A. group            B. about             C. found             D. without

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______ what would happen, none of them could find a way out.
   A. Left wondering                          B. Having left wondering
   C. Leaving to wonder                       D. Having left to wonder

Help others whenever you can ______ you will earn respect from others without difficulty.
   A. and                B. or                 C. unless              D. but

During his first trip to China, President Obama discussed some key global issues such as economic recovery, climate change, ______ nuclear weapons in his talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao.
   A. and stopping to spread                    B. to stop spreading
   C. to stop to spread                         D. and stopping the spread of

The Intemet and the effect ______ brought about did a lot of good to our daily life and work.
   A. that             B. what             C. which            D. it

-- The experiment is of particular importance.
   --I see. We won't carry on with it ______ we can get the good equipment.
   A. until               B. unless             C. whether            D. after

The Internet celebrated its birthday on September 2nd, by which time 40 years ______ since the first successful transfer of data between two computers.
   A. has passed          B. had passed         C. passed             D. have passed

During the dialogue with Chinese youth in Shanghai, President Obama announced the U.S. would expand the number of students to study in China to 100,000 ______ ties between the two countries.
   A. strengthening                             B. strengthened
   C. to strengthen                             D. to be strengthened

Everybody went to the opening ceremony of the film festival-- ______ Francisco, who has no interest in anything but sports.
   A. but                B. only               C. even               D. besides

I haven' t seen Johnson these days.
   ---I think she ______ a conference in Beijing, but I' m not sure.
   A. should be attending                        B. might be attending
   C. could have attended                       D. must have attended

-- Where did Mary' s parents buy the beautiful vase?
   --It was in the same village ______ they spent their holidays last year.
   A. that               B. when             C. as                D. where

In the current global economic crisis, China, though ______ to some degree, is undoubtedly a country recovering the most rapidly from it according to some statistics.
   A. having affected     B. has been affected    C. affected           D. has affected

The use of Chinese by teachers in ______ English classroom must be restricted because it will decrease ______ time when students are exposed to the English language.
   A. the; /              B. an; /              C./; the              D. an; the

______ Is there any possible way to help them get rid of such a bad habit?
   --To tell the truth, it' s very hard. But we ______ on this problem.
   A. worked                                B. had worked
   C. are working                             D. had been working

-- What do you think of Harry Potter and Philosopher' s Stone?
   --Fantastic. Steven Kloves ______ each character in the movie impressive through lively dialogues and fascinating plots.
   A. makes              B. would make        C. made              D. had made

Many experts hold the view ______ protection awareness is ______ the key to better environment lies.
   A. that; where         B. which; in which     C. which; where       D. that; in which

When all the people had assembled, the king, surrounded by his court,  (21)   a signal. Then a door beneath him opened, and the accused man stepped  (22)   into the arena. Directly opposite him were two doors, exactly  (23)   and side by side. It was the duty and the privilege of the  (24)   on trial to walk directly to these  (25)   and open one of them. He  (26)   open either door he pleased; he was subject to no  (27)   or influence. If he opened the one, there came out of it a hungry tiger, the  (28)   and most cruel that could be found, which  (29)   sprang upon him and tore him to pieces as a punishment for his guilt.  (30)  , if the accused person opened the other door, out of it came a  (31)   lady, and to this lady he was immediately married, as a reward of his innocence. This was the  (32)   method of administering justice. Its perfect fairness is obvious. The criminal could  (33)   know out of which door would come the lady; he opened either he pleased, without having the slightest  (34)   whether, in the next instant, he was to be devoured or married. So the accused person was instantly  (35)   if guilty, and, if innocent, he was rewarded on the spot.

21. 
A. give            B. gives              C. gave               D. given

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A. down          B. out               C. in                 D. away

23. 
A. alike           B. different           C. big                D. closed

24. 
A. person         B. king              C. people             D. lady

25. 
A. door            B. doors              C. audience           D. signals

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

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A. push           B. direction           C. heading            D. guidance

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A. fiercest         B. wild              C. softest             D. weak

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A. immediately     B. usually            C. sometimes         D. frequently

30. 
A. Therefore       B. Though            C. But                D. When

31. 
A. little           B. angry             C. beautiful           D. old

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A. criminal's       B. king's              C. lady's              D. tiger's

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A. even           B. also               C. especially          D. not

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A. interest         B. belief             C. idea               D. reason

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A. punish         B. punishing          C. punishes           D. punished

