The government of Norway is planning to build an unusual storage center on an island in the Arctic Ocean. The place would be large enough to hold about two million seeds. The goal is to present all crops known to scientists. The British magazine New Scientist published details of the plan last month. The structure will be designed to protect the world’s food supply against nuclear war, climate change and other possible threats. It will be built in a mountain on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen. The mountain is less than one thousand kilometers from the North Pole, the northernmost position on earth.

An international group called the Global Crop Diversity Trust is working on the project. The director of the group, Cary Fowler, spoke to New Scientist. He said the project would let the world rebuild agriculture if, in his word, “the worst came to the worst”. Norway is expected to start work next year. The project is expected to cost three million dollars. Workers will drill（孔） deep in the side of a sandstone mountain. Temperatures in the area never rise above 0ºC. The seeds will be protected behind walls a meter thick and high-security door.

The magazine report says the collection will represent the products of ten thousand years of farming. Most of the seeds at first will come from collections at seed banks in Africa, Asia and Latin America. To last a long time, seeds need to be kept in very low temperatures. Workers will not be present all the time. But they plan to replace the air inside the storage space each winter. Winter temperatures on the island are about eighteen degrees below 0ºC. The cold weather would protect the seeds even if the air could not be replaced.

Mr. Fowler says the proposed structure will be the world’s safest gene bank. He says the plant seeds would only be used when all other seeds are gone for some reason. Norway first put forward the idea in the 1980s. But safety concerns delayed the plan. At that time, the Soviet Union was meeting in Rome of the Food and Agriculture Organization.

24．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the above passage?

A．The government of Norway will perform the project alone.

B．Seeds to be collected there were produced ten thousand years ago.

C．Spitsbergen is chosen because it is free of the nuclear war forever.

D．Temperature is a major consideration when choosing the storage place.

25．We can infer from the text that _______.
     A．Norway had meant to build the storage centre about 30 years before.   

B．The storage center will greatly promote world agriculture 
     C．People will get newly-developed seeds from the center every year.
     D．There haven’t been any seed storage centers in the world before.

26．The project is meant to ______.

A．increase the world’s food output in the future

B．carry out some scientific experiments on plant genes

C．build an exhibition centre of the world’s plant seeds

D．protect crop seeds from dying out in case of possible disasters

27．What is probably the best title of the passage?

A．The Best Place to Store Seeds

B．Noah’s Ark（诺亚方舟）of Plant Seeds in Plan

C．Concerns of World Food Supply

D．A New Way to Feed the World

Disappointed with delays in Sacramento (the capital of California), Bay Area officials said Thursday they planned to take matters into their own hands to regulate the region’s growing piles of electronic waste.

A San Jose council woman and a San Francisco supervisor said they would propose new local plans aimed at controlling electronic waste if the California law-making body fails to act on two bills delayed in the Assembly. They are among a growing number of California cities and countries that have expressed the same intention

Environmentalists and local governments are increasingly concerned about the danger caused by old electronic devices and the cost of safely recycling those products. An estimated 6 million televisions and computers are stocked in California homes, and an additional 6,000 to 7,000 computers become outdated every day. The machines contain high levels of lead (铅) and other dangerous substances, and are already banned from California landfills.

A bill by Senator (参议员) Byron Sher would require consumers to pay a recycling fee of up to $30 on every new machine containing a cathode ray tube. Used in almost all video monitors and televisions, those devices contain four to eight pounds of lead each. The fees would go toward setting up recycling programs, providing grants to non-profit agencies that reuse the tubes and rewarding manufacturers that encourage recycling.

A separate bill by Los Angeles-area Senator Gloria Romero would require high-tech manufacturers to develop programs to recycle so-called e-waste. If passed, the measures would put California at the forefront of national efforts to manage the refuse of the electronic age.

But high-tech groups, including the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group and the American Electronics Association, oppose the measures, arguing that fees of up to $30 will drive consumers to online, out-of-state shops.

“What really needs to occur is consumer education. Most consumers are unaware they’re not supposed to throw computers in the dust bin,” said Roxanne Gould, vice president of government relations for the electronics association.

