The Somali robbed frequent attacks on the sea urged the United Nations to all nations         to take immediate action.

A. fight for        B. apply for         C. call on         D. wait on

The World Health Organization gave a warning to the public without any         when the virus of H1N1 hit Mexico in April, 2009.

A. delay          B. effort          C. schedule        D. consideration

It seems that living green is          easy and affordable. A small step makes a big difference.  

A. exactly        B. fortunately        C. surprisingly         D. hardly

According to the literary review, Shakespeare        his charities live through their language in his plays.

A. will make       B. had made        C. was making        D. makes

      not to miss the flight at 15:20, the manager set out for the airport in a hurry.  

A. Reminding             B. Reminded        C. To remind         D. Having reminded

She had just finished her homework        her mother asked her to practice playing the piano yesterday.

A. when            B. while           C. after           D. since

In April, 2009, President Hu inspected the warships in Qingdao,       the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PLA Navy.

A. marking          B. marked          C. having marked        D. being marked

But for the help of my English teacher, I      the first prize in the English Writing Competition.  

A. would not win                  B. would not have won

C. would win                     D. would have won

Only three local students won Chinese Blog（博客）Competition. And 15 of the 18 awards went to students from China.

170 students’ task: to get a fully-designed blog up and running , complete with many posting based on a theme of choice—all written in Chinese.

Themes ranged from local opinions－such as the usage of Singlish, education and whether Singapore can be a cultural centre－to food blogs.

The entries were judged on Language proficiency（ 熟練程度）and the quality of writing, as well as the design and level of exchanging ideas with readers.  

Academics from the National University of Singapore and the SIM University, IT experts, and a journalist from Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao in Singapore made up the judges.  

In the end, only three Singaporean students made it to the award list—the rest of the awards were swept up by students from China.  

“No surprise,” said Mr. Chow Yaw Long, 37, teacher-in-charge from Innova Junior Collage, which organized the event. “Although the topics were local subjects, the foreign students were generally better in terms of the content of the posts and their grasp of the Chinese language.”

One of the three local students winning the first prize in the Best Language Award was blogger Christina Gao 19, from the Saint Andrew’s Junior Collage, who spared no effort in researching for and writing her blog. Each entry took her between five and seven days to produce, complete with pictures and even podcasts（播客）.

Her advice for bloggers is: Be responsible

“Some bloggers out there only seek to blame the authorities and other bloggers.” said Miss Gao, “I think they lack responsibilities and there is no value to their posts.”

1 The competition was organized by        .

A. the National University of Singapore             B. Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao

C. Innova Junior College                               D. the Saint Andrew’s Junior College

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Chinese students won most of the awards.  

B. Not all the themes were about local subjects

C. The blogs could be written in Chinese or Singlish.  

D. The judges were from university in Singapore and China.

3. What Miss Gao said suggests that         .

A. she likes to blame the authorities                  B. she has a sense of responsibility

C. she thinks highly of the others’ blogs            D. she loves to read valuable posts

4. The passage in mainly about          .

A. how Chinese students won the awards in the competition

B. why bloggers should take responsibility for their blogs

C. how Miss Gao won the first prize in the competition

D. what the result of the competition was

Foreign drivers will have a pay on-the-spot fines of up to ￡900 for breaking the traffic law to be carried our next month.  

If they do not have enough cash or a working credit card, their vehicles will clamped（扣留）until they pay –and they will face an additional fee of ￡80 for getting back their vehicles.

The law will also apply to British citizens. The fine will be described officially as“deposits”when the traffic law takes effect, because the money would be returned if the driver went to court and was found not guilty. In practice, very few foreign drives are likely to return to Britain to deal with their eases.  

Foreign drivers are rarely charged because police cannot take action against them if they fail to appear in court. Instead, officers often merely give warnings.  

Three million foreign-registered vehicles enter Britain each year. Polish vehicles make up 36 percent, French vehicles 10 percent and German vehicles 9 percent.  

Foreign vehicles are 30 percent more likely to be in a cash than British –register vehicles. The number of crashes caused by foreign vehicles rose by 47 percent between 2003 and 2008. There were almost 400 deaths and serious injuries and 3,000slight injuries form accidents caused by foreign vehicles in 2008.  

The new Law is party intended to settle the problem of foreign lorry divers ignoring limits to weight and hours at the wheel. Foreign lorries are three times more likely to be in a crash than British Lorries. Recent spot checks found that three quarters of lorries that failed safety tests were registered overseas.  

The standard deposit for a careless driving offence —such as driving too close to the vehicle in front or reading a map at the wheel—will be ￡300. Deposits for speeding offences and using mobile phones will be ￡60. Foreign drivers will not get points as punishment added to their licenses, while British drivers will.  

1. The first paragraph serves as a（n）        .

A. explanation               B. introduction             C. comment               D. background.  

2. The foreign drivers who break the traffic law and do not pay on the spot are likely to be fined up to        .  

A. ￡60             B. ￡300            C. ￡900            D. ￡980

3. We can learn from the passage that         .

A. many foreign drivers have been fined by Britain police

B. 300,000German vehicles enter Britain every year

C. 25 percent of foreign vehicles entering Britain have failed safety tests

D. British drivers will be punished with points and fines for breaking the traffic law

4. The new traffic law is mainly intended to          .

A. limit the number of foreign vehicles entering Britain

B. increase the British movement’s additional income

C. lower the rate of traffic accidents and injuries

D. get foreign drives to appear in count