An Indian civil servant, SM Raju, has come up with a new way of providing employment for millions of poor people in Bihar. His campaign to encourage people to plant trees effectively addresses two burning issues of the world: global warming and shrinking job opportunities.
   Mr Raju' s success could clearly be seen on 30 August, 2009 when he organized 300,000 villagers from over 7,500 villages in northern Bihar to engage in a mass tree planting ceremony.
   Mr Raju has linked his "social forestry" program to the central government' s National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), which is also designed to provide employment for poor people. Under NREGA -- started in February 2006 as the government' s most ambitious employment generation scheme for poor people -- the authorities are bound by law to provide a minimum of 100 days of employment a year for members of families living below the poverty line. About 44% of Bihar' s population fall into this category.
   Mr Raju says that Bihar -- being the poorest and most lawless state of India -- hasn't been able to spend the allocated (分配的) NREGA funds. "This is because of a lack of awareness among officials about the scheme," he said. "So the idea struck to my mind: why not involve families below the poverty line in social forestry and give them employment under this scheme for 100 days? Under the scheme, each family can earn a minimum of 10,200 rupees ($210)."
   The civil servant immediately made a plan of his idea. In June, Mr Raju published a booklet of "dos and don' ts" and distributed it to village heads. His plan meant that NREGA funds were fully used -- in the past this hasn' t always been the case.
   "I told the villagers they would get 100 days employment in a year simply by planting trees and protecting them. The old and disabled would be given preference," he explained.
   Every village council has now been given a target of planting 50,000 saplings -- a group of four families have to plant 200 trees and they must protect them for three years till the plants grow stronger.
   "They would get the full payment if they can ensure the survival of 90% of the plants under their care. For a 75-80% survival rate, they' ll be paid only half the wage. For less than 75%, the families in the group will be replaced," the guidelines say.
   Significantly, his scheme has even stopped the migration of poor labourers from the area in search of employment elsewhere.

It was when I was attending high school that I first read Asimov' s stories. At the time, a few SF magazines began to introduce this author and translate a few pieces from his "Robot Series". Of Asimov' s works, the one that left the deepest impression on me was Pebble in the Sky. This novel directly influenced my early SF writing.
   Asimov was one of the leading writers of Western science fiction' s Golden Age, so although his writing may not have a direct influence on writers of today, his underlying (潜在的) influence on many levels is undeniable -- the famous Three Laws of Robotics, and many classic writing techniques, for example. Of course, his influence is related to the atmosphere that existed in the Golden Age; a science fiction writer today has a hard time reaching that level no matter how outstanding he or she is. Asimov' s novels are marked by a fully integrated logical system, and his stories are a pleasure to read -- this is the reason his novels still attract readers today. Naturally, Western science fiction has few people these days who follow Asimov' s creative methods; instead they are closely connected to mainstream artistic trends, employing large amounts of postmodern techniques. This type of science fiction has a hard time blossoming on Chinese soil. The majority of Chinese SF readers would rather read the classic works of Asimov. This is an important question that faces today' s Chinese science fiction writers.
   Compared with the "Robot Series", Asimov' s "Foundation Series" is a little less well-known in China. This is mostly due to the large influence of the Three Laws, and moreover, the Foundation novels have never been completely introduced here. In fact, the Foundation series creates an entire world, even grander than that of the "Robot Series"; this science fiction epic (史诗) had a direct influence on later Western science fiction, the most famous example being Star Wars.

Communication technologies are far from equal when it comes to conveying the truth. The first study to compare honesty across a range of communications media has found that people are twice as likely to tell lies in phone conversations as they are in E-mails. The fact that E-mails are automatically recorded--and can come back to haunt(困扰) you--appears to be the key to the finding.
   Jeff Hancock of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, asked 30 students to keep a communications diary for a week. In it they noted the number of conversations or E-mail exchanges they had lasting more than 10 minutes, and confessed to how many lies they told. Hancock then worked out the number of lies per conversation for each medium. He found that lies made up 14 percent of E-mails, 21 percent of instant messages, 27 percent of face-to-face interactions and an astonishing 37 percent of phone calls.
   His results, to be presented at the conference on human-computer interaction in Vienna, Austria, in April, have surprised psychologists. Some expected E-mails to be the biggest liars, reasoning that because deception makes people uncomfortable, the detachment(非直接接触) of emailing would make it easier to lie. Others expected people to lie more in face-to-face exchanges because we are most practiced at that form of communication.
   But Hancock says it is also crucial whether a conversation is being recorded and could be reread, and whether it occurs in real time. People appear to be afraid to lie when they know the communication could later be used to hold them to account, he says. This is why fewer lies appear in E-mail than on the phone.
   People are also more likely to lie in real time--in an instant message or phone call, say--than if they have time to think of a response, says Hancock. He found many lies are spontaneous(脱口而出) responses to an unexpected demand, such as: "Do you like my dress?"
   Hancock hopes his research will help companies work out the best ways for their employees to communicate. For instance, the phone might be the best medium for sales where employees are encouraged to stretch the truth. But given his result, work assessment, where honesty is a priority, might be best done using E-mail.

