Charles Dickens was one of the greatest 19^th century n_______________.

It was g____________ of him to offer to pay for us both.

It was g____________ of him to offer to pay for us both.

It was g____________ of him to offer to pay for us both.

About 90 percent of Chinese believe the polarization(分化) between the rich and poor is “serious” in China, according to a survey conducted by China Youth Daily. And more than 80 percent of the respondents(對(duì)象) surveyed said something must be done to narrow the expanding gap between the rich and poor, while 14.1 percent said it was necessary.

The polarization has aroused wide concern among the public in recent years. The State Development and Reform Commission(國家發(fā)改委) said the Gini Coefficient had reached 0.47 for China, up from o.29 two decades ago. Usually, a country with a number above 0.4 is warned to pay attention to the income inequality problem.

To find out the people’s view, the survey covered 10,250 respondents, between the ages of 20 and 30 with a college education and a monthly salary between 1,000 and 3,000 yuan. Surprisingly, most disagreed with the view of experts who claim the urban-rural difference is causing the widening gap. More than 70 percent of the respondents believed that “ the group of special interests” is the prime reason for the polarization, followed by “people in power” 68 percent, and “bosses” 50 percent.

Another unexpected finding is that almost all agreed that a good educational background and knowledge were not the decisive factors in gaining wealth. About 95 percent said rich people are not necessarily those who are able to speak English or have a college education.

Today in China, rich people , accounting for 10 percent of the population, control 45 percent of the total social fortune, and poor people, also 10 percent of the population, only control 1.5 percent, according to an investigation published by the National Bureau of Statistics last June.

67. It can be inferred that the Gini Coefficient ( in paragraph 2) would probably be ________.

   A. the unit used in advanced mathematics

   B. the degree of a country’s development

   C. the level of the citizen’s living standard

   D. a measure of income inequality

68. Experts hold the view that the main reason for the polarization is ________.

   A. the urban-rural difference

   B. the group of special interests

   C. the people in power

   D. the bosses

69. Which of the following can show the correct proportion of the social fortune among population?

70. What’s the best title of the passage?

   A. Close the Gap between the Rich and Poor

   B. Surveys conducted by Chins Youth Daily

   C. Higher education, Higher pay

   D. Rich-Poor Divide Serious, Study Finds

In Victorian times, certain flowers expressed meanings because the flower selection was limited. Therefore, flower as a gift was an effective tool in social communication. With so many choices today, we have no rules in flower choosing. However, people tend to give a certain flower their own personal meaning--- maybe it can remind them of some particular friends or events. Here I would introduce the traditional meanings of some gift flowers as a reference for your flower choosing.

Carnation（康乃馨） is a good gift for your female teacher or mother, but not all kinds of carnations men respect and love. Different colours have different meanings. Generally, carnation means “fascination and woman love”. Specifically, pink carnation means “I’ll never forget you” and red carnation says “I admire you”. But some carnations have very negative meanings. If you want to say goodbye to your girlfriend, you can send her a bunch of striped carnations or yellow ones, because it means “Sorry I can’t be with you. You disappointed me.”

Rose is no doubt the best gift for girls in love. Basically, it relates to the love between men and women, but roses with different colours stand for different stages of love. Red rose is man’s best friend when he wants to show his love to a girl. In the peak of his love, pink rose is more suitable because it means “perfect happiness and please believe me”. While the love gets into trouble, yellow rose seems to be the best symbol. It means “the decrease of love and jealousy”.

Though you are free to choose any kind of flower as long as it is beautiful, I think this breif introduction can help you avoid making mistakes. Besides, the receivers must be happier if he or she gets to know the good will you convey in flowers.

64. Why do we choose certain flowers as gifts?

   A. Because they are the best gifts for you.  B. Because flowers all look beautiful

C. Because different flowers smell good.   D. Because they can express specific meanings.

65. In different stages of love, ________.

   A. roses of different colours show love to a girl.

B. you can choose red rose at any occasion

C. yellow rose is the best symbol for your love

D. pink rose implies that your love comes to maturity(成熟).

66. What does the passage mainly talk about?
   A. Carnation is better than rose                        B. Like the carnation, like the rose

C. Different flowers have different meanings  D. Flowers of different colours

  We lived in a technological society where most goods are mass-produced by unskilled labor. Because of this, most people think that craft(手藝) no longer exists.

  One of the ways these people wrongly support their view is by pointing to 100-year-old homes which are still solid, and arguing that it is the craftsmanship that is responsible for their durability(持久性). “Homes in those days were well-built,” they say. No doubt these homes were well-built, but what these people have done is mix up the quality of material used in the house with the quality of the craftsmanship.

  Homes today could be built to last just as long as those old homes if people were willing or able to pay the price. For example, more people can no longer afford solid oak stairways, although they were once fairly common in older homes. Nor can they afford the high labor cost of employing a carpenter to build the stairway. Yet if someone can pay the high cost, there are still plenty of carpenters around able to make those stairways. And not only would these carpenters know how to build them, they would probably do a better job than carpenters of old.

