49．A．rich B．good C．important D．great 50．A．enlarge B．enrich C．enlarge D．ensure 51．A．according B．attending C．devoting D．meeting 52．A．flight B．destination C．trip D．goal 53．A．belief B．suspect C．disbeiief D．wonder 54．A．appreciate B．Thank C．hope D．want 55．A．disappeared B．recovered C．explored D．appeared 第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，共40分）
A
An unemployed graduate work up one morning and checked his pocket. All he had left was $10. He decided to use it to buy food and then wait for death as he was too proud to go begging.
He bought some food and as he sat down to eat it, an old man and two little children came along and asked him to help them with food as they had eaten nothing for almost a week. Feeling sorry for the old man and the children, he gave them the food. They were very thankful and gave him a very old coin.
With no money, no job, no food, he went under a bridge to rest and wait for death. As he was about to fall asleep, he saw an old newspaper on the ground. He picked it up, and suddenly saw an advertisement asking people with old coins to come to a certain address.
He decided to go there with the old coin. Upon arriving at the place, he gave the owner the coin. The owner screamed, brought out a big book and showed the young graduate a photograph. This same old coin was worth three million dollars. The young graduate was very happy as the owner gave him a bank check for three million dollars. He went with the check in search of the old man.
By the time he got to where he last saw him. He had gone. He asked the owner of the restaurant nearby whether he knew the old man. The owner said, “No, but he left a note for you.” He quickly opened the note thinking it would lead him to where he was.
This is what the note said: “You gave us your all and we rewarded you with the coin.” 56．Which of the following can’t describe the young man? A．Proud. B．Kind. C．Honest. D．Lazy. 57．What does the word “him” refer to in the fifth paragraph? A．The owner of the coin. B．The old man. C．The owner of the restaurant. D．The young man. 58．What is the best title of the passage?
A．Those helping others will be helped in turn B．How a young man made three million dollars C．A young man looked for an old man D．A moving story
59．Where does the passage come from? A．A science fiction. B．A news report. C．A collection of fairy tales. D．A survey report.
B
After blogging regularly for two months, people felt they had better social support and friendship networks than those who didn’t blog. Blogging can help you feel less isolated, more connected to a community and more satisfied with your friendships, both online and face-to-face, a new Australia research has found.
Researchers James Baker and Professor Susan Moore from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourned have written two papers investigating the psychological benefits of blogging- regularly updating personal web pages with information that invites others to comment.
The first, published in his latest issue of the journal Cyber Psychology and Behaviour, compares the mental health of people intending to blog with that of people not planning to blog. Moore says the researchers messaged 600 MySpace users not planning to blog. Moore says the researchers messaged 600 MySpace users personally and directed them to an online survey. A total of 134 completed the questionnaire（调查阅卷）； 84 intended to blog and 50 didn’t.
“We found potential bloggers were less satisfied with their friendships and they felt less socially integrated; they didn’t feel as much part of a community as the people who weren’t interested in blogging…” Moore says. “It was as if they were saying ‘I’m going to do this blogging and it’s going to help me’.”
And it seemed to do the trick, as the researchers’ second study shows. This study, which is yet to be published, was conducted two months later. The researchers sent out questionnaires the same group of MySpace users; this time 59 responded. Bloggers reported a greater sense of belonging to a group of like-minded people and feeling more confident because they could rely on others for help. All respondents, whether or not they blogged, reported feeling less anxious, depressed and stressed after two months of online social networking.
“So going onto MySpace had lifted the mood of all participants in some way,” Moore says. “Maybe they’d just made more social connections.”
Moore acknowledges this is early research and hopes to follow a larger group of people for a longer period time to test some of the research findings. 60．What does the passage mainly tell us? A．The mental health of bloggers.
B．Blogging improves one’s social life. C．What kind of people are likely to blog.
D．Blogging has becoming more and more popular.
61．It can be inferred from the fourth paragraph that . A．those who were not interested in blogging didn’t have good mental health. B．People were likely to become bloggers if they felt socially isolated. C．potential bloggers were those who had mental health problems. D．potential bloggers usually held a wrong view about blogging. 62．The purpose of the second study is to find out . A．what people do on Myspace
B．how many people became bloggers
C．how many people felt after blogging for two months D．how many people kept blogging after for two months
63．The second study shows that . A．online social networking can do people good
B．only bloggers benefit from online social networking C．not many potential bloggers became real bloggers D．not all bloggers found the help they needed
C
Amsterdam-Netherlands
Amsterdam, a city more than seven hundred years old, is known for its historical attractions, for its collections of great Renaissance（文艺复兴） art, its colors, tulips（郁金香），and windmills.
