Read and choose the best answer to complete the di...

Read and choose the best answer to complete the dialogue. Mary: What is the most interesting job in your mind? Joe: The most interesting job? It’s hard to say which one is the most interesting. If I have to name one, it is a film director. Mary: A film director! Joe: Yes. I think a film director can put his dream into the film. He can also give his film different styles if he wants. Mary: En, it’s a very special job. What’s more, a film director can earn a lot of money. Joe: But a great film director never ______________________. They work for their dreams.

A、works for the country

B、works for the people

C、works for money

D、works for the film

Read and choose the best answer to complete the dialogue. W: How was your trip M: It was a pleasant flight.W: Is this your first time in China M: Yes, and I’ve been _________________.W: Hope you enjoy your stay here.M: Thank you.

A．looking forward to it

B．looking for it

C．enjoying myself

D．thinking of it

Read and choose the best answer to complete the dialogue. Seller: What can I do for you Peter: I want to buy a note-book. Seller: This one is very nice.Peter: How much is it Seller: Six yuan.Peter: I’m afraid it’s too expensive. __________________Seller: What about this one It’s only four yuan.Peter: Ok. I’ll take it.

A．I will take it．

B．I don’t want it．

C．Can you give me another one

D．Have you got a cheaper one

Read and choose the best answer to complete the dialogue.Bob: What did you think of the traditional dress at the fashion show yesterday evening Joe: I think it’s very graceful for Chinese girls to wear a dress like that.Bob: So do I. In fact, it looked traditional but stylish to me.Joe: Do you think people can wear that stuff and walk around the streets Bob: Yes, of course. Don’t forget it stands for our traditional culture.Joe: ___________________________________. It depends.

A．I don’t think it is always proper to wear a cheongsam outside

B．I don’t think it is alright to wear a cheongsam outside

C．I don’t think it is fashion to wear a cheongsam outside

D．I don’t think we should popularize this kind of fashion style

A、I don’t think it is always proper to wear a cheongsam outside

B、I don’t think it is alright to wear a cheongsam outside

C、I don’t think it is fashion to wear a cheongsam outside

D、I don’t think we should popularize this kind of fashion style

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

Directions: In this part, you.viii have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.

HIV Vaccine Feat Leaves More Questions Than Answers

Only hours after HIV vaccine researchers announced the achievement of a milestone that has eluded them for a quarter of a century, they began plotting their next steps—and coming back to reality. Their ultimate goal, halting the spread of AIDS, remains far in the future. A Thai and American team had announced early Thursday in Bangkok that they had found a combination of vaccines that provided modest protection against infection with HIV, offering the first proof of principle that the deadly disease could be tamed by teaching the immune system to recognize the virus and defeat it. Scientists around the world hailed the achievement.

But by Thursday afternoon, the initial wave of joy had given way to the recognition that many questions will have to be answered before researchers can produce a vaccine that will reliably shield people from HIV. For starters, it could take years to figure out the biological mechanisms that produced the apparent 31 ~ reduction in infections among those given the vaccine treatment.

Researchers have never before observed antibodies (抗体) or other molecules in the blood that could block an infection of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Now they will try to figure out whether this combination of vaccines stimulated new molecules, or provoked an unusual blend of ones previously observed. Experts predicted that it would require 2 to 3 years of research to better understand how the vaccine worked, and an additional 5 to 10 years to produce a vaccine that was ready to test in people. Some researchers even wondered whether the apparent reduction in infections was simply a statistical mistake resulting from the small number of HIV cases observed in the trial.

The abundance of unanswered questions hasn't sapped the enthusiasm of many HIV researchers. After 26 years of seemingly futile research on vaccines, they have finally made some progress on demonstrating the feasibility of an HIV vaccine, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which largely funded the $120-million study. "This is the first positive signal—modest though it may be—that we have ever got with any vaccine that we have ever tested in humans," Fauci said. But "is it a vaccine that is ready for prime time? No."

The Thai trial, which began in 2003, had been laughed at by many critics as a waste of time and money because its two vaccines had produced no benefit in individual trials. But a few researchers speculated that using them together—with one vaccine priming (开始修复) the immune system and the second boosting that response—would be more effective. The primer in this combination is Alvac, made by Sanofi Pasteur, which uses a harmless virus to carry three synthetic HIV genes into the body. :The boost comes from Aidsvax, originally made by VaxGen Inc. and now owned by the nonprofit group Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases. It contains a genetically engineered version of a protein from the HIV surface.

