— What do you think of his suggestion?— _______.

— What time is the next flight to Washington?— _____.

— Come to our house for a party, please.— _____.

— I really enjoy pop music. What’s your favorite?— ____.

— Thank you for your invitation and the nice coffee.— __.

— What about another coffee?— _________________.

— What does this word mean, Joe?— _________________.

— Whose car is this?— ______________.

— You may have seen this film.— _________________.

When is your birthday?

There are many ___ in China.

--Do you like coffee?--Yes, but I like tea _______________.

All kinds of vegetables ___________________ in the free market.

Betty is always interested__________________ space science. She wishes to fly in a spaceship one day.

Certain measures should be taken to control environmental _________.

Civil war or regional conflicts also cause disruption, __________ people out of rural areas.

Cycling is a good exercise. ____, it doesn’t pollute the air.

He  ____ lives here.

He broke __ the candy and gave each child a small piece.

He is over fifty, but he looks as if he ____________ only in his thirties.

He set off very late, and __________ did not catch the morning flight.

He took ____ my job when I was on holiday.

He wants to  ___ of the fine weather today to play tennis.

I cannot tell the __________difference between the twins.

I shall go to the meeting tomorrow ___ I'm too busy.

I spent most of my money in the first week and ____ had very little for food at the end of the holiday.

I think this sofa is ___ than that one.

Is there any reason ____________ you should go away?

It seems ____ that no one saw this crisis.

It’s ____________ the driest summers we have ever known.

It’s no use ______________ with him.

It’s one of the coolest springs we_________________.

She's ____ cancer (癌症) for two years.

Such changes can alter the social structure, _________ people to move.

The hospital is carrying ____ tests to find out what's wrong with her.

The population of the world is growing at a dangerous ________________.

The weather in Kunming is better than __________ in Beijing.

There are many cities _________________ very fast.;

These radio and TV networks have ___ in the UK.

They were asked to avoid ______________ any water which had not been boiled.

This is the dictionary ______________ I depend a lot whenever I have problems with new words.

You have nothing to _________ by refusing to listen to our advice.

Young children soon _______________ words they hear their elders use.

Dealing with waste is a huge global problem. Unfortunately, many people don’t usually think much about what happens (1) _____ their old fridge when they update to the latest model. A few just dump it (2) _____ the street without another thought. As a result, Britain currently has over a million old fridges (3) _____  in dumps in fields and in warehouses because the country does not have enough equipment to dispose (4) _____  them. New European Union regulations say that from 1 January 2002, all material that depletes the ozone layer, such as CFC coolants, (5) _____  from fridges before they are put in landfill sites. It is (6) _____  to take quite a while to solve the problem. But it is not only fridges (7) _____  are difficult to get rid of. What about old computers, TVs and other hi-tech junk? For example, Guangdong Province, in the southeast of China, has been suffering from problems (8)_____ by imported waste electrical goods like computers. Workers there (9)_____  old computers to extract the recyclable parts like chips, and precious metals (10) _____  gold and platinum.

The world’s urban population, (1)_____at four times the rate of rural populations, will double in the period 1990 – 2025, to over five billion. Consequently, (2)_____of the people of the world will live in cities, some of (3)_____will be huge. Moreover, about 90% of the growth will be in developing countries. This growth, adding around 60 million people per year (4)_____city populations, will be mainly in Southeast Asia and Africa. The consequences are dramatic. This is change on a scale never before (5)_____, bringing with it considerable challenges and opportunities. Why does this growth happen? Most of it results (6)_____internal migration rather than the international movement of people, and is caused by a variety of push and pull factors. One push factor is due to pressure (7)_____land availability. Improved health brings population growth, causing people to move out of rural areas. Others move because of climate change or poor farming methods which often result in deforestation and flooding. Such changes can alter the social structure, leading people (8)_____ move.  Furthermore, civil war or regional conflicts also cause disruption, driving people out of rural areas. On the other hand, there are the pull factors. Cities attract people because of the demand (9)_____labour in the manufacturing and service industries. As a result, they offer a higher standard of living (10)_____the lucky ones. Cities also tend to offer greater personal freedom.

Interviewer – Why is English so important? David – Well, English is so important primarily because so many people speak it and use it, so it has now become the lingua franca in the world (1)_____  a way that we’ve never seen before.  We(2)_____  a world language of this kind before. So people are learning it not just to be able to communicate (3)_____ native speakers, but also with speakers of other languages around the world. Interviewer – And why has it become that dominant language? David – I think the reason (4)_____  that is actually very complicated, although in the twentieth century, we can just see that it’s the rise of the US military and consumer power. I mean the technology, all the big developments in technology largely came from the US. So all of these developments actually (5)_____ within the English language, and people had to learn English in order to understand them, or to benefit (6)_____  them. The Internet is only one example of that kind. Once a language has (7)_____  that position of dominance, it’s actually very difficult (8)_____ it.  So we could be seeing the emergence of other big languages in the world (9)_____  more important than they have been, like Spanish, but it’s unlikely (10)_____ they’re going to shift English from its position of dominance.

