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Happy Living in Beijing
A special event for the whole family. There will be art works and musical performances by children from international schools, a speech on education planning & income protection insurance by Tenbridge and an exhibition of original paintings and sculptures from the Beijing Central Art Gallery & Cultural Venue. Staff from the Vista Clinic will give a talk on how to deal with medical emergencies. Free buffet, activities for children and lucky draws also. 2 to 6 pm, February 25 at the Chateau Regalia Club House, Tianzhu, Shuiyi District. Please call 6585-9902-48 or email to keturah@bjcagallery.com.
Welsh Society Ball
For the growing number of Welsh people in Beijing, as well as people connected with Wales, the St David's Society (Welsh Society) Ball will be held at the Kerry Centre on March 4. Fifty singers from the Welsh Male Voice Choir will come all the way from the valleys to perform. Reserve your seats with Russell Probert at 6507-2617-12
Newcomers' network
Meet new friends and find useful information on living in Beijing through a cultural activity organized by the International Newcomers Network. 30 yuan per person, including entrance, coffee and pastries. 10 am, February 27 at the Athletic Club, 5/F Capital Mansions, 6 Xinyuan Nanlu, Chaoyang District. 1355-2611-887 or email at innbeijing@hotmail.com
Guizhou tour
Follow the Chinese Culture Club to Guizhou, one of the best-kept regions in Southwest China. Unspoiled by tourism, Guizhou is famous for its stunning landscape such as limestone karst hills, jagged peaks and terraced rice paddies, as well as colorful ethnic minority cultures. This six-day tour will go into mountains and valleys of Yungui Plateau. Set off with Chinese Culture Club at 9 am, February 18 at CCC office, Kent Center, 29, Anjialou, Liangmaqiao Lu, Chaoyang District. 6432-9341-29
67.If you have a naughty child who often gets hurt himself accidently, you might be interested in _____.
A. Happy Living in Beijing. B. Welsh Society Ball
C. Newcomers' network.D. Guizhou tour
68.A person from Wales ,who is interested in the cultures of the minorities in China, might dial ________.
A. 6585-9902-48 B. 6507-2617-12 C. 1355-2611-887 D. 6432-9341 29
69．If you send an email to keturah@bjcagallery.com, you might know about the following information except ______.
A. Musical performances by children from international schools.
B. Knowing more about mountains and valleys of Yungui Plateau.
C. Income protection insurance by Tenbridge.
D. Whether it is necessary for the parent to take their children there.
70．Which of the following is not right according to the passage?
A.You can either make a call or send an email to know about Happy Living in Beijing
B. You can get a seat to attend Welsh Society Ball at any time.
C. Jan, fond of making new friends, might email at innbeijing@hotmail.com .
D. Guizhou, one of the best-kept regions in China, is still not spoiled by tourism.

While many young celebrities, especially pretty women, are unwilling to talk about their humble origins, Lu Yan is never too shy to talk about her hometown a small village in northern Jiangxi Province. Surrounded by high mountains, silver stone mining is the major source of wealth in the town where she was born in 1981. When she goes home to visit, she has to take a train from the provincial capital Nanchang for more than an hour, then change to a bus for another hour and a half.
Lu is the eldest of three siblings. "We broke the family planning policy, because village people always want a son," she said smiling. Lu wears clothes from big-name designers now, but when she was a child she often went several years without new clothes. "I grew tall so fast that my mother thought buying new clothes was wasteful," she said. She had no choice but to wear hand-me-downs from relatives.
Lu still remembers clearly her first "made to order" clothing. She picked cotton for a whole summer vacation and earned 90 yuan (US$11). She spent 6 yuan (US$0.70) to take a bus to the county where she asked a tailor to make a coat according to a design in a magazine. "At that time, I thought it was a very modern design," she said. It meant more to her than all the haute couture（高级时装设计）she owned later.
When she graduated from middle school, the 16-year-old Lu was 1.78 metres high. She left for Nanchang to study accounting. "My parents thought the major would help me find a job," she said. She was self-conscious of her height and began walking hunched（拱背）over. "I always bowed. As I grew up, I started to know that my posture（姿势）was not good, so I attended a figure-building class," she said. Little did she know that it would lead her to a bright future.
64. The underlined word “humble” in Paragraph One means_______.
A. rich B. poor C. bright D. modern
65. What does Lu Yan mean by referring to her first "made to order" clothing?
A. Lu Yan made her coat to her own measure by herself.
B. She thought it was a very interesting..
C. She earned the money through her own hard work.
D. It meant a lot to her and her future.
66.Which of the following about Lu Yan isn’t mentioned in the passage?
A. Age. B. Height. C. Hometown. D. Salary.