Computer recycling should be a local effort and part of residential waste collection programs, she added. Recycling electronic waste is a dangerous and specialized matter, and environmentalists maintain the state must support recycling efforts and ensure that the job isn’t contracted to junk dealers who send the poisonous parts overseas.

“The graveyard of the high-tech revolution is ending up in rural China,” said Ted Smith, director of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition. His group is pushing for some refinement to Sher’s bill that would prevent the export of e-waste.

63. How would Bay Area officials deal with the problem of e-waste? ____________.

A. To get enough support to pass the delayed bills.

B. To persuade the lawmakers of the California Assembly.

C. To make relevant local regulations by themselves.

D. To put pressure on manufacturers of electronic devices.

64. What do the two bills delayed in the California Assembly both concern? _________.

A. The reprocessing of the huge amounts of electronic waste in the state.

B. The regulations on dumping dangerous substances into landfills.

C. The funding of local initiatives to reuse waste electronic devices.

D. The sales of the second-hand electronic devices to foreign countries.

65. High-tech groups believe that if an extra fee is charged on every TV or computer purchased in California, consumers will ______________.

A. hesitate to upgrade their computers         B. abandon online shopping

C. strongly protest against such a charge       D. buy them from other states

66. We learn from the passage that much of California’s electronic waste has been ________.

A. dumped into local landfills               B. exported to foreign countries

C. collected by non-profit agencies           D. recycled by computer manufacturers

 One thing I admire about British people is the polite manner ______ they eat, even if it’s

   just a potato.

  A. of which               B. by which                  C. for which                 D. in which

– Can I help you with it?

  --I appreciate your ____, but I can manage it myself.

  A. advice                 B. question                 C. offer                       D. idea

When I was young, each morning I woke up and would find my father nowhere around the house. He usually got up early before   41   and began milking the cow and cleaning the farmyard. In summer, he got up   42   earlier to mop the grass and water the flowers and vegetables in the garden. Once I helped my father to   43   weeds(杂草) from the corn field. It was long   44   I felt very tired but the field ridge(田垄) seemed   45  . Finally I totally threw myself   46   in the field, feeling   47  . My dad seemed to have    48   my mind. He came up and said, “Farming is backbreaking and really takes   49   and sweat, but in   50   the sweet harvest will be worth the   51  .” Encouraged by his words, I struggled to my feet. My father   52   and added, “Rome is not built in a   53    but it can be built in hundreds of days. So whenever   54   with a huge project, just break it into   55   parts and then complete it one by one. Finally you will be amazed at your    56  .” Hearing what he said, I was greatly   57   and continued removing the weeds from patch to patch. Believe it or not, at the end of the day, I   58   in weeding half an acre of corn field.

Now, I have tried different jobs and finally   59   down a big restaurant. In my lifetime, my father’s devotion to his job and his special working methods can always encourage and guide me   60   all kinds of difficulties.

41. A. dark                         B. dawn                C. noon                 D. midnight

42. A. less                 B. equally              C. even                 D. extremely

43. A. forbid                B. throw                C. drop                D. remove

44. A. before               B. whenever            C. since                D. until

45. A. changeable                B. endless              C. faraway              D. boring

46. A. open               B. flat                   C. away                 D. aside

47. A. angry                 B. disappointed           C. hopeless                 D. embarrassed

48. A. read                 B. disturbed                 C. spoken             D. seen

49. A. pains                         B. time                  C. courage                  D. patience

50. A. winter                  B. spring                C. summer            D. fall

51. A. strength              B. effort                   C. cost                  D. risk

52. A. smiled                B. regretted            C. sighed              D. followed

53. A. second              B. month               C. day                          D. year

54. A. faced                B. discouraged    C. dealt                 D. worked

55. A. good                 B. various             C. small                D. large

56. A. result                         B. achievement     C. failure                 D. change

57. A. inspired              B. shocked                  C. delighted           D. puzzled

58. A. managed                  B. failed               C. succeeded       D. avoided

59. A. settled               B. broke               C. bent                 D. pulled

60. A. around              B. to                    C. with                 D. through

______ bothers me is that the young man seems to know a bit too much.

A. Whether          B. What           C. Which          D. That

Today, we will discuss a popular postgraduate (研究生) degree known as MBA. The letters stand for: Master of Business administration.