  One thing the modern carpenter has which enables him to do a better job is much more advanced tools. Such tools as laser beams and power planes help them lay out a house better and make more precision cuts on the wood. Also, it is not uncommon any more to find carpenters with college degrees and carpenters with a solid knowledge of mathematics, which would enable them to deal with more difficult house designs.

The problems of modern quality, then, really  boils down to the problem of material, for the modern carpenter is just as able to produce craftsmanship as the carpenter of fifty years ago, but only if given proper material.

60． Compared to the carpenters in the past, modern carpenters are _______.

  A. more successful           B. more learned

  C. more imaginative          D. more hardworking

61． What does the underlined word “they” (paragraph 2) refer to?

A.     carpenters who are fond of oak stairways.

B.      carpenters who have college degrees.

C.      people who think highly of carpenters of old.

D.     people who think that modern material is of low quality.

62． What does the third paragraph mainly discuss?

A.     People in the past preferred to use oak to build stairways.

B.      It is now expensive to employ a carpenter.

C.      Modern houses last as long as the old one.

D.     Good carpenters still exist in modern times.

63． What would be the best title for the text?

A.     Is Craft Dead?

B.      Craft, Back to life?

C.      History of craftsmanship

      Recent weeks have seen a wave of new books, stamps, movies, television programmes, newspaper articles, songs and performances, all celebrating the 100^th anniversary of the birth of Deng Xiaoping, on August 22. To Chinese people, he was no doubt one of China’s greatest leaders.

      Many Westerners remember Deng as “a little man with great ideas”. He was famous for his practical and direct manner, shown in famous slogans such as “No matter if it is a white cat or a black cat; a cat that can catch rats is a good cat” and “Poverty is not socialism”.

     In 1979, as the first top Chinese communist leader to set foot in the United States, he was regarded as a symbol of friendship when he wore a cowboy hat in Houston, Texas, and rode around in a stage coach.

     “His straightforward manner earned the trust of the American people. He changed the American people’s traditional view of Chinese leaders and China,” said David Lampton, a well-known American expert on China. “He succeeded in strengthening Chinese diplomatic relations.” Lampton said that Deng opened China up to the rest of the world and helped develop more friendly relations with the West.

“Deng’s reform increased the world’s understanding of China and today Americans are no longer afraid of China,” said Mike Wallace, an American journalist who interviewed Deng in 1986. At that time, he said, China was still mysterious in the eyes of Westerners.

Talking of his impression of Deng, Wallace said he was very honest and clever. He recalled a conversation at the beginning of the interview. “I started the interview by saying ‘reporters don’t normally get to meet you’. Deng answered, ‘Because I am an ordinary person’. Then I asked, ‘Why did you decide to have the interview with us at this time?’ He replied, ‘Because I want to know American people and that they can know China better; by American people I also mean American leaders’.”

Though he interviewed many international leaders, Wallace thought Deng was very different form them all. Maybe the fact that Deng was selected twice as “Person of the Year” by the world-famous American Time magazine tells it all.

56.   The passage mainly talks about_____________.

A.     how Deng was regarded by Chinese people

B.      how Deng was viewed amongst foreigners

C.      what Deng was famous for

D.     how Deng strengthened the relations between China and the US

57.   Which of the following isn’t the result of Deng’s visiting America in 1979?

A.     It made Americans no longer afraid of China

B.      It opened China up to the world

C.      It developed the relations between China and the US

D.     It changed Westerners’ view of China

58.   Which of the following can best show many Westerners’ impression on Deng?

A. Honest and clever            B. Kind and friendly

C. Practical and direct          D. A little man with great ideas

59. What does the underlined word “it” in the last sentence refer to?

A. He was selected twice as “Person of the Year” by the American Time magazine.”

B. Hw wanted to know American people

C. He was very different from many other international leaders

D. He wanted American people to know China better

      Michael was always in a good mood. He was a natural motivator(樂天派). One day I asked him, “How can you be  36      all the time.” Michael replied, “Each morning I     37   up and say to myself, ‘Mike, you have two  38       today. You can choose to be in a good mood  39         you can choose to be in a bad mood.’ I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something  40        happens, I can choose to be a victim or choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. I choose the positive side of life.”

Later, I heard Michael was  41        in a serious accident, falling off 60 feet from a tower.

After 18 hours of  42        , and weeks of intensive care, Michael left the hospital with rods(鋼棒)  43         in his back. I saw Michael about six months after the  44       . I asked him what had  45         his mind as the accident took place.

“As I     46    on the ground, I remembered I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live.” “Weren’t you   47       ?” I asked. Michael continued, “They kept telling me I was going to be fine.     48     When they wheeled me into the operation room and I saw the     49     on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got  50            scared. In their eyes, I read ‘He’s a dead man’. I knew I      51    to take action.” “What did you do?” I asked. “Well, a big nurse asked me if I was allergic(過敏) to     52    . ‘Yes,’ I said. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they     53     my reply. I took a deep breath and cried, ‘Gravity.’ Over their laughter, I told them, ‘I’m choosing to live.    54   on me as if I am alive, not dead.’”

Michael     55   ,thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing positive attitude.

The old farmer, ______ the badly injured and burnt soldier, came out of the burning farm house, calling continuously for help.

A. supported by             B. supporting         C. being supported by     D. being supporting