Her new series will underline(debut) next March on network television.A. n.首次登台；初次露面B. v.初次露面；首次登台C. v.巡查；巡逻D. v.修剪；割

The climate was ________ two harvests were possible each year: one in winter fed by the rains and one in summer fed by the irrigation from the canal.A. so thatB. now thatC. since thatD. such that

Ⅱ.Reading in Depth-|||-Direetions: In this section,there is a passage with /anks. You are required to-|||-select one word for each blank from the words given below.Read the passage through-|||-carefully before making your choices. You may not use any of the words more than-|||-once.-|||-paid ranging by covered prestigious on show-|||-abundant rise .rapid annual said .pay peers-|||-Beijing property workers enjoy highest pay rise in 2006-|||-Workers in Beijing`s property sector enjoyed an average pay rise of 11.9 percent last year,the-|||-highest in China,beating their 1 in Shanghai,Shenzhen and Guangzhou,says an industry-|||-report.Property salespers interior decoration desig and marketing staff in the real estate-|||-sector were the highest 2 The average 3 income of a design manager was 200,000 yuan,-|||-said the 2006 China Salary Report by Taihe Consulting,a market survey company.-|||-The survey 4 more than 100 industries, including pro finance,pharmaceuticals(药-|||-品),the technology and service sectors,and collected 130,000 responses.-|||-The report said the salaries of people in Beijing`s high tech industry also 5 strong-|||-growth.Rank-and file employees from Beijing`s high-tech compa earned less than-|||-those in Shanghai and Guangzhou,but executives raked in an average annual package of-|||-600,000yuan,about 100,000 yuan more than their counterparts in the south.The report-|||-attributed the disparity to the capital`s 6 education and research and development resources-|||-including the 7 Peking University and Tsinghua University and the Zhongguancun Science-|||-and Technology Park.It said the average Chinese pay 8 was 8.1 percent last year,but the-|||-salary level in the telecommunications sector changed little.Executives in telecommuni-|||-tions companies earned half a million yuan 9 average,basically the same as the previous-|||-year.People working in the rapidly growing consumer goods industry tended to earn more as-|||-an increasing number of international retail giants moved into Beijing.Financial institu-|||-pharmaceutical firms and hospitals also saw rising pay levels last year,with the annual growth-|||-rate 10 from 5 percent to 11 percent.-|||-1.peers 2.paid 3.annual 4.covered 5.show 6.abundant 7.prestigious 8.rise 9.on 10.ranging

Which of the following properties is inscribed on the World Heritage List?A. Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest AreaB. Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest AreaC. Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, LhasaD. Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor

1.He did not let the heavy rain ___ his plans to hike up to the summit of the mountain.A. hinderB. disguiseC. invadeD. tackle

50. Although the flame is usually carried by runners on foot, other modes of transport have also been used.A. 火炬手通常徒步完成圣火传递，但也将使用其他的交通工具。B. 跑步者通常徒步完成圣火传递，但也将使用其他的交通工具。C. 火炬手通常徒步完成圣火传递，但也已使用到其他的交通工具。D. 跑步者通常徒步完成圣火传递，但也已使用到其他的交通工具。

By the last quarter of the football game, the fans were almost _ to losing, but two unexpected touchdowns grabbed victory.A. restrainedB. retiredC. resumedD. resigned

