My mother is a diligent and kind woman. She is very busy from morning till night. As a teacher, she works hard.   71    Both my brother and I love her dearly as she loves us.

My mother has been teaching math at a middle school in my hometown. She goes to work early in the morning and does not return home until late in the afternoon.    72    She treats them with patience and teaches them well. For her excellent quality and very good teaching results, she has been elected as a model teacher several times.

  73    Every day, when she comes back home from work, she sets about doing housework, sweeping the living room and bedrooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. She seems to be busy all the time. As she has been very busy working every day, she looks older than her age. But she looks as cheerful and happy as ever. Mother never buys expensive dresses for herself, but she often buys some inexpensive but high quality clothes for us.   74    She just eats a plain meal outside when she is too busy to cook herself. She lives a busy yet simple life, without any complaints.

Often she says to us, “work while you work, and play while you play. That is the way to be happy and gay. If you do not work, you will become lazy and be of no use to society”. What a piece of good advice this is!    75    This advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my behavior. My mother is great indeed, and I always feel proud of her.

A. She enjoys listening to classic music.

B. As a mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort.

C. She loves her students and cares for them.

D. She never goes to expensive restaurants to enjoy meals.

E. My mother is hard-working and never wastes money.

F. I never forget it and always keep it in my mind.

G. Can you tell us something about your mother?

Computers are very important to modern life. Many people think that in the future computers will be used in lots of everyday life. It is thought that we won’t have to go shopping because we will be able to get all texts from computers. The Internet will be used to play games, see films and buy food. Most telephone calls will be made by computers.

　 Some people are glad about these new ways of shopping and communicating. Others do not think that computers will replace our old ways.

　 Let’s look at books, for example. Some people think that one day we will not read books made of paper. Instead, we will buy and read books using computers. We will read texts on small pocket computers. The computers will keep many different books in them at the same time. We don’t need to turn lots of pages and paper will be saved. Computerized books will be used more and more.

Is Internet shopping such a pleasue as going to the shop? Many people say it is not. It is a pleasure to go into shops and look at things you want to buy. Also probably people won’t like to read large texts on our computers. Because paper books seem to be more friendly. Maybe computers won’t change these two habits.

68. In the first paragragh it is thought people will use computers to 　　　.

A. play games, see films and have meals

B. play games, go shopping and make telephone calls

C. see films, buy food and see doctors

D. make telephone calls,play games and do housework

69. The underline sentence in the last paragraph means　　 .

A. paper books regard people as friends

B. paper books are very kind to people

C. people like to read paper books

D. people don’t really like to read paper books

70. The last paragraph tells us 　　　 .

A. Internet shopping is a great pleasure

B. people will like to read texts on computers

C. whether the computers will change these two habits

D. how people will use computers in the future

The Winter Olympics is also called the White Olympics. At that time, many colorful stamps are great Games. The first stamps marking the opening came out on January25, 1932 in the United States for the 3rd White Olympics. From then on, publishing stamps during the White Olympics became a rule.

　 During the 4rd Winter Olympic Games a group of stamps were published in Germany in November 1936. The five rings of Olympics were drawn on the front of the sportswear. It was the first time that the rings appeared on the stamps of the Winter Olympics.

In the 1950’s, the stamps of this kind became more colorful. When the White Olympics came, the host countries(東道主)as well as the non-host countries published stamps to mark those Games. China also published four stamps in February1980, when the Chinese sportsmen began to take part in the White Olympics.

Japan is the only Asia country that has ever held the Winter Olympics. Altogether 14500 million stamps were sold to collect money for this sports meeting.

　 Different kinds of sports were drawn on these small stamps. People can enjoy the beauty of the wonderful movements of some sportsmen.

64. The White Olympics and the Winter Olympics　　　 .

A. are the same thing　 　　　　B. are different games

C. are not held in winter　　　 D. are held in summer

65. The world made it a rule to publish stamps to mark the great world Games　　　　 .

A. after the year 1936 　　　　　　　 B. after the 3 rd Winter Olympics

C. before the 3 rd White Olympic　　　 D. before the year 1932

66. We can infer from the passsage that the Winter Olympics is held once　　　 .

A. every two years 　　　　B. every three years

C. every four years D. every five years

67. Which of the following is TRUE？

A.Only the host countries can publish stamps to mark those Games.

B. Only the non-host countries can publish stamps to mark those Games.

C. All the countries can publish stamps to mark those Games.

D. Japan can’t publish stamps of the White Olympics.

( TV programmes in Beijing Sunday, May 26, 2002 CCTV )

60. If an Englishman wants to know about what’s happening in China, but he doesn’t know any Chinese, he may watch TV at ________．

　　 A．19:00 on CCTV—1 Channel 2 　　B．20:05 on CCTV—1 Channel 2

　　 C．22:00 on CCTV—2 Channel 8 　　D．21:30 on CCTV—2 Channel 8

61. If your child want to watch the Michey Mouse, he or she may turn on 　　 .

A. 19:00 on CCTV—1 Channel 2 　　B. 20:05 on CCTV—1 Channel 2

C．22: 00 on CCTV—2 Channel 8 　 D. 18:10 on CCTV—2 Channel 8

62．If you are interested in football games, which of the following programmes will you choose first？

　　　 A．China Sports Report．　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．Special Sports．

　　　 C．Today’s Focus．　　　 　　　　　　　　　 D．China Music TV．

63. If you are going to Guangzhou by plane from Chongqing Airport, you’d better pay attention to the programme ________．

　　　 A．Weather Report 　　　　　B．World-famous Cities

　　　 C．Economy 30 Minutes 　　　D．The Story of Earth

Scientists are trying to make the deserts(沙漠) into good land again．They want to bring water to the deserts， so people can live and grow food． They are learning a lot about the deserts．But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time．Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time．