The romantic image of Amsterdam is painted by the old town buildings, street like water canals running through the city, the beautiful flower parks and the Eastern restaurants. Anyone visiting Amsterdam will not be disappointed by what this excellent city has to offer.
Rio de Janeiro（里约热内卢）-Brazill
Rio de Janeiro is one of the most lively cities in the world. It is located on the coast of Atlantic Ocean, and is well known for its wonderful natural setting, its carnival（狂欢节；嘉年华会）celebration, samba,（桑巴舞），hotel-lined tourist beches and pavements decorated with black and cream pattern mosaics（镶嵌）.
The city is famous for the annual carnival, night and day music, singing, balls and street parades of brilliantly-costumed dancers performing samba thythms. If you are planning an active romantic adventure. Rio de Janeiro is the right place to go. London-the United Kingdom
With its historical background, London is one of the most romantic cities in the world. Its ittle old town streets, parks on every corner, and old buildings are ideal for romantic walks. It is a multicultural city, so you will not face a problem as to how to choose a place to go.
Take a ride in a millennium Dome（千禧穹顶） and take her into a quiet restaurant in the old town with a candly light dinner. You are all set for the best date in your life! Paris-France
Also known as the Capital of love, Paris eonsidred to be the most romantic city in the world. For many people this is the ideal description of Paris with its world famous places: The louvre（百叶板窗）, Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral（大教堂）, Are de Triumphe, Montmartre and many others.
It’s great city which you must have seen at least once. Don’t miss all the great attractions and romantic places the Capital of Love has to offer!
64．You will probably go to if you’re interested in varieties of culture. A．Netherlands B．Brazil C．the United Kingdom D．France
65．Since you are planning an active romantic adventure, is the better choice. A．Amsterdam B．Rio de Janeiro C．London D．Paris 66．The underlined sentence probably means . A．it is a great city worth seeing again and learning more B．this is surely the second time that you have been here C．you must have visited this city ever before
D．you are asked to visit this city once more by law
67．By this passage the writer wants to show us . A．that France is in fact the most romantic city B．some attractive and romantic cities worth a visit C．that these countries are more multicultural D．some better developing countries in tourism
D
Facelifts（整容手术，面部拉皮手术）may help some people to look younger. But even the best facelift hasn’t helped them to sound younger-until now, at least. “Voice-lifts” are the laest trend in plastic surgery to come out of the United States. People whose voices have weakened over the years, either from age or after fighting a disease, can have their vocal cords（声带）loosened or moved closer together. The result is a stronger speaking voice.
Singing and smoking have the greatest effects on one’s voice, but even in normal speech, the Minute. “Over time, from the use of the voice, they actually decrease in pliabilit（扭曲，柔韧），” Dr. Steven Zeitels of Harvard Medical School told ABC television. “They become stiffer,” which makes it more difficult for them to vibrate.”
One form of voice-lift surgery uses and injection of fat or collagen to make the cords themselves less stiff. The other kind of voice-lift requires implanting（嵌入，移植） a piece of Gore-Tex to pull the tissue around the cords closer together. Doctors say the surgery is becoming popular with older patients who have already had plastic surgery and want to sound as well as look younger than they are.
Dr.V Leroy Young says a vocal-cord operation can be useful if one is aware of the risks. “It can benefit people like politicians and teacher who need to have a strong voice that carries,” he told the BBC, adding, “I’d say caveat emptor（买自主行小心） for the professional singer; but if you’re a teacher and you don’t want to sound like Marlene Dietrich, it’s something to consider.”
Most doctors warn that the surgery should be done only if one is having problems with one’s voice. Actress and Broadway performer Julie Andrews, for example, who had surgery in the mid-1990s to remove growths on her vocal cords, found that after her operation her famous singing voice was gone. Still Andrews probably did the right thing. A changing voice can be a sign of disease or even cancer.
68．What is the purpose of the first two sentences? A．To urge us to do face-lifts to make us younger. B．To be as an introduction to “voice-lifts”.
C．To tell us the difference between face-lifts and voice-lifts. D．To stress face-lifts has no effects on our appearance. 69．What does the underlined word “stiff” mean? A．loudly B．frequently C．not flexible, hard D．hurriedly 70．What can we infer from the text?
A．Voice-lifts are more popular in the USA than in any other country.
B．Singing and smoking are the two main reasons for one’s decreasing voice. C．Whether one has a good voice depends on his/her vocal cords. D．The stiffer one’s vocal cord is, the better his/ her voice is.
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