Can Tony Blair Save the World of Books At the beginning of A Journey, Tony Blair boasts that he has "the soul of a rebel". Last week, he made good on that boast by conducting a gravity-defying act of literary presumption--pubhshing a hardback of some 720 pages, priced at ~25, tricked out with index, acknowledgments and 32 pages of photographic plates. According to Cathy Rentzenbrink, manager of the Richmond Waterstone’s: "These sales are brilliant and really exciting. You don’t often have customers almost breaking down the door to buy a book, but Blair is totally outselling Mandelson. I’ve not seen anything this big since Harry Potter or Dan Brown. This looks like the Christmas book of the year." She adds: "It’s very rare for a hardback to outsell a future paperback, but this might be one of those exceptions." Rentzenbrink says she does not know its Amazon discount, or if there’s a significant ebook and audiobook sale. What matters is that a fat hardback with a big print run is actually selling. Go into any bookshop today and you will find the unmistakable evidence of a business in the midst of a collective nervous breakdown: hardbacks discounted at 50%; heaped tables of "3 for 2"; and other hints of the death of print: andiobooks and advertisements for the Sony Reader, or the Elonex touch screen, or the Cybook Opus. This year, there are more than 20 competing e-readers. Across the Atlantic, Blair’s chunky memoir (回忆录) will seem even more antique. The American reading public is adopting the ebook with the enthusiasm of a great cousumer society. Wherever you go in the US, the electronic print of the hand-held screen glows like fairytale magic. Ebook sales are soaring, accompanied by terrible predictions about the future of publishing. The picture is all the more disturbing because it’s so hard to interpret, with competing diagnoses. Are we in intensive care or the morgue (太平间) Since 2000, the Anglo-American book business has been rocked by great disturbance. Google has digitised some 10 million titles. Barnes and Noble is for sale. Borders, bankrupt in the UK, clings on in the US. Here, Waterstone’s parent company, HMV, wants to sell. Amazon’s market share continues to soar. Asda, Tesco and the supermarket chains are said to be draining the life out of independent bookselling. In the US, it’s claimed that ebooks are now outselling many hardbacks. By the end of this year, 10.3 million Americans are expected to own e-readers, buying an estimated 100m ebooks. In the UK, electronic publishing lags behind the US, but many of the brightest publishing brains, notably Enhanced Editions, are looking hard at the potential of the book as application. Only a few people would dispute that it’s a matter of time before the ebook joins the iPod and the mobile phone as a vital component of the way we live. Ebooks, indeed, are already integral to the iPad and last week Amazon launched a sales campaign for its latest Kindle. Deplore this if you must, but be prepared: even the Oxford English Dictionary is now conceding that its third edition, 21 years in the making, will be published not on paper but online. The ￡25 hardback of Blair’s A Journey will certainly become a traditional bestseller. But many nervous industry observers are watching to see how many ebooks it sells. Within the book trade itself, all the main players (agents, editors, booksellers) have converted to e-reading, and now some authors are exploring the potential of the new technology. Stephen Fry is said to be developing a revolutionary application for his forthcoming autobiography. Yet many traditional publishers privately say that printed books will continue to be manufactured, bought and cherished. The buzz surrounding last week’s Kindle launch raises the possibility that the book is about to become swallowed up by an "iPod moment" for literature, similar to the transformation wrought on the music industry by downloading. Who knows Here’s where gazing into the crystal ball for the biggest IT revolution in 500 years gets really difficult. Tim Waterstone, who has had an unusual sense of what the British book buyer wants, remains sceptical. He concedes that the reference book market (dictionaries, encyclopedias) is "certain to go online". But what about fiction Biography Poetry Children’s books "Personally," he says, "I don’t think so." Like many great booksellers, Waterstone is a cultural conservative. As he talks, he spots a paperback classic on his 17:year-old daughter’s bookshelves, and launches into the old defence of ink and paper. "That’s incredible value," says Waterstone. "She’s a child of the digital age and she’s still buying books." So what’s the future A long pause. "The only honest thing to say is: I really don’t know." Another innovator, the writer Will Serf--whose Walking to Hollywood, an introduction for the movie business, has just been published--is in no doubt. "I’ve unknowingly acquired a Kindle," says Serf, "and I find that everything I read on it, especially Stieg Larsson, becomes nonsense. I’m inclined to blame the technology. With no physical similarity I think the text loses its .weight." Serf confesses to being unsure how much of his own backlist is available in ebook form. Sells response to the e-reader is echoed on the shop floor of Waterstone’s. Next to a discreet sign advertising "reading accessories" I found Elizabeth Squires, a mother of two, hesitated to buy Blair. This would be a departure for her because she buys "20 or 30 new books a year, all paperback, all fiction". Half of these she gets from Amazon. Audiobooks "Strictly for the kids." An ebook "No. Why should I I haven’t got anything to read it on." Is she tempted "I’ve been thinking about buying the Kindle, but it would never replace my book collection. Book lovers will always love books. There’s something irreplaceabie about a book. It gives you a physical, even an aesthetic, experience. For me, it’s an emotional thing. My books are my friends. There’s something about having a book in bed, about holding it, even smelling it, that I could never get from an e-reader. Isn’t the first thing you do when you move house, to rearrange your books" Elsewhere, the rearrangement of the book trade continues quickly. Last week’s New York Times Book Review contained no fewer than three separate items about the death of print. But paradoxically, the age of digitisation is both a golden age of ink and a boom time for narrative, in many media, on countless "platforms", from blogs, audiobooks to television soaps and Facebook. Bookshops are changing. The worst are becoming novelty item and greetings card booth, but the good ones are selling more books than ever, and the publishers, cursing the climate and moaning as usual about the state of the harvest, show few signs of cutting back on their output. Blair’s success suggests that the book-buying public may talk digital but actually buy printed books.It is said that Stephen Fry is going to ______ A. develop a revolutionary application of e-reader B. continue to manufacture printing booksC. explore a new way to display his autobiographyD. sell his autobiography only online