The study, led by Dr. Supachai Rerks-Ngarm of the Thai Ministry of Public Health's Department of Disease Control, involved more than 16,000 volunteers in Thailand, all from the general population rather than from a pool of high-risk homosexuals and drug users used in past studies. Half received four priming doses of Alvac and two boost doses of Aidsvax over a six-month period; the other half received placebo (无效对照药) shots. After three years of follow-up, new HIV infections were observed

A．scientists have made certain achievements in HIV vaccine

B．HIV vaccine has been proved successful ultimately

C．HIV vaccine has been proved useless

D．HIV has already been decoded and defeated

Text 1

Lady Bracknell: ... What is your income?

Jack Worthing: Between seven and eight thousand a year.

Lady Bracknell (makes a note in her book): In land , or in investments?

Jack Worthing: In investments , chiefly.

Lady Bracknell: That is satisfactory. What between the duties expected of one during one' s lifetime. and the duties exacted from one after one' s death , land has ceased to be either a profit or a pleasure. It gives one position , and prevents one from keeping it up. That' s all that can be said about land.

Jack Worthing: I have a country house with some land , of course , attached to it , about fifteen hundred acres , I believe; but I don' t depend on that for my real

income. In fact , as far as 1 can make out , the poachers are the only people who make anything out of it.

Lady Bracknell: A country house! How many bedrooms? Well , that point can be cleared up afterwards. You have a town house , I hope? A girl with a simple , unspoiled nature , like Gwendolen , could hardly be expected to reside in the country.

Jack Worthing: Well , I own a house in Belgrave Square , but it is let by the year to Lady Bloxham. Of course , I can get it back whenever I like , at six months' notice

Lady Bracknell: Lady Bloxham? I don't know her.

Jack Worthing: Oh , she goes about very little. She is a lady considerably advanced in years.

Lady Bracknell: Ah , nowadays that is no guarantee of respectability of character. What number in Belgrave Square?

Jack Worthing: 149.

Lady Bracknell (shaking her head): The unfashionable side.I thought there was something. However , that could easily be altered.

Jack Worthing: Do you mean the fashion , or the side?

Lady Bracknell (sternly) : Both , if necessary , I presume.

Questions :

1. The extract is taken from

A. The Importance of Being Earnest

B. The Crucible

C. An Inspector Calls

2. In this extract , Lady Bracknell is interviewing Jack W orthing on his suitability as a possible ().

A. husband for her daughter

B. live-in domestic helper

c. investment advisor

3. Which of the following statements is true according to the extract?

A. Lady Bracknell uses humorous similes to express her views on the upper class.

B. Lady Bracknell believes land is a safe and continuous source of income.

c. Lady Bracknell' s questions focus on Jack Worthing' s income , property and family connections.

4. Lady Bracknell is portrayed as a ().

A. mother keen on following fashions

B. terribly snobbish mother

C. mother obsessed with the mysteries of the nature

Read the passage and choose the best answers.

Nowadays it is a common practice for some doctors and nurses to tell a lie to the patient who has got deadly disease. They try to hide the truth from the patient because they believe that the patient may suffer from severe mental trauma hearing the bad news.

But some others feel disclosing the truth is better. Then the patient can plan their last days better, and will be able to fulfill his last wishes and die peacefully. After all, the patient has the right to know his condition of disease.

In my opinion, whether or not we tell the patient the truth depends on different people and different situations. If the patient is afraid of death or is negative about life, doctors and nurses should hide the truth from him. On the contrary, if the patient is rational and positive, it is unnecessary to keep him in the dark and hide the truth intentionally.

(1)Please give a title to the passage.

AShould Doctors and Nurses Lie?

BDoctors and Nurses Can Lie.

CShould Doctors Lie?

DShould Nurses Lie?

(2)The patient may ( ) severe mental trauma hearing the bad news.

Arelieve

Bimpair

Cevaluate

Dundergo

(3)The patient can plan their last days better, and will be able to ( ) his last wishes and die peacefully.

Aleave

Bmake

Ccomplete

Dview

(4)Whether or not we tell the patient the truth ( ) on different people and different situations.

Agoes

Blies

Cgets

Dputs

(5)If the patient is rational and positive, it is unnecessary to keep him in the dark and hide the truth ( ).

A.intently

B.carefully

C.carelessly

D.purposely