Stephen will finish school this summer. He plans to find a job in UNICEF. Now he is being interviewed by a UNICEF worker.

(S: Stephen                   W: worker in UNICEF)

W: So, Stephen, please say something about yourself.

S: Well, I love children so much. My mother works in a primary school, so I learn a lot about children and I think this might be useful.

W: I’m sure it is. Do you speak many languages? Ours is an international organization and it’s quite often that we meet children from different countries.

S: Yes. I’m good at French and English. I’m taking Chinese at evening classes. I learned Japanese at school, too.

W: Excellent. 告诉我你为什么想得到这份工作。

S: Well, it sounds interesting, worker, like, experience, I, as , some, would, a , to, charity, get . Maybe one day I’ll set up my own charity.

W: I see. What are your characteristics, may I ask?

S: I’m patient, generous and easy-going.

W: Good. What do you think you could offer us, Stephen?

S: I think my knowledge of languages and personalities would be useful. I enjoy working with children and you can always believe me. I’m also fit and healthy.

W: What do you think your disadvantages are?

S: I’m not outgoing. I’m very shy when I first meet people. I find it difficult to talk to them and make conversation, but when I know people quite well I’m much more self-confident.

W: Thank you very much. Stephen. We’ll call you next week.

51. Where does Stephen’s mother work?                                         ________

52. Which language is Stephen taking at evening classes.  English, Chinese or Japanese?  _______

53. 将文中划线部分的单词组成一个通顺的句子。        ______________________________

54. 将文中汉语“告诉我你为什么想得到这份工作。”译成英语。  ________________________

55. What are Stephen’s advantages in asking for this job?(列出四个方面) _______

A group of people asked this question to a group 4-to-8-year-old children. “What does love mean?” The answers were surprising. The children would answer like they did below.

“When my grandmother hurt her knees (膝盖), she couldn’t bent (弯腰) over and paint her toenails (脚指甲) any more. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands hurt too. That’s love.”

                                                Rebecca–age 8

“Love is when someone hurts you. And you get so mad but you don’t shout at them because you know it would hurt her feelings.”

                                             Samantha–age 6

“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.”

                                             Terri–age 4

“I let my big sister pick on (捉弄) me because my mum says she only picks on me because she loves me. So I pick on my baby sister because I love her.”

                                             Bethany–age 4

“I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new clothes.”

                                             Lauren–age 4

“Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.”

                                             Elaine–age 5

“My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.”

                                             Clear–age 5

“You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.”

                                             Jessica–age 8

56. The passage mainly tells us about ______.

A. what “life” means to children            B. what “family” means to children

C. what “friends” means to children             D. what “love” means to children 

57. Who told us the love between mum and dad?

A. Clear.                 B. Elaine.               C. Rebecca.                  D. Lauren.

58. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Rebecca’s grandmother ever couldn’t bend over.

B. Bethany is willing to be picked on by any other person.

C. If Samantha becomes angry, she will not shout at others.

D. Lauren prefers to wear her sister’s old clothes.

59. What does Jessica mean about love?

A. Too much love is no love.                 B. You should say love more often.    

C. You mean what you think.               D. Say love more often if you have it.

60. What is love according to Terri?

A. Love is the care between husband and wife.           

B. Love is a rest when you are tired.

C. Love is what cheers you up when you are tired.      

D. Love is a kiss from parents.

Kelly is an African elephant. Now she is 19 years old. She lives in the zoo. Kelly has produced more than 100 paintings since last year. She has made over $ 3,500 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Kelly first showed the art ability about 5 years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk(象鼻). She rubbed out(抹去) the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo workers gave her brushes and paints. Soon Kelly was painting pictures. Newspaper reporters wrote about Kelly, and then people went to buy her pictures. And in this way she made a lot of money for the zoo by painting.

This is how Kelly does the painting. A zoo worker holds different color paints and Kelly touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her the chosen colors to the brushes in her trunk and Kelly begins to paint.

51. We most probably read this story in      .

A. a magazine     B. a newspaper      C. a history textbook

52. Kelly first learned to draw pictures       .

A. in the sand with her trunk      B. to make money

C. when she was 5 years old

53. People asked for Kelly's pictures because       .

A. they just wanted to have fun

B. the zoo leaders asked them to do so

C. the zoo workers asked them to do so

54. Kelly rubbed out the marks she had made in order to         .

A. make other ones        B. clean her trunk       C. ask for more brushes and paints

55. From the story we can know that        .

A. Kelly can draw nice pictures all by herself

B. Kelly doesn't like to draw pictures at all

C. Kelly can draw pictures with the help of the zoo workers

After a study showed that one in every ten meals in the

country may be cooked with dirty oil, the State Fool and Drug

                                             Administrations(SFDA)on Thursday issues an emergency notice(发

布紧急通知）to restaurant nationwide,warning them against

recycling oil.

The swill-oil is cooking oil refined from kitchen waste that has been recycled.Although it looks clean and clear, it's actually so dangerous to people's health that it may cause cancer.

     According to a reporter, the swill-oil business is extremely profitable.Recycling one ton of kitchen waste will produce130 kg of swill oil. With its price being half that of normal cooking oil, a profit(利润）of 1.5 to 2 billion yuan is produced in the whole swill-oil business in the country every year.The profit is almost 200%,so it's easy to understand why the business is so hot.s

     He Dongping, a professor from Wuhan Polytechnic University(WHPU)said:"To stop the use of dirty oil should start at its source,kitchen waste.And the first step is to find a good way of collecting kitchen waste." "However,it might take about 10 years before China could solve the problem completely."he added.

66. According to the study,______of us may have eaten the food cooked by dirty oil.

A. few                      B.nobody           C.many

67. It's ______to tell the difference between swill-oil and normal cooking oil just by looking..

A. fast                     B.easy               C.hard

68. The underlined sentence"The swill-oil business is extremely profitable" means that the swill-oil business is really a _____.

A.big money-maker          B.common situation     C.terrible thing

69.We can infer(推断）from this passage that______.

A. the biggest problem is that restaurants produces too much kitchen waste

B. the way of dealing with kitchen waste isn't good enough now

C.we can stop the use of swill-oil in a short time if we take it serious

70. The main topic of this passage is about______.

A.restaurant service          B.food safety        C.eating habits

Torch relay back on track today

By Wang Shanshan (China Daily)

                                      Updated: 2008-05-22 07:26

NINGBO, Zhejiang - The Olympic torch relay resumes today in this ancient port city after a three-day pause out of respect for victims of the earthquake.

Since the nationwide mourning began on Monday, the Olympic flame has been kept at Daxie Island off the coast of Ningbo.

The relay will begin this morning and will go on to Jiaxing in the afternoon. A total of 208 torchbearers will take part in the two events.

The relay will then cross the 36-km-long Hangzhou Bay Bridge, the longest sea bridge in the world.

A total of 56 torchbearers will take part, each covering a distance of 5.6 km.

At the end of the bridge lies the 1,800-year-old city of Jiaxing.

The relay will pass along the Grand Canal linking Beijing and Hangzhou, which was built in 604 AD, and the Nanhu Lake where the Communist Party of China had its first national congress in July 1921.

根据短文内容，简要回答下面的问题。

1. When did the relay stop? _______________________

2. Which place will the torch be passed to in the afternoon? _______________________

3. Is Hangzhou Bay Bridge the longest sea bridge in the world? _______________________

4. What does “Grand Canal” mean in Chinese? _______________________

5. Where did the Communist Party of China had its first national congress? _______________________