阅读理解 (每小题2分,共40分)AAn Englishman, a Frenchman and a Russian were discussing happiness. "Happiness," said the Englishman, "Happiness is when you return home tired after work, yet find your slippers(拖鞋) warming by the fire.""You English have no romance," said the Frenchman. "Happiness is when you go on a business trip, meet a pretty girl who entertains(招待) you -then afterwards you part(分手)without regrets.""You are both wrong," said the Russian. "True happiness is when you are at home in bed and at 4:00 a.m., you hear a hammering at the door and outside stand the secret police, who say to you, 'Ivan ,Ivan, you are under arrest(逮捕)', and you say, 'Sorry, Ivan lives next door.'"51. The Englishman's happiness suggests that _______.A. he should have no time to warm his slippersB. he thinks it the most important to have slippersC. he enjoys the warmth of the familyD. he wants someone to warm his slippers52. What the Frenchman said means that _______.A. a man can be free to play with any pretty girl when possibleB. he wants to marry a girl he lovesC. the Englishman should have more romanceD. he is interested in going on a business trip53. The Russian thought that ________.A. both the Englishman and the Frenchman were not rightB. neither the Englishman nor Frenchman were wrongC. neither the Englishman nor the Frenchman were rightD. either the Englishman or the Frenchman were wrong54. The meaning of the Russian's words is that _______.A. he would like to have a good sleep at nightB. he will feel happy if his neighbor is arrestedC. he will feel afraid if anyone knocks at his door at nightD. he thinks it happiness to feel safe55. The best title for this story is "_______".A. How to Get Happiness B. Different Attitudes towards HappinessC. The Effect of Happiness D. The Importance of HappinessBBelieve it or not, if you do not use your arms or your legs for a long time, they become weak. When you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to blame, and few of us know that it is just his own fault.Have you ever found that some people can't read or write but they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things; they cannot write them down in a little notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories; so their memory is the whole time being exercised.56. The main reason for one's poor memory is that ______.A. his memory is not often usedB. he does not use his arms or legs for some timeC. he can't read or writeD. his father or mother may have a poor memory57. If you do not use your arms or legs for some time, _______.A. you can't use them any moreB. they will become strongerC. they will become weak but they slowly become strong againD. they will become weak and won't become strong until you use them again58. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Your memory like your arms or legs, becomes weak if you do not give it enough chance for practice.B. Don't learn how to read and write if you want to have a better memory.C. A good memory comes from more practice.D. Your memory works in the same way as your arms or legs.59. Some people can't read or write, but they usually have better memories, because_______.A. they have saved much troubleB. they have saved much time to remember thingsC. they can't write everything in a little notebookD. they have to use their memories all the time60. Give the best title for this passage.A. Don't Stop Using Your Arms or LegsB. Strong Arms and Good MemoriesC. How to Have a Good MemoryD. Learn From the PeopleCToday, the paintings by Vincent van Gogh (梵高) are world-famous and worth millions of dollars but while he was alive, Vincent van Gogh sold only one painting. He was a lonely, unhappy man suffering from mental illness, and he died at 37.Vincent van Gogh was born in Holland in 1853. His first connection with paintings came in 1869, when he got a job in the Goupil Gallery. He worked for this art dealer (经销商) in London and Paris for four years before he became a teacher in England for a short time. He moved back to France in 1877 and soon began to paint.Gogh was influenced by the famous artists that he met in Paris, where he returned to live in 1886. He did not stay long in the French capital. He was attracted by the vivid(鲜艳的) colors of the countryside and, in 1888, he moved to Aries, a small town in the south of France. There, he painted his most famous paintings, using strong brush strokes(画笔的笔触)and bright colors. Vincent van Gogh mainly painted landscapes (风景画), but he also produced portraits (肖像) of local people, such as the doctor and the postman.It was around this time that Vincent van Gogh began to show signs of mental illness. In 1889, following an argument with another artist, he cut off his own ear. For a time, he lived in a mental hospital in Saint Remy. In 1890, Vincent van Gogh moved to a town called Auvers. For two months, he painted feverishly(狂热地). Then, one day, he went into the fields with a revolver(左轮手枪)and shot himself. He died from his wounds the next day.61. Living in Paris helped Vincent van Gogh to be a better artist because .A. he began to make money thereB. he met some famous artists thereC. he got well again after being illD. he found many beautiful scenes there62. What’s the right order of the following events?a. Vincent van Gogh moved to a town called Auvers.b. Vincent van Gogh met some famous artists in Paris.c. Vincent van Gogh cut off his own ear.d. Vincent van Gogh got a job in Goupil Gallery.A. d b c a B. d b a c C. a c d b D. d a c b63. Which of the following is TRUE about Vincent van Gogh?A. He liked to paint using bright colors.B. He never painted people.C. He was quite rich because his paintings were valuable.D. He began painting in his early childhood.64. What’s the main reason for Vincent van Gogh’s death?A. No one bought his paintings.B. He used up all his inspiration.C. He had mental illness.D. He died by accident.65. This passage is mainly about .A. Vincent van Gogh’s paintingsB. Vincent van Gogh’s deathC. Vincent van Gogh’s illnessD. Vincent van Gogh’s lifeDMaybe you have known that pearls grow inside oysters (牡蛎), but would you ever think to look for diamonds (钻石) inside an ostrich (鸵鸟)? Well, a hunter once shot an ostrich and discovered, to his great surprise, that the big bird had swallowed (吞) some diamonds. How could such a strange thing happen?Like many other birds, the ostrich swallows small stones that stay inside its “gizzard”. The gizzard is a bird’s second stomach. The small stones help to digest(消化) what they eat, because birds don’t have teeth. The bird simply had expensive taste in rocks, for it used the diamonds to digest its dinner.Diamonds and stones aren’t all that an ostrich will swallow. If there are no stones around, it will eat just anything. Sadly for ostriches in zoos, this can be a fatal habit. To swallow anything it sees has caused the death of many吸收ostriches. Cruel or careless people often throw things into the bird’s living space. They throw keys, coins, and even large objects. The ostrich swallows them without hesitation (犹豫). Coins can be the worst. Inside the ostrich, they will cut open the bird’s gizzard from the inside. When one young zoo ostrich died, 484 coins weighing more than eight pounds were found in its gizzard.66. According to the passage, what is the function of “gizzard”?A. It can help an ostrich to store water.B. It can help an ostrich to store food.C. It can help an ostrich to find food.D. It can help an ostrich to digest food.67. What does the underlined part mean in Paragraph 2?A. The diamonds were expensive food for the ostrich.B. The ostrich preferred the taste of the diamonds.C. The ostrich liked to use the diamonds to digest food.D. The ostrich just took the diamonds for ordinary stones.68. What may lead to the death of the ostrich?A. Rocks. B. Coins. C. Diamonds. D. Small stones.69. The last paragraph is mainly to __________.A. introduce an interesting habit of the ostrichB. give a brief introduction of a kind of birdC. call on the public to care more about the food given to the ostrich in the zooD. inform the readers of the eating habit of the ostrich70. The underlined word “fatal” has a similar meaning to “______”.A. kind B. good C. deadly(致命的) D. hateful

