--- Did you see a man in black pass by just now?

    --- No, sir. I      a newspaper.

       A．read  B．was reading      C．would read       D．a(chǎn)m reading

The company has just launched an advertising campaign to ____ their newly produced bicycles.

A. advocate                       B. urge               C. motivate                D. promote

---Are we going sightseeing next week?

   ---No. The plan      at the second meeting.

       A．had cancelled   B．was cancelled   C．has been cancelled   D．would cancel

Statistics show that nearly three-quarters of 30-year-of Italian males still live at their parents’ home.

The Italian（36） grows up thinking his other is the Virgin Mary, and so （37） he thinks he is Jesus, or God’s gift to the world. It is not （38） that Italian males find it very difficult to （39） home. Their mothers make sure that their（40） are so cosseted（寵愛）that they have no real wish to leave. Even when they are （41）, they continue to behave as if they aren’t, taking their（42） home at least once a week for their mother（43） and iron.

They （44） treating home as a hotel, just like teenagers in northern European countries. Why give up a life of luxury and financial（45） with a woman who treats you as the Son of God for an （46） future with a woman（47） might ask you to do things around the （48） that you have never （49） to do, like making your bed or drying the dishes?

In fact young Italian males (50) no choice. There is little tradition of them(51) away from home during their student years, and it is(52) for them to find decent jobs until they are in their thirties;(53) the absence of suitably priced accommodation makes it practically(54) for them to afford to move out. They find themselves(55) in a trap: wanting to live on their own, but unable to leave the nest and under fire for not doing so.

A．child         B．male  C．student      D．female

A．hopefully          B．naturally    C．happily       D．generally

A．surprising        B．exciting      C．easy   D．convenient

A．go   B．come C．leave D．return

A．sons         B．sisters        C．friends        D．children

A．married  B．well    C．tried  D．ill

A．books      B．clothes       C．cars   D．bicycles

A．make       B．cook   C．wash D．see

A．turn up    B．end up        C．get up         D．pick up

A．difficulty        B．problem     C．trouble       D．security

A．bright    B．uncertain   C．splendid     D．prornising

A．when        B．who                C．what            D．which

A．house    B．corner        C．place D．school

A．remembered         B．forgot         C．stopped     D．learnt

A．like         B．prefer         C．hate   D．have

A．going     B．living  C．putting       D．getting

A．unusual          B．usual C．worried      D．nervous

A．but         B．when C．while D．where

A．different        B．impossible C．important  D．casual

A．dressed         B．convinced  C．determined        D．caught

So long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching and learning， they will continue to undertake to do for children that which only children can do for themselves. Teaching children to read is not passing reading on do them. It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading. Douglas insists that “reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible”.

    Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes. They differ in kind and function. The function of teaching is to create the conditions and the climate that will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read. Teaching is also a public activity: It can be seen and observed。

    Learning to read involves all that each individual does to make sense of the world of printed language. Almost all of it is private, for learning is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open to public scrutiny.

    If teacher and learner roles are not interchangeable, what then can be done through teaching that will aid the child in the quest（探索) for knowledge？Smith has one principal rule for all teaching instructions. “Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children.”

    When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teacher and learner fulfill them appropriately, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is eliminated. Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of learning to read by reading.                                

The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that ______.

A. it is one of the most difficult school courses

B. students spend endless hours in reading

C. reading tasks are assigned with little guidance

D. too much time is spent in teaching about reading

The teaching of reading will be successful if ______.

A. teachers can improve conditions at school for the students

B. teachers can enable students to develop their own way of reading

C. teachers can devise the most efficient system for reading

D. teachers can make their teaching activities observable

The underlined word “scrutiny” most probably means “______”.

A. inquiry   B. observation   C. control      D. suspicion

According to the passage, learning to read will no longer be a difficult task when ______.

A. children become highly motivated

B. teacher and learner roles are interchangeable

C. teaching helps children in the search for knowledge

D. reading enriches children’s experience

Friends come in many ________. There are school friends, fair-weather friends, forever friends and many more.

tastes  B. ways  C. levels  D. flavors

Every possible ________ advanced technologies to help people enjoy a better life.

A. should be made of        B. shoule be made use    

C. use should be made of     D. shoule make use of

Just the mention of the TOEFL, GRE and GAMT exams brings a thought of long hours of dull paper work. But that idea is becoming increasingly out of date. As planned, computerized tests will begin next year which will bring a series of changes from test psychology to scoring techniques.

From computer - equipped rooms, examinees will answer the questions on a computer. If they are sure about their choices, they can pass to the next question by pressing the entry (條目) “next”. Then another question will be randomly (任意地) selected from a vast test item bank and appear on the screen. After answering all the questions, examinees can choose the entry “quit” if they are not satisfied with their performance, or “score” if they want to see the result. Scores will be calculated immediately and appear on the screen. By that point, student's marks are official--there is no going back.

Since they greatly shorten the painful waiting process-which used to be two or three months, computerized tests have won worldwide popularity. Besides, there will be no rushing to the registration offices (登記處) for these exams. Computerized tests will be given every workday in an exam center with all three kinds of tests being held in the same room. All test takers need to do is to call the exam center and book their seats for a particular day.

In addition it will become technically possible to apply new testing procedures. In the past, each examinee had the same set of test items despite differences in their ability. Under a computerized system, however, if the computer judges an answer is right, a question of a relatively difficult nature will follow. But if an examinee continues to give wrong answers and is judged as un-qualified by the computer system, he will be automatically denied the chance to go further in the test.

Computerized tests allow the examinee to know their scores ______.

  A. immediately on a central computer for scoring test papers

  B. a few minutes after the exam with the help of a test center worker

  C. on the next day after they have taken the exam

  D. immediately after the exam by means of the same computer

If an examinee is not satisfied with his performance ______.

  A. he can admit defeat and give it up         B. he can ask the computer to give some advice

  C. he can ask another chance within a few days D. he is allowed to do it once again

Under a computerized system, all of the following would be possible except that ______.

  A. different exams can be taken in the same room

  B. one doesn’t need to rush to the registration officer for taking an exam

  C. it will be much easier to pass an examination

  D. one can take an exam almost at any time of the year

The word denied in the last sentence most probably means ______.

  A. refused           B. allowed         C. lost          D. passed

In order not to let the others hear what he said, he ______ the news to me.

  A. shouted           B. told               C. whispered          D. said

John didn’t choose       of the ties and went away without looking at a third one.

       A．many           B．either          C．a(chǎn)ll                  D．a(chǎn)ny