Have you ever heard of a flower whose seeds are carried and spread by elephants? The rafflesia, a rare blossom, is very unusual. Found in the rain forests of Sumatra, the raffiesia is the world's largest flower, measuring three feet in diameter!
   This giant flower is a parasite -- it needs another plant to live on. It lacks the structures needed to survive alone. The rafflesia has no stem or leaves. It is all flower. It attaches itself to the roots of other plants and sucks their juices. The flower's favorite home is the root of the vine, which grows above ground.
   The raffiesia seems to burst right out of the forest floor. Its blossom weighs fifteen pounds! It has thick, spotted petals that give off a rotten smell. The center is about the size of a household bucket. After a rain, it may hold up to twelve pints of water!
   After the raffiesia dies, it becomes a pool of thick liquid in which its seeds float. Elephants wandering through the forest step into the mushy pool, and the seeds glue themselves to their feet. As the animals stomp through the forest, their sticky feet pick up twigs and leaves. The elephants try to rid themselves of the sticky mess, in the same way people try to get bubble gum off their shoes. The elephants rub their feet against the roots of the vine. In no time, seeds left on the vine grow into more monstrous flowers!

Many superstitious people are afraid of black cats. They believe that black cats have a strange power. If a black cat crosses their path, they think they will have bad luck.
   Black cats haven't always had such a bad reputation. Long ago, the Egyptians thought that black cats were holy animals. They even worshipped them. Pasht was an Egyptian goddess who had a woman's body and a cat's head. Because the Egyptians had so much respect for black cats, they often buried the sacred creatures with great ceremony. Mummies of cats have often been found in ancient cemetery ruins. To keep the cats company after they died, mice were sometimes buried beside them.
   Feelings about black cats have always been strong. People have thought they were either very good or very bad. The people of Europe, in the Middle Ages, believed black cats were the evil friends of witches and the Devil. Witches were said to have the power to change themselves into black cats. People believed that you could not tell whether a black cat was just a cat, or whether it was a witch disguising herself as she plotted some evil scheme. The brain of a black cat was thought to be a main ingredient in witch's brew.
   Unlike their ancestors of the Middle Ages, Englishmen today consider black cats to be good luck charms. Fishermen's wives often keep a black cat around so that their husbands will be protected when they are out at sea.

A. Maybe I should call a taxi.    B. can you help me
   C. it's the second left            D. not really
   E. at the traffic lights           F. Not at all
   G. Museum Drive               H. Thanks again
   Tourist: Excuse me,  (56)   ? I'm lost!
   Person: Certainly, where would you like to go?
   Tourist: I'd like to go to the museum, but I can't find it. Is it far?
   Person: No,  (57)   . It's about a 5 minute walk. Now, go along this street to the traffic lights. Do you see them?
   Tourist：yes，I can see them．
   Person：Right，  (58)  ，turn left into Queen Mary Avenue．
   Tourist：Queen Mary Avenue。
   Person：Right．Go straight on．Take the second left and enter Museum Drive．
   Tourist：OK．Queen Mary Avenue，straight on and then the second left，  (59)  
   Person：Right．Just follow Museum Drive and the museum is at the end of the road．
   Tourist：Great．Thanks for your help．
   Person：  (60)  ．

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假如您是刘风，您的英国朋友Bob即将到您所在的国际学校学习。应他的要求，请您写一封e-mail，介绍您校体育馆的基本情况。
   
   [写作内容]
   1．历史：40年的历史，2006年重建；
   2．位置：教学大楼的左边，大操场的西边，面朝学校大门；
   3．结构：占地面积750平方米，共三层。一楼有游泳池；二楼有排球、篮球、羽毛球、乒乓球场；三楼有报告厅；
   4．特点：设备现代，环境优美；
   5．开放时间：早上6:30到晚上10:00；周末照常。
   Dear Bob,
   I was so glad to hear you are coming to study in our school.
   ______