MBA students learn to deal with all kinds of business situations. They learn to solve business problems. They develop

1.___________ (skill) needed by many kinds of companies.

All MBA programs teach students about 2.___________ (difference) subjects including the structure of organizations, finance, marketing and policy. Students then do more study in areas 3.___________ interest them. It usually takes two years to get a degree if you attend school full-time. Many programs take even 4.___________ (long) to complete.

Business is one of the most popular areas of foreign students in the United States. To be admitted 5.___________ program, foreign students must show a clear 6.___________ ( understand) of English by taking the TOEFL test. The scores on this test 7.___________ (use) by more than 1500 graduate programs throughout the world every year.

Studying for 8.___________ MBA can be expensive. The program at the University of Virginia, for example, costs more than $22000 a year. 9.___________ (get) more information about studying for the degree, use the computer and go to a web site called MBA Explorer. Another way is to go to MBA Forums. At the Forums, representatives of business colleges explain 10.___________ (they) programs and answer questions from people interested in studying business.

Nowadays more and more people are talking about genetically modified foods ( GM foods). GM foods develop from genetically modified organisms (有机体), which have had specific changes introduced into their DNA by genetic engineering techniques. These techniques are much more precise where an organism is exposed to chemicals to create a non­specific but stable change. For many people, the high­tech production raises all kinds of environmental, ethical, health and safety problems. Particularly in countries with long farming traditions, the idea seems against nature.

In fact, GM foods are already very much a part of our lives. They were first put on the market in 1996. A third of the corn and more than half the cotton grown in the U. S. last year was the product of biotechnology, according to the Department of Agriculture. More than 65 million acres of genetically modified crops will be planted in the US this year. The genetic genie is out of the bottle.

However, like any new product entering the food chain, GM foods must be subjected to careful testing. In wealthy countries, the debate about biotech is not so fierce by the fact that they have a large number of foods to choose from, and a supply that goes beyond the needs. In developing countries desperate to feed fast­growing and underfed populations, the matter is simpler and much more urgent: do the benefits of biotech outweigh the risks?

The statistics on population growth and hunger are disturbing. Last year the world's population reached 6 billion. The UN states that nearly 800 million people around the world are unhealthy. About 400 million women of childbearing age don' t have enough iron, which means their babies are exposed to various birth defeats.As many as 100 million children suffer from vitamin A deficiency, a leading cause of blindness.

How can biotech help? Genetic engineering is widely used to produce plants and animals with better nutritional values. Biotechnologists have developed genetically modified rice and they are working on other kinds of nutritionally improved crops. Biotech can also improve farming productivity in places where food shortages are caused by crop damage attributable to drought, poor soil and crop viruses.

32. The passage mainly talks about________.

A. the world's food problem                       B. the development in biotech

C. the genetically modified foods             D. the way to solve food shortages

33. According to the passage, GM foods________.

A. will replace naturally grown foods           

B. are far better than naturally grown foods

C. may help to solve the problem of poor nutrition

D. can cause serious trouble in developing countries

34. The underlined sentence “The genetic genie is out of the bottle.” in Paragraph 2 probably

means that________.

A. GM foods are available everywhere

B. the technology in producing GM foods is advanced

C. genetic technology may have uncontrollable powers

D. genetic technology has come out of laboratories into markets

35. What's the writer's attitude towards GM foods?

A. Enthusiastic.     B. Cautious.             C. Disapproving.         D. Unbelievable.

 A strong earthquake ________ widespread destruction in the city center hit New Zealand South Island city of Christchurch.

A. Caused            B. to have caused       C. causing           D. to cause

 Can you tell me who will attend the meeting _______ tomorrow in our hotel?

