________ (公民).

You will have to play better than that if you really want to make an ________ (印象).

The stewardess told the passengers to ________ (系牢) the safety belts.

She ________ (爭吵) with her brother over their father’s will.

In the eyes of the law, Tom was not yet ________ (有罪的).

Before going away, he ________ (安排) his business affairs..

I have been ________ (通知) that the couple will get married next month.

No________ (先前的) experience is necessary for this job.

Keep indoors and don’t ________ (暴露) your skin to the sun.

May I introduce you one of my ________ (同事) at the bank?

________, Nathan gave back the enormous amount of money he found.

      A. To his sorrow    B. To his joy   C. To his surprise   D. To his credit

___ and out of breath, we reached the top of the mountain and stopped ____ the beautiful scenery.

  A. Tiring, to admire   B. Being tired, admiring   C. Tired, to admire  D. Tired, admiring

No sooner ______ on board the train than it______ to move.

A. did he go; had started                 B. he went; started         

C. had he gone; started          D. he had gone; had started

When we talk about a bad man, we like to call him a “wolf”. But is it really true that the wolf stands for devil and ugliness?

Have you read the book The Wolf Totem（狼圖騰） by a famous writer Jiang Rong which tells the story of the relationship between wolves and human beings? Have you ever   36   the wolves’ world? If you had, you would   37   the wolves.

In the book, wolves are heroes on the large grassland. They know more about   38   than humans. They can attack lambs without disturbing their mothers. They also know how to   39    full use of the shape of land to   40   sheep. I believe that if wolves were humans, they would be   41   experts good at fighting.

The wolf is a kind of special creature that can deeply understand   42  . Each wolf serves its group with its heart and soul. A   43   wolf has little power, but a pack of wolves   44   nothing. All the wolves obey the rules.   45   they are defeated, they run away together. It is their teamwork   46   makes wolves powerful.

The wolves also have great self-respect and won’t   47   to anyone. The writer, who wrote the book The Wolf Totem，  48   stole a one-month-old baby wolf and raised it very carefully. To his   49  , he found the little wolf still wanted to go back with   50   wolves. He bit through the iron chain that limited him. The wolf was   51   and he never gave in, fighting   52   his death. The little wolf died as a glorious fighter.

I was shocked by this kind of   53  : wolves are one of the most respected creatures on earth. I want everyone to look at wolves in a   54   way. They are our teachers. They show us how to survive and   55   in this not simple and dangerous world. Please honor the wolves, please honor all these heroes of nature!_