There are over 80 species of whales, dolphins and porpoises, (1)_____ collectively as ‘cetaceans’, throughout the world. They come in all shapes and sizes. Here are some facts and figures about these incredible animals. The blue whale is (2)_____ animal on Earth. The average adult length is 25m for males and 26.2m for females, (3)_____ body weights of 90-120 tonnes. Hector’s dolphin is the world’s shortest cetacean. They may be only 1.2m long when fully (4)_____ . A blue whale eats up to 4 tonnes of krill daily. This is equivalent (5)_____  a fully grown African elephant every day. The sperm whale (6)_____ dive deeper than any other cetacean. They have been known to dive as deep as 2000m. One bowhead whale is reported to (7)_____  130 years old when it died. The sperm whale has the world’s heaviest brain (8)_____  can weigh up to 9.2kg. This compares (9)_____ the average 1.4kg for the brain of an adult human. The _baiji _dolphin, or Chinese river dolphin, is the rarest dolphin in the world and is reported to be endangered. It lives in the Yangtze River in China. Conservation measures (10)_____ by the Chinese to save it.

A Case StudyDesertification around the Gobi Desert THE PROBLEMS The GOBI Desert, in the north of China, is now seven times bigger than Britain. China has large desert areas and much of its agricultural land is being threatened by desertification, which is getting worse. In addition, soil erosion has led to a huge loss of farmland and the drying up of rivers. Consequently, the livelihoods of 35 million people are being threatened. Furthermore it is even affecting cities. The nearest sand dune is less than 100 miles from Beijing, where unpleasant sandstorms are becoming more frequent. The worse the situation, the more pressure there is on the government to take action. The Causes The reasons for the changes are complex. It is clear that pollution of the air and water by factories is affecting the environment. Trees and other vegetation die, and so soil is eroded. The more trees that die, the less water is held in the earth. The need for wood for fuel and buildings leads to further deforestation, which causes further soil erosion. Local farmers find it more and more difficult to make a living. They end up using inefficient farming methods, which again leads to soil erosion. The Solutions The Government is carrying out anti-desertification projects, including the creation of a forest belt around deserts. The tree-planting campaign, known as the Great Green Wall, is meant to protect Beijing from sandstorms. China hopes to control the expansion of desert land by the year 2010 and plans to establish a protected eco-system in desert areas by 2050. 操作提示、通过题干后的下拉框选择题目的正确答案。 1.According to this passage, the Gobi desert is  {}.

The total desert area of China is {}.

{} leads to soil erosion.

The Chinese government is planting trees  {}.

The expansion of desert land  {}.

CETACEANSFACT FILE There are over 80 species of whales, dolphins and porpoises, known collectively as “cetaceans”, throughout the world. They come in all shapes and sizes. Here are some facts and figures about these incredible animals. 1.Largest

Smallest

Lagrest Appetite

Deepest Dive

Longest Lived

Heaviest Brain

Most Endangered

This article is mainly about {}.

{} lives in the Yangtze River in China and is reported to be endangered.

The longest lived whale is {}.

The brain of a sperm whale can be {} than a human one.

Usually adult male blue whales are {}  than female ones.

GLOBAL FOOD “Mum, can we go to McDonald’s, please?” Some people might ask, “Where would we be today if we did not have fast food?” and “Where would parents take their children out to eat?’ It has been reported that approximately 30% of meals consumed by families in the USA are eaten at one of the big chains like Burger King and Taco Bell, though probably none is more famous than McDonald’s. The distinctive “golden arch” can now be seen in most major cities in the world. In 2002, McDonalds had approximately 25,000 restaurants in over 120 countries and served 29 million people a day. Apparently, the secret of their success is a marketing strategy of “think global, act local”. McDonald’s learnt that if they adapted their “Mac” meals to different cultures, it was more successful than having a standardized set of products that taste the same everywhere. So now, around 80% of McDonald’s restaurants are franchised to local people who serve food with a “local” flavor. For example, in Hong Kong, food called “Shake Shake Fries” and “Red Bean Sunday” can be found on the menu, while in Switzerland, “Vegi Macs” are served. However, fast food is not popular with everyone. It is often called “junk” food because it is said to be unhealthy and full of fat. Furthermore, many people claim that fast food chains produce enormous amounts of waste, while millions of people in developing countries go hungry. At the same time, more and more people no longer cook fresh food at home. “Convenience” food is just too convenient! It is so easy for people with busy working lives to call into their local branch of Marks and Spencer, or some other supermarket chain, to buy ready-made meals on their way home from work. It is even easier to buy a “take-away” from a local restaurant or pick up the phone and order a pizza to be delivered to your home. 操作提示、通过题干后的下拉框选择题目的正确答案。 1.The secret of fast food chains’ success is {}.

We can learn from the passage that {}.

All the following are correct except that {}.

Which of the following is not the reason for more and more people preferring fast food to cooking at home?  {}.

