One day, Michael walked and crawled through small caves. At the end of the day, he was completely ______ ________, but he thought it was _________ it.

【86】Each day, 50,000 shiny, fire-engine-red Gala apples work the way through a sprawling factory in Swedesboro, N.J.【87】Inside, 26 machines wash them, core them, peel them, seed them, slice them, chill them. At the end of the line, 【88】they are dunked in a solution of calcium ascorbate and now deposited into little green bags featuring a jogging Ronald McDonald. From there,【89】 the bags make their way in refrigerated trucks to refrigerated containers in distribution centers, and then to thousand of McDonald's restaurants up and down the Eastern Seaboard. 【90】 No more than 14 days before leaving the plant, the fruit will take the place of French fries in some child's Happy Meal.

The apple slices, called Apple Dippers, are a symbol of how McDonald's is trying to offer healthier food to its customers 【91】and to answer the many critics who contend that most of its menu is poor nutritional quality. 【92】 McDonald's has also not introduced a variety of "premium" salads, which will soon be joined by a salad of grapes, walnuts-and, of course, apples.

【93】Yet it still remains to be seen these new offerings will assuage the concerns of public health officials and other critics of McDonald's highly processed fat-and calorie-laden sandwiches, drinks and fries. 【94】So far, however, they have not-at least not have entirely.But this much is already clear: just as its staple meals of burger and fries have made McDonald's the largest single buyer of beef and potatoes in the country, 【95】its new focus on fresh fruits and vegetables is making the company a minor player in $80 billion American produce industry.

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The contract will______at the end of the year. A new one will have to be drawn.

A．run out

B．run into

C．run on

D．run after

Which of the following indicates the end of the expansion phase?

A．The increase of raw materials.

B．The growth stopping at a peak.

C．The further increase of labours.

D．The volume expansion of goods.

Which of the followingindicates the end of the expansion phase? A．The increase of rawmaterials． B．The growth stopping at apeak． C．The further increase oflabours． D．The volume expansion ofgoods．

Each day, 50,000 shiny, fireenginered apples work their way through a sprawling factory in Swedesboro, N.J. Inside, 26 machines wash them, core them, peel them, seed them, slice them and chill them. At the end of the line, they are deposited into little green bags featuring a jogging Ronald McDonald.

From there, the bags make their way in refrigerated trucks to thousands of McDonald's restaurants up and down the Eastern Seaboard. No more than 14 days after leaving the plant, the fruit will take the place of French fries in some child's Happy Meal. The apple slices, called Apple Dippers, are a symbol of how McDonald's is trying to offer healthier food to its customers? And to answer the many critics who contend that most of its menu is of poor nutritional quality.

It remains to be seen whether these new offerings will assuage the concerns of public health officials and other critics of McDonald's highly processed fat and calorie—laden sandwiches, drinks and fries. So far, they have notat least not entirely. But this much is already clear: Just as its staple burgerandfries meals have made McDonald's the largest single buyer of beef and potatoes in the country, its new focus on fresh fruits and vegetables is making the company a major player in the $80 billion American produce industry.

The potential impact goes beyond dollars and cents. Some people believe that McDonald's could influence not only the volume, variety and prices of fruit and produce in the nation but also how they are grown.

According to the text, what will be found in some children's Happy Meal instead of French fries?

A．Apple pies.

B．Hamburger.

C．Apple dippers.

D．Apple flavor French.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

听力原文： I was 9 years old when I found out my father was ill. It was 1994, but I can remember my mother's words as if it were yesterday — "Carol, I don't want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very careful when you are around him."

AIDS wasn't something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family secret. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone. For a while, he could take care of himself. But when I was 12, his condition worsened. My father's other children lived far away, so it fell to me to look after him.

We couldn't afford all the necessary medication for him, and because dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn't even buy food for dinner. I would sit in class feeling completely lost. The teacher's words were drowned as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.

I did not share my burden with anyone. I had seen how people reacted to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. And even adults could be cruel. When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself.

I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his condition a secret, I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days. Sad and hopeless, I called a woman at the non-profit National AIDS Support. That day, she kept me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life.

I was 15 when my father died. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me. He didn't want to call attention to AIDS. I do.

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26. What does Carol tell us about her father?

27. Why did Carol keep her father's disease a secret?

28. Why did Carol write the passage?

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A．He told no one about his disease.

B．He worked hard to pay for his medication.

C．He depended on the nurses in his final days.