Auctions (拍卖)are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd assembled in the auction room to make offers, or "bids", for the various items on sale. He encourages buyers to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of goods. This is called "knocking down the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer bangs a small hammer on a table at which he stands, This is often set on a raised platform called a rostrum. The ancient Romans probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auction, meaning "increase". The Romans usually sold in this way the spoils taken in war; these sales were called "subusta", meaning "under the spear", a spear being stuck in the ground as a signal for a crowd to gather. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries goods were often sold by the candle’, a short candle was lit by the auctioneer; and bids could be made while it stayed alight. An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by possible buyers. If the advertisement cannot give full details, catalogues are printed, and each group of goods to be sold together, called a "lot", is usually given a number. The auctioneer need not begin with lot 1 and continue in numerical order; be may wait until he registers the fact that certain dealers arc in the room and then pro- duce the lots they are likely to be interested in. The auctioneer’s services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for. The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible. Practicaly all goods whose qualities vary are sold by auction. Among these are coffee, hider, skins, wool, tea, cocoa, furs, spices, fruit and vegetables and wines. Auction sales are also usual for land and property, antique, furniture, pictures, rare books, old china, and similar works of art. The auction-rooms at Christie’s and Sotheby’s in London and New York are world famous.A candle used to bum at auction sales ______. A. because they took place at nightB. as a signal for the crowd togetherC. to limit the time when offers could be madeD. to keep the auctioneer warm