   A. held                  B. will be held        C. to be held               D. being held

文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号∧，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线＼划掉。

修改：在错词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2、只允许修改10处，多者从第11处不计分。

  Hiking has become popular in China during recent years, and more and more people become hikers, that are called Donkey Friends (驴友) in Chinese. A discussion about hiking has held in our class. Some students think that hiking during vacation can make people to feel healthier, fresher and more harmonious with nature. They find themselves deep attracted by the beauty of nature. They can also be relaxing walking in deep mountains. But nowadays some hikers even begin to explore the places people have never gone to, and accidents have happened now and then because poor knowledge of hiking. Some hikers even lost their life. The other students in our class think it not safe to organize so dangerous activities. They make suggestions which laws should be passed and hikers should be trained before they attend the activities

 My parents always remind us that by no means __________no respect for our teachers.

    A. did we show      B. we should show     C. we show     D. should we show

The black taxi or cab is one of the most famous symbols in London. In the 17^th century, London saw its first black cabs but these were very different from today’s vehicles because they were pulled by horses.

   However, their influence is still felt today because in 1679, the British government passed a law requiring all vehicles to pass a test to make sure they were safe for passengers. This law is still in force today. Also, the very earliest cars were called “horseless carriages”  because they were very much like the shape of the carriages formerly pulled by horses.

   Over the years, the design of the London black cab has changed; perhaps the biggest improvement is that the modern cab has wheelchair access. Even so, the basic image is still the same, a black cab that stands for a tradition of service and efficiency of which the London “cabbies” are justifiably(无可非议地) proud. In fact, the cabbies are some of the mist highly trained people in London. Before anyone is given a license to drive a black cab, a person must pass a test called “The Knowledge”. This involves learning by heart the 320 main routes, and all their tourist attractions in central London. During the test, drivers are not allowed to receive radio assistance or to use satellite navigation. This test is so difficult. It takes some people years to learn all the information. In London, you will often see men riding around on motorbikes with a map clipped onto its handlebars. These are “Knowledge boys”---people trying to learn all the routes so they can pass the test.

    So the next time you take a black cab, don’t be surprised that the cabbie seems to be very widely read and full of wisdom. After all, he had to pass“ The Knowledge” to get his license.

33. Both the old cabs and the modern ones focus on _______.

A. specials designs of cabs         B. shapes of the carriages

C. wheelchair access              D. safety problems

34. In order to pass“ The Knowledge”, drivers must_____.

   A. be familiar with all routes in London

   B. begin practicing on their motorbikes

   C. receive radio assistance

   D. use satellite navigation

35. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

   A. All the cab drivers are full of wisdom.

   B. It’s quite easy to hire a cab in London.

   C. It’s hard to pass“ The Knowledge” test.

   D. The cab drivers are pleasant to talk with.

How do your children deal with money? How can parents help their children understand money? As far as I’m concerned,    1    So you may start talking about money when your child shows an interest in buying things, candy or toys, for example.
     * The basic function of money
    Explain the basic function of money by showing how people trade money for goods or services. It is important to show your child how money is traded for the thing he wants to have. If he wants to have a toy, give him the money and let him hand the money to the cashier(收银员).    2    When your child grows a bit older and understands the basic function of money, you can start explaining more complex ways of using money.
      * Money lessons
      Approach money lessons with openness and honesty.     3    If you must say no to a child’s request to spend money, explain,“You have enough toy trucks for now. ” Or, if the request is for many different things, say. “You have to make a choice between this toy and that toy. ”
      *    4   
      Begin at the grocery store. Pick out similar brands of a product—a name-brand butter and a generic(无商标产品), for example. You can show your child how to make choices between different brands of a product so that you can save money.   5    If he chooses the cheaper brand, allow him to make another purchase with the money saved. Later, you may explain how the more expensive choice leaves less money for other purchases.

A. Permit the child to choose between them.
B. Wise decision.
C. Tell your child why he can — or cannot — have certain things.
D. Ask yourself what things that cost money are most important to you.   

