Visiting U.S. President George W. Bush said in Beijing Friday that both China and the United States should encourage bilateral(双边的) contacts and exchanges to promote mutual(相互) understanding.
“It’s important for our political leaders to come to China,” said Bush, who gave a speech Friday morning at Qinghua University, one of the most prestigious universities in China.
His working visit to China and discussions with Oinghua students “help promote” Sino-U.S.(中美) relations, Bush said in response to a student’s question about what he would do to promote Sino-U.S. relations.
“Many people in my country are very interested in China,” he said, adding that these Americans have learned more about China’s culture and the Chinese people.
He said that he would keep encouraging such contacts and exchanges between the two countries.
Bush said that he would describe back home what he has seen here and that China as a great nation not only has a “great history” but also an “unbelievably exciting future.”
The president said that the 2008 Olympic Games would make a significant opportunity for the rest of the world to understand China, which enables more people to come to China and feel the modernization taking place, and many more people will see it on the television.
Bush arrived in Beijing Thursday for a two-day working visit to China.
1. What the word “prestigious” in the second paragraph probably means?
A. great B. famous C. honorable D. modest
2. Which of the sentence is NOT true?
A. Bush think bilateral contacts and mutual understanding will promote Sino-U.S. relations.
B. Many Americans are interested in China.
C. Bush and the students of Qinghua discussed something about how to make China richer and stronger.
D. The 2008’s Olympic Games is a great change for China been known by the world.
3. Many Americans are interested in China because _______.
A. they want to come here to take part in the 2008 Olympic Games
B. they have learned something of China and they want to learn more
C. China has been taking place great change
D. China has a “great history” and “unbelievably exciting future”
4. The narrator(叙述者) of the passage was most probably _____.
A. a reporter B. a psychologist C. a politician D. a sociologist
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
The desire to make exploration is born with man. Wherever his imagination goes, man also has a strong wish to go. A large part of human history is connected with the exploration of the world in which we live. Again and angina people have set out with surprising courage and patience to look into unknown regions and lands to see what had not yet been seen, to make known the unknown. With kites, balloons and aircraft they left the ground to pass through the lower atmosphere. Now the outer space receives their attention.
Why should man take the trouble of conquering space? It is hard to list the specific practical benefits that will result in. But one knows, form past experience in other areas, that man will surely see and discover new thing s in space that will increase or scientific knowledge, and this new knowledge will find its way into valuable practical uses. What we learn about man himself, from his experience in space, and from the effects of space and the space flight environment on him, will be extremely valuable. The new techniques developed to carry out the exploration of space, and to keep man alive in space, will certainly find practical uses in everyday life in some way. The areas that will benefit are manifold. They include communication, generation of power, transportation and travel, food production, materials, fuels and many others. But to say definitely just what the practical results will be is almost impossible.
56. The main idea of the first paragraph is that .
A. man desire to explore what is unknown
B. man often goes wherever his dreams to go
C. man is no longer interested in the study of the land and sea now
D. man’s history is his exploration of the world
57. The underlined word “manifold” in the second paragraph probably means .
A. vast B. various C. valuable D. practical
58. The author seems to be in favor of .
A. doubting the necessity of the space exploration
B. the exploration of space
C. exploring more in space than in sea
D. his experience in space
59. The underlined phrase “practical results” refers to the results .
A. that are obtained from experience
B. that can be learned as knowledge
C. that can be made use of
D. helping us make further exploration
D
Every August on the island of Heimaey, young people often take a walk along the street throughout the night. Why their parents allow them to stay out ? The children of Heimaey are going to save young puffins ---- small black-and-white seabirds.
The cliffs（悬崖）above the town are home to a large group of puffins . The birds dig holes all around the cliffs . These holes are their homes. The young stay in the holes for about seven weeks. Then they begin to leave . Some move slowly on their undeveloped wings and feet down to the sea around Heimaey. There they swim, which they can do naturally , and learn to dive for fish . Others, however, may lose their way at night and find themselves in the town instead. On the ground, the young birds are in trouble. Because their wings are fully developed, they cannot take off quickly to sea and safety. The birds then become a good meal for cats and other animals .
For many years, islanders have help the young puffins. At night in late August, children carrying thick paper boxes and lights hurry out to catch puffins . They spend most of the night running after the birds. They put the birds they've caught into boxes and take good care of them .
The next morning the children take the puffins to the sea and set them free. The bird will live at sea until they are at least two years old. Then they will return to the cliffs to build homes of their own.
The children of Heimaey look forward to August !
16．Every August the children of Heimaey are allowed to stay out all night.
A．to catch puffins and take them home B．to save puffins from danger
C．to drive puffins away D．to run after puffins for pleasure
17．The young puffins that lose their way are in the danger of ______.
A．being killed by hunters B．knowing nothing about the sea
C．being eaten by animals D．having no fish to eat
18．The children put the seabirds into boxes and ______.
A．look after them carefully for several days, then set them free
B．set them free when they grow bigger and can take off to sea and safety
C．carry them to the sea right away to set them free
D．they don' t set them free until the next morning
19．The children look forward to August because ______.
A．they enjoy playing the game of running after seabirds
B．it' s time for them to go out at night to save puffins
C．it' s time for them to catch seabirds
D．they like to stay out at night to catch puffins
20．According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A．Once a year the children are allowed to stay out at night to have a good time .
B．The earlier home for the young puffins is in the cliffs, not in the sand of shores .