Why is more and more land becoming desert？Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth．

Some places on the earth don’t get much rain．But they still don’t become deserts．This is because some green plants are growing there． Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants don’t let the sun make the earth even drier．Plants do not let the wind blow the dirt away. When a bit of rain falls，the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become desert more easily．

56. Deserts　　 ______．

A. never have any plants or animals in them

B. can all be turned into good land before long

C. are becoming smaller and smaller　　 D. get very little water

57. Small green plants are very important to dry places because 　　 ．

A. they don’t let the sun make the earth even drier.

B. they don’t let the wind blow the soil away.

　　 C．they hold water　　　　 D．All of the above．

58. Land is becoming desert little by little because 　　 ．

　　 A．plants can’t grow there　　 B．there is not enough rain

　　 C．people haven’t done what scientists wish them to do

　　 D．scientists know little about the deserts

59. After reading this passage，we learn that 　　 ．

　　 A．plants can keep dry land from becoming desert

　　 B．it is good to get rid of the grass in the deserts

　　 C．a(chǎn)ll places without much rain will become deserts

　　 D．it is better to grow crops on dry land than to cut them

I started to love running at a young age. I loved to 36 　with my father and my sister around the backyard. I couldn’t 　37 to get older so I could run in the Olympics and win a lot of 38 .

One day my mother saw a(n) 39 for a race in a newspaper. “Would you be 40 in entering this race?” she asked me.

“Yes, of course.” I answered.

I spent the next few days practicing for my big race. My sister 41 a table in the backyard so she could supply me with water and 　42 me.

Just before the race began, my dad 　43 in my ear, “Don’t use up all your energy at the beginning of the race. You need to have energy 44 you can speed up at the end.”

Following Dad’s advice, I didn’t run as 45 as I could. Then the other runners started passing me, which made me 46 . I began to feel tired, and started slowing down and 47 harder.

“Come on, Kelly! You can do it! Keeping running!”

Out of the corner of my 48 I saw Dad running beside me around the outside of the track.

“I can’t do it !” I 49 to say.

“Yes, you can. Don’t give up, keep running,” he called back.

I took a deep breath and tried to speed forward. Dad continued running beside me, shouting 50 words.

I came fifth, but I felt like a(n) 51. I’d done my best, and I hadn’t 52.

I felt thankful that my dad had 53 left my side. He always encourages me when I feel like 54 up. He runs along side me 55 my life.

36.　 A. trouble 　　　　　　　　　 B. show 　　　　　　　　　 C. race　 　　　　　　　　 D. win

37.　 A. help 　　　　　　　　　　 B. stop　 　　　　　　　　 C. wait 　　　　　　　　　　 D. complain

38.　 A. money 　　　　　　　　 B. gifts 　　　　　　　　　 C. prizes　 　　　　　　 D. medals

39.　 A. story 　　　　　　　　　 B. report 　　　　　　　　　 C. advertisement 　　 D. introduction

40.　 A. interested　 　　　　　 B. frightened　 　　　 C. excited　　　 　　　 D. surprised

41.　 A. asked for　 　　　　 B. set up　 　　　　　　　 C. wiped out　 　　　　 D. thought of

42.　 A. time　 　　　　　　　　 B. cheer　 　　　　　　　 C. watch　 　　　　　　　 D. guide

43.　 A. replied 　　　　　　　　 B. blamed　　 　　　 C. whispered 　　　 D. shouted

44.　 A. until 　　　　　　　　　　　 B. because　 　　　　　 C. so　 　　　　　　　　　　 D. if

45.　 A. fast 　　　　　　　　　　 B. proudly 　　　　　　　　 C. patiently　 　　　　 D. early

46.　 A. curious 　　　　　　　 B. angry　 　　　　　　　 C. mad 　　　　　　　　　 D. nervous

47.　 A. running 　　　　　　　　 B. breathing　 　　　　　 C. thinking 　　　　　　 D. struggling

48.　 A.track 　　　　　　　　　　 B. competitors 　　　　 C. audience　 　　　　　 D. eyes

49.　 A. continued 　　　　　 B. decided　 　　　　　　 C. managed 　　　　　　 D. remembered

50.　 A.encouraging 　　　　　 B. touching　　 　　　 C. boring　　 　　　　 D. disappointing

51.　 A. soldier 　　　　　　　　 B. winner　 　　　　　　 C. owner　 　　　　　　 D. loser

52.　 A. broken down 　　　 B. fallen down 　　　　　 C. run away 　　　　　 D. given up

53.　 A. hardly 　　　　　　　　　 B. never　 　　　　　　 C. always　 　　　　　　 D. often

54.　 A. getting 　　　　　　　　 B. giving　 　　　　　　　 C. going　 　　　　　　 D. coming

55.　 A through 　 B. for C. about　　 　　　 D. with

—The suitcase is much too heavy for you, right?

— Yes. I’d appreciate _____ if you could help.

A. you      B. that      C.it       D. such

— The bike has broken down many times since I bought it.

— Well, they _____ have paid more attention to quality.

　 A. must　　　 B. can　　 C. may　　 D. should

The greatest love in the world is no doubt the love of a mother, it can be ____ by nothing else.

   A. charged     B. replaced     C. competed     D. doubted

His father was a ______person, who wasn’t willing to spend a penny for his sons.

A. generous   B. kind   C. mean    D. selfish