1．Preparations are being made for the Olympic Games____in Beijing in 2008.

A．heldB．holdingC．to be heldD．to hold

2．It’s clear that____little money he earns can hardly support____family as large as his .

A．the ;aB．a ;theC．/；aD．/；the

3．It seems to me that no reason____you gave us for your mistake is sound .

A．whatB．whyC．whichD．that

4．—Jenny， I think I“ll just have some coffee for a change.

　　— ____________ . The coffee I bought yesterday is in the cupboard.

　　A．Change it， please B．Never mind C．With pleasure D．Help yourself

5．We had a discussion ____the lecture about creative education was over .

A．soonB．immediatelyC．quicklyD．rapidly

6．The terrible accident ____ the carelessness of the driver.

A．resulted inB．suffered fromC．led toD．lay in

7．All Yang Yang（A）wanted to do when she got her first gold medal was____thanks to her coach and teammates .

A．sayB．saidC．sayingD．about to say

8．The Greens live in a house____tall trees all around .

A．ofB．forC．withD．by

9．In France dogs can go____their owners can because people there love pets very much .

A．no matter whereB．anywhere C．somewhereD．nowhere

10．In the last few years a few more bridges____in our city .

A．put upB．were put up C．have been put upD．have put up

11．---Your baby is too thin .

　　----It could gain weight ,but it____much .

A．doesn’t eatB．didn’t eatC．hadn’t beenD．couldn’t eat

12．You____have told him the bad news ,which made things even worse .

A．shouldn’tB．needn’tC．couldn’tD．wouldn’t

13．When you go outing with your sisters ,you must see to____that they are safe .

A．everythingB．itC．themD．yourself

14．-Tom is very stupid .He fails in every exam . 　-In my opinion ,he is____than stupid .

A．lazierB．no lazierC．more lazyD．lazier rather

15．The food she has prepared for the party is not enough， for there are_______ people than she expected.

　　A．so many B．so much C．many more D．much more

16．How pleased the detective was________ what his customer told him！

　　A．hearing B．to hear C．heard D．to hearing

17．—Alice，you look puzzled. Have you understood it？

　　—Yes. I _________another problem just now.

　　A．have thought of B．am thinking of C．had thought of D．was thinking of

18．—I regret_________ you John has been fired.

—I can hardly believe my ears. He’s such a fine worker.

　　A．telling B．having told C．to tell D．to have told

19. Don't you know this kind of metal can _________a high temperature of 1,000°C?

A

With the possible exception of equal rights, perhaps the most heated argument across the United States today is the death penalty (死刑). Many argue that it is an effective deterrent (威慑) to murder, while others think there is no enough proof that the death penalty reduces the number of murders.

The argument advanced by those opposed （反对） to the death penalty is that it is cruel and inhuman punishment, that it is tile mark of a bad society and finally that it is of questionable effectiveness as a deterrent to crime (罪行) anyway.

In our opinion, the death penalty is a necessary action. Throughout recorded history there have always been those peculiar persons in every society who made terrible crimes such as murder. But some are more dangerous than others.

For example, it is one thing to take the life of another in time of blind anger, but quite another to coldly plan and carry out the murder of one or more people in the style of a butcher. Thus, murder, like all other crimes, is a matter of different degree. While it could be argued with some reason that the criminal in the first instance should be merely kept from society, such should not be the fate of the latter type murderer.

The value of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime may be open to discussion. But the majority of people believe that the death penalty protects them. Their belief is proved by the fact that the death penalty prevents murder. For example, from 1954 to 1963, when the death penalty was carried out from time to time in California, the murder rate remained between three and four murders for each 100, 000 population. Since 1964 the death penalty has been done only once, and the muder rate has risen to10.4 murders for each 100, 000 population. The sharp climb in the state's murder rate, which began when killings stopped, does not happen by chance. It certainly shows that the death penalty does deter many murderers. If the law about death penalty is vetoed (否决), some people will be murdered- some whose lives may have been saved if the death penalty were in effect. This is really a life or death matter. The lives of thousands of people must be protected.

64.The main purpose of this passage is to _____.

A. speak for the majority B. support a veto

C. speak ill of the government D. argue for the value of the death penalty

65.Which of the following is among the heated arguments across the USA besides death penalty?

A. Air pollution. B. The war against Iraq.C. Equal rights. D. Election of president.

66.The numbers in the last paragraph show that ______.

A. if they stick to death penalty, the number of murders will be reduced

B. death penalty almost stopped from 1954 to 1963

C. the population of California has risen

D. death penalty is of little value

67.It can be inferred that the writer thinks that ______.

A. the death penalty is the most important problem in the United States today

B. the second type of murderers (in Paragraph 4) should be sentenced to death

C. the veto of the law about death penalty is of little importance

D. the value of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime is not to be discussed

B

The next time you try for a high -ranking post ,you could let your possible boss listen to a recommending （推荐）phone call "made"by US President George W.Bush or British Prime Minister Tony Blair .

Of course ,neither of them could really do that for you -you would just "borrow" their voices .

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