C．Young puffins make their way down to the sea when they are about seven weeks old.
D．The young birds that get to the sea will stay there for at least two years before they return to the cliffs .
C
People have sailed （航行）the world in quite small boats . It is not an easy thing to do. Sometimes the weather gets bad. That can be the end of everyone in it. Accidents can happen easily and quickly .
One family once had an accident with some big fish. The fish swam under their boat and bit（咬）holes in it. Sea water came in, of course , and the boat soon sank （下沉）. However, these people had another smaller boat----a life-boat, and they all got into that. They lived and hoped for many days. They ate and slept, and they always hoped…At last a ship found them .
How do people live in a very small life-boat? Perhaps for weeks or months? They must be strong in every way . They must have hope----they must want to live: But you cannot eat and drink hope.
You cannot drink sea water: Drink a lot of sea water and you will quickly die . Sailors （水手）can drink rain water. They must catch rain water in their boat. They must also catch fish and birds for food . Life-boats do not often carry a cooker, so the sailors cannot cook their food. Raw （生的）fish and bird-meat is not very nice . But in a life-boat the sailors must eat raw food, or they will die.
What do people think about in a life-boat? They think about land , a warm bed, dry clothes , fresh water and food , food , food .
11．When sailors' boat sinks, their life-boat gives them ______.
A．food B．beds C．rain water D．hope
12．One family once had an accident at sea, because ______
A．their boat was caught in bad weather
B．the boat knocked against a rock and sea water came in
C．some fish bit through the bottom（底部）of their boat
D．none of them knew how to sail the sea
13．Sailors can catch ______ for food and drink at sea in a life-boat .
A．rain water B．fish and birds
C．both sea water and rain water D．both A and B
14．Life-boats do not often carry a cooker, which is ______.
A．something used for cooking B．food for cooking
C．a large basin D．a person who cooks food
15．Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A．Sailing around the world in quite small boats is not easy.
B．All the food sailors have in a life-boat is cooked fish and bird-meat.
C．Anyone who drinks a lot of sea water will die .
D．No one can live for weeks in a life-boat unless he is strong and wants to live .
B
Babies love chocolate, and sometimes they also eat the paper around it. My cat enjoys a meal of good, thick paper, old letters, for example . She doesn't like newspapers very much .
Of course, the best paper comes from wood. Wood comes from trees , and trees are plants: Vegetables and fruit are plants too, and we eat a lot of them . So can we also eat wood and paper?
Scientists say: “ All food comes in some way from plants. ” Well, is that true? Animals eat grass and grow fat. Then we eat their meat. Little fish eat sea-plants; then bigger fish swim along and eat them . Chickens eat bits of grass and give us eggs . What food does not come from plants in some way?
Scientists can do wonderful things with plants . They can make food just like meat. And they can make it without the help of animals . It is very good food, too . Now they have begun to say : “ We make our paper from wood . We can also make food from wood . The next thing is not very difficult . ”
What is the next thing? Perhaps it is food from paper. Scientists say;“We can turn paper into food . It will be good , cheap food too : cheaper than meat or fish or eggs . ”
So please keep your old books and letters . One day , soon , they will be on your plate. There is nothing like a good story for breakfast .
6．People live mainly on ______.
A．paper B．plants C．fish D．meat
7．Scientists have ______.
A．made a lot of paper B．fed eggs to chickens
C．made food just like meat D．made meat cheaper than food from paper
8．Chickens eat bits of grass . In the sentence “bits of” means _________________________.
A．a little of B .lots of C．big pieces of D .small pieces of
9．Which of the following is NOT true?
A．Scientists say, “All food comes in some way from plants . ”
B．Scientists can make wood into food some day.
C．Scientists can make food from paper some day.
D．Scientists advise us to eat old books and letters at meals .
10．Choose one of the following as the topic for the passage .
A．Paper----Our Future Food B．No More Meat in Future
C．Save Old Books for Breakfast D．Paper----The Best Cat Food
III.Reading comprehension: (40%)
A
For every five men in the Civil War who died in battle , two or three died of disease. Doctors of that time knew very little about causes of sickness or ways of preventing it. Thousands of men in poor health became soldiers. Many of them could not resist epidemic （瘟疫）diseases that went through the places where they lived .
Army life was hard. Soldiers got little fruit or vegetables. There was no milk unless they happened to find a cow. Neither their clothes nor their living places protected the troops from rain, snow, and cold . Sickness and disease were spread by insects , rats , and unclean drinking water . Often the men drank straight from muddy streams .
Gunshot wounds were serious, as in any war, but they did not cause as many deaths as disease did.
1. Disease caused ___.
A．only a few deaths B．fewer deaths than wounds did
C．more deaths than wounds did D．both A and B
2．Men who were accepted as Civil War soldiers were ______.
A．known to have already had some epidemic diseases
B．required to be in perfect health
C．able to resist epidemic disease easily D．sometimes in poor health
3．Army life was hard for troops because ______
A．the place where they lived didn't keep them safe from bad weather
B．they had no warm clothing
C．they seldom had good, healthful food D．all of the above
4．Insects and rats were dangerous because they ______
A．destroyed food B．carried diseases
C．made the water unclean D．tore the soldiers' clothes into pieces
5．The best title for this selection is ______.
A．The Cause of Disease B．The Greatest Danger in the Civil War
C．Insects, Rats, and Gunshot Wounds D．The History of Epidemic Disease