People call fast food “junk food” because  {}.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, HORNS REV, DenmarkIn the lead up to the Earth Summit in Johannesburg in August, the Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior, today began the first part of a global journey to support the development of renewable energy around the world. Offshore wind in the North Sea alone can produce nearly twice the electricity needs of the North Sea countries. Using only 20% of that would supply one-third of these countries’ electricity. Greenpeace are going to challenge governments and industry to make this happen. The Rainbow Warrior sailed today to Horns Rev, the world’s largest offshore wind park, which is being built off the coast of Denmark. Another Greenpeace ship, the Arctic Sunrise, will begin the second part of the global tour in Southeast Asia next month. “During these weeks, Greenpeace will be conducting this global tour with two ships to show that renewable energy is ready and able to replace dirty coal, oil, gas and nuclear power – not only in the future, but today”, said a Greenpeace spokesperson. Wind energy is reported to be competitive with coal and gas power generation and clearly beats costly nuclear power. The UK government’s energy review claimed that wind energy will be the cheapest energy source by 2020. Next month, the Arctic Sunrise will be visiting the Philippines and Thailand, where communities are rejecting dirty, old-fashioned energy technology like coal-fired power stations and demanding clean, renewable energy. 1.The purpose of the global tour was{}.

The destination of the ship, the Rainbow Warrior was {}.

According to the passage,{}will be the cheapest form of energy by 2020.

The power produced by the offshore wind in the North Sea can be {}.

We can infer from this passage that {}.

WILL ENGLISH ALWAYS BE THE MAIN INTERNET LANGUAGE? The Internet’s ability to connect a wide range of cultures encourages variety. However, for the time being, English dominates online because from the start it was the lingua franca of cyberspace. Will this always be the case? Currently about 70% of Internet is in English, but only about 44% of Internet users are native English speakers. Worldwide, native Spanish speakers outnumber native speakers of English online, and the number of native Chinese speakers is greater than both those groups put together. Statistics show that the situation is changing. For instance, three years ago 75% of web pages were in English, but that number has dropped to 50% today. Furthermore, Internet use among non-native speakers of English is growing at a faster rate than that of native English speakers. By 2003, the number of native English-speaking web users will have dropped to 29%, according to one estimate. As a result, some researchers say that the early predominance of English is going to decline. They say that English will keep a special role in connecting communities whose native languages are different, but in about 20 years’ time, Spanish, French, Arabic and Chinese will also have taken on this connecting role. If this is true, then monolingual native English speakers may be more likely to learn another language and also become bilingual, or even multilingual. 1. English became the dominant Internet language because {}.

Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?{}

The number of English web pages has{}in the recent 3 years.

{}is NOT mentioned in the passage to have the possibility to take on the connecting role of English.

According to this passage, which of the following statements is true about the future of English?{}

Two hundred years ago, it took several weeks for the news of the important Battle of Trafalgar to reach London. Nowadays, you can watch a terrorist attack as it happens anywhere in the world. The communications revolution means that we are constantly bombarded with instant news. This has great advantages, but it also raises important questions. Satellites have enabled immediate reporting worldwide. A reporter can send the news to a network like CBS News and within seconds it can be all over the world. They send electronic reports that go straight into the newspaper or onto the TV screen. Reporters can now also transmit images through their mobile phones. Consequently, live, “on-the-spot” reporting has become the norm and TV viewers can get a much better idea of what a natural disaster, a conflict or an interesting scientific discovery is like. In recent years, several changes have occurred in the ownership of news media. Networks owned by large companies and governments have become bigger and very powerful. These networks – such as BBC News 24 – are hungry for news and have huge audiences. However, there can only be a limited number of such networks and their ownership is a big issue. Some companies not only own TV and radio networks but newspaper groups as well. Who decides what news to publish and what sort of “spin” to put on it? Is it always objective? There are now “spin doctors” who manipulate the news, emphasising certain parts and not others – and as a result, much of it is not neutral. Therefore, the question of control of the media matters very much. In some cases, the media companies are more powerful than governments. They can even influence elections. So the question is – should they be controlled and if so, by whom?  操作提示、通过题干后的下拉框选择题目的正确答案。 1.Immediate reporting has become possible all over the world because of  {}.

{}has become the norm.

In what ways are media companies powerful? {}.

According to the passage, the big issue is {}.

What can be inferred from this passage? {}.

He offered to help us with our work.

A characteristic of American culture is to respect the self-made man— the man who has made it through his own efforts.

Civil war or regional conflicts also cause disruption, driving people out of rural areas.

Convenience food bought by young people is not good for them.

Every time you get some new idea, there _must_ be some people to say no.

People must be educated to know how important this new technology is.

Reporters can transmit images either through the Internet or through their mobile phones.

She went to bed early last night, so she should be up now.

Sixty million people living in rural areas are moving to cities every year.

The TV programmes are not suitable for children since they are dominated by violence and crime.

The waste produced by fast-food chains is a problem.

This growth, happening mainly in Southeast Asia and Africa, has dramatic consequences