In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 p.m. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he assumes(想当然地认为)it's a matter of life and death. The time chosen for the call comm.unicates its importance.
In social life, time plays a very important part. In the U.S.A. guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the attention to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But it is not true in all countries. In other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. The meaning of time differs in different parts of the world. Thus, misunderstandings arise(产生) between people from cultures that treat time differently. Promptness is valued highly in American life, for example. If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible. In the U.S. no one would think if keeping a business associate waiting for an hour. It would be too impolite. A person who is 5 minutes late is expected to make a short apology. If he is less than 5 minutes late, he will say a few words of explanation, though perhaps he will not complete the sentence.
60. "The same meaning is attached to telephone calls after 11:00p.m." Here "attached" means _____.
A. taken B. drawn C. given D. shown
61. According to this passage, time plays an importantt role in _____.
A. everyday life B. school life
C. communication D. private life
62. The best title for this passage is _____.
A. The Voice of Time
B. The Importance of Time
C. The Importance of an Announcement
D. Time and Tide Wait for No Man
63. According to the passage, the author of the article may agree to which of the following statements?
A. It is appropriate to send your invitation cards three or four days before a dinner party date in U.S.A..
B. It may be appropriate to send your invitation cards to your guests three or four days before a dinner party date in some countries.
C. It is best for one to make telephone calls at eight because it costs much less.
D. If one is less than 5 minutes late, he has to make a short apology.

第三部分阅读理解（共15小题，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Scientists have recently discovered that mothers tend to hold their baby on the left. Of 255 right-handed mothers, 83% held the baby on the left. And out of 32 left-handed women, 78% held the baby on the left. As a control, women were watched coming from supermarkets carrying baby-sized bags; the bags were held with no side preference. Then, dental patients were given a large rubber ball to hold during treatment. The majority held the ball to their left side, even when it interfered with the dentist's activities. This suggested that in times of stress objects are held against the left side.
At that point something clearly contrary was observed. A large number of mothers who brought their premature babies to a clinic were seen to hold their babies against their right side.
So, 115 mothers who had been separated from their babies for 24 hours after birth were observed for holding response. The experimenters presented the baby directly to midline of the mother's body, and noted how she held the baby. 53% placed the baby on the left and 47% on the right. And it was also noted that the mothers of the group who had held their baby on the left had already had a baby from which they had not been separated after birth.
Left-handed holding enables the baby to hear the heartbeat. In order to discover whether hearing the heart has a beneficial effect on the baby, the sound of a human hear-beat was played to102 babies in a New York nursery for 4 days. A control group of babies was not exposed to hear-beats. The babies in the heart-beat group gained more weight and cried far less than the babies in the control group.
56. Scientists found that _____.
A. left-handed women tend to hold their babies on the right
B. more right-handed women than left-handed women tend to hold their babies on the left
C. only right-handed women tend to hold their babies on the correct side
D. women who hold their babies on the left are nearly all right-handed
57. What was "some clearly contrary"?
Mothers of premature babies held their babiesson the correct side.
B. Mothers of premature babies took their babies to a clinic.
C. Mothers of premature babies were seen to hold their babies differently from other mothers.
D. Mothers of premature babies showed no side preference.
58. In one experiment, 102 babies spent four days _____.
A. not exposed to heart-beats
B. in a control group
C. exposed to the sound of heart-beats
D. in a New York heart-beat group
59. The experiments proved that _____.
A. mothers have an instinct to hold their babies on the left immediately after birth
B. mothers hold their babies on the left at times of stress
C. mothers of premature babies do not have the instinct to hold their babies on the left
D. mothers find it more comfortable to carry their babies on the left because the heart is on that side

In 1909 an English newspaper offered £ 1,000 to the first man to fly across the English Channel in an aeroplane. Today, modern jets cross it in minutes. But at that time it still seemed a good distance. The race to win the money soon became a race between two men. Both were very colourful.
One was Louis Bleriot. He owned a factory in France that made motor car lamps. He was already well known as a pilot because he had had accidents several times. Some people laughed at him. One man said, “He may not be the first to fly across the Channel but he will certainly be the first to die in an accident!” But Bleriot was really a good and brave pilot. He also had many good ideas about aeroplane design.
The other man was Hubert Latham. He was half French and half English. He took up flying when his doctors told him he had only a year to live. “Oh, well,” he said, “if I’ m going to die soon, I think I shall have a dangerous and interesting life now.” Latham was the first to try the flight across the Channel. Ten kilometres from the French coast, his plane had some trouble. It fell down into the water and began to sink under the water. A boat reached Latham just in time. He was sitting calmly on the wing and was coolly lighting a cigarette. Bleriot took off six days later. He flew into some very bad weather and very low cloud. He somehow got to the English side and landed in a farmer’s field. When he did so, a customs (海关) officer rushed up to his plane. Planes have changed since then, but customs officers have not. “Have you anything to declare(报关)?” The officer demanded.
48. Bleriot was well known as a pilot because ____ .
A. he was unusually brave
B. he was quite rich
C. he had many good ideas about aeroplane design
D. he had had a few accidents
49. Why did Hubert Latham want to fly across the Channel?
A. He thought he could manage it easily.
B. He wanted to be the first one to cross the Channel.
C. He knew he only had a year to live.
D. He had always been interested in flying.
50. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Latham became a pilot on the doctor’s advice.
B. He was told he could live another year.
C. His plane had some trouble.
D. He was saved by a boat when his plane was sinking.

A．the equipment	B． the project
C．the digital media	D． the physical library

A．a put book	B．a library guide
C．a handbook	D．a newspaper report