D．He had stayed in the hospital since he fell ill.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

听力原文： One autumn morning, a farmer carried a big bag of corn on his shoulder to go to town. On his way to the market, he put the bag down in order to move it onto the other shoulder, but the bag was so heavy that he couldn't lift it up by himself. Just then a rich man passed by him, so he asked the man to help him. "What are you going to pay me if I help you?" asked the rich man. "Nothing, sir", answered the farmer. Hearing this, the rich man helped the farmer to lift the bag onto his shoulder. Then he made the farmer pay him "Nothing", but the farmer couldn't, so he took the farmer before a judge.

When the judge heard what had happened to them, he thought for a while, "You're right, sir." The judge said to the rich man, "You must be rewarded. There is a book on the table near you. Please hand it to me."

The rich man did as the judge ordered. "What's under the book?" asked the judge. "Nothing, sir," answered the rich man. "Well," the judge said with a smile, "take the 'nothing' away, then."

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A．In a town.

B．On a farm.

C．At a court.

D．On the way to the market.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

听力原文： Milk was a basic food of man long before history was written. It will probably keep on being one as long as there are animals that give milk. Even the word milk is very old. It comes from Sanskrit, one of the oldest languages known to man. A picture of milking has been found in the ruins of an ancient city. It was drawn about 3500 B.C. Milk is often mentioned in the Bible. This shows what an important food milk was thought to be in ancient times.

Many ancient people also thought that milk had great healing power. One of the most famous Greek doctors told his patients to drink milk to cure illness. The Romans rubbed bread soaked in milk on their faces. They thought that this would make their skin paler. They also thought that it would keep their beards from growing! The wife of one emperor of Rome took a milk bath every day. She believed this would improve her health and beauty. She kept five hundred animals to make sure of having milk each day.

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A．About 3500 B.C.

B．Long before history was written.

C．When there was history record.

D．About 4500 B.C.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

听力原文： Mice in general are not well-liked, but a mouse named Mickey has won the hearts of millions. Movies about Mickey Mouse have been popular with audiences almost everywhere for more than seventy years.

Walt Disney, who created this lovable cartoon character, was born in Chicago in 1901. Later his family moved to a farm near Kansas City, where Walt worked for a time as a newsboy. But what he really enjoyed was drawing pictures.

When Walt went back to Chicago, he studied cartooning at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. His education was interrupted when World War I began in 1914. Though he was not yet old enough to join the army, he wanted to help in some way. He joined the Red Cross and went to France, where he stayed until the war was over.

After the war, Disney returned to Kansas City to work for a company that made fairy story cartoons. This was the kind of work he liked best. He made up his mind to find better ways of making the cartoons move, so that the cartoon characters would seem alive. He bought an old movie camera and made a few films in his garage. In 1923 he joined his older brother, Roy, in Hollywood, California, where they soon set up their own company.

Sound was just starting to be used in movies, and Disney believed it had great possibilities. He quickly added sound to his cartoons. When he made Mickey Mouse talk on the movie screen, audiences were delighted. Mickey became a great success with both young and old.

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A．Telling stories.

B．Drawing pictures.

C．Delivering newspapers.

D．Joining the army.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

听力原文： Mice in general are not well-liked, but a mouse named Mickey has won the hearts of millions. Movies about Mickey Mouse have been popular with audiences almost everywhere for more than seventy years.

Walt Disney, who created this lovable cartoon character, was born in Chicago in 1901. Later his family moved to a farm near Kansas City, where Walt worked for a time as a newsboy. But what he really enjoyed was drawing pictures.

When Walt went back to Chicago, he studied cartooning at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. His education was interrupted when World War I began in 1914. Though he was not yet old enough to join the army, he wanted to help in some way. He joined the Red Cross and went to France, where he stayed until the war was over.

After the war, Disney returned to Kansas City to work for a company that made fairy story cartoons. This was the kind of work he liked best. He made up his mind to find better ways of making the cartoons move, so that the cartoon characters would seem alive. He bought an old movie camera and made a few films in his garage. In 1923 he joined his older brother, Roy, in Hollywood, California, where they soon set up their own company.

Sound was just starting to be used in movies, and Disney believed it had great possibilities. He quickly added sound to his cartoons. When he made Mickey Mouse talk on the movie screen, audiences were delighted. Mickey became a great success with both young and old.

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A．Telling stories.

B．Drawing pictures.

C．Delivering newspapers.

D．Joining the army.