E. The best time to teach a child anything about money is when he shows an interest.
     F. The value of money.
    G. Talk about how the money bought the thing after you leave the toy store.

 As was known to all, John had broken his promise ___ he would stay with us for some time .

A. when           B. which

C. that           D. what

 It is usually warm in my hometown in March, but it _______ be rather cold sometimes.

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

Chengdu has dozens of new millionaires, Asia’s biggest building, and fancy new hotels. But for tourists like me, pandas are its top____61_(attract).

     So it was a great honor to be invited backstage at the not-for-profit Panda Base, where ticket money helps pay for research, I_____62_（arrow）to get up close to these cute animals at the 600-acre center. From tomorrow, I will be their UK ambassador. The title will be __63___(official) given to me at a ceremony in London. But my connection with pandas goes back ____64__ my days on a TV show in the mid-1980s, ____65_ I was the first Western TV reporter__66___ (permit) to film a special unit caring for pandas rescued from starvation in the wild. My ambassadorial duties will include ____67_(introduce) British visitors to the 120-plus pandas at Chengdu and others at a research in the misty mountains of Bifengxia.

     On mu recent visit, I help a lively three-month-old twin that had been rejected by _____68_ (it) mother. The nursery team switches him every few __69__( day) with his sister so that while one is being bottle-fed, __70____ other is with mum-she never suspects.

“When ______ leave for Japan？” “When ______ leave for Japan is kept secret.”

A. they will, will they             B. will they, they will

C. they will, they will             D. will they, will they

— Miss. Miller, this is Ruben Holmen calling again. You had said I should call this week to schedule an interview with you.

— ________, why don’t we say next Monday at 11:30 a.m.?

A. It depends  B. All right then

C. How come   D. With pleasure

Have you ever lost your car on a parking lot? You don’t have a clue where your car is after shopping. Then you start walking around clicking on your car keys so the alarm goes off. It can be annoying, especially on a hot sunny day.

No, you needn’t install(安装) an expensive GPS system to keep track of your car. That’s too expensive. You would need to pay a monthly fee to use it.

But is there a way to track your vehicle without spending a fortune? Yes, now there is! A California-based company has created a tiny device that works with your smartphone, which could be exactly what you’re looking for!

Ø         What is it?

It’s called TrackR. It is a state-of-the-art tracking device the size of a coin. It’s changing the way we keep track of the important things in our lives.

Ø         How does it work?

It’s easy! Install the free TrackR app on your smartphone, connect the app to your device and you’re ready to go! Simply attach TrackR to whatever you want to keep an eye on. The entire process of setting it up only takes 5 minutes or less.

You can attach it to your keys, briefcase, wallet, your latest tech gadgets and anything else you don’t want to lose. Then use the TrackR app to locate your missing item in seconds.

If you forget where you have parked your car, pull out your smartphone and open the TrackR app. Tap on the “find device” button on the screen and the app will tell you the exact spot of the last known location of the TrackR.

Ø         What else can I do with TrackR?

The device is small and unnoticeable enough that you can attach it to your pet. Put it on their collar, and the issue of searching for them when they run away to nearby places will be over! You’ll never waste a minute searching the whole house for it.

TrackR even comes with a double-sided glue so you can stick it to your laptop or under your bike seat. Track down and punish the thieves who steal your expensive things!

Ø         How much does it cost?

You’re probably thinking that this device is very expensive. False! TrackR only costs $29! That’s a small price to pay for peace of mind, isn’t it?

Ø         Where can I buy one?

You can buy it directly from the company’s website by clicking here https://buy.thetrackr.co/gu/special-offers/15/ .

25. From the passage, we learn that TrackR can ______.

A. take good care of your pets at home

B. help you locate your important things

C. work better after you pay monthly fee

D. track your wallet through GPS system

26. This passage is mainly developed by ______.

A. providing statistics                         B. giving examples

C. answering questions                                 D. making comparisons

27. Where is this passage most likely taken from?

A. A website.        B.       A journal.   C. A personal blog.         D. A research report.