88.My family( )on my father‘s unemployment benefit after he lost his job.

52.It takes a( )amount of time and energy to achieve proficiency ( 精 通 ) in a foreign language.

A. 　considerate

B. 　 considerable

C. 　 plentiful

D. 　 substantial

33.( ) over 100 students will take part in the speech contest which is to be held next week.

A. 　Estimating that

B. 　 Estimated that

C. 　 It is estimated what

D. 　 It is estimated that

4. Passage 16 Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people， but I also explain that there‘s a big difference between ―being a writer‖， and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame， not the long hours alone at a typewriter. ―You‘ve got to want to write，‖ I say to them， ―not want to be a writer.‖ The reality is that writing is a lonely， private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune， there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer， I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found me a place in a New York apartment building. It didn‘t even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a genuine writer. After a year or so， however， I still hadn‘t gotten a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn‘t going to be one of those people who die wondering – what if I would keep putting my dream to the last even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the Shadowland of hope， and anyone with a dream must learn to live there. ―...people who die wondering， what if‖ ( Para. 3) refers to ―those( )‖.

A. 　 who think too much of the dark side of life

B. 　 who regret giving up their career halfway

C. 　 who think a lot without making a decision

D. 　 who are full of imagination even upon death

4. Passage 1 The secret of being born lucky is a summer birthday， with May babies most likely to enjoy a lifetime‘s good fortune， according to a study of more than 40，000 people. The time of year at which you are born has an enduring influence on levels of optimism and self-reported luck， according to a research by British and Swedish scientists. May was the luckiest month in which to be born， with 50 percent of those born then considering themselves lucky， while October was the least lucky month， with just 43 percent claiming good fortune. The findings add to growing evidence that the phenomenon of luck is not all down to chance， but is affected by a person‘s general disposition. Other research has shown that whether people think themselves fortunate depends less on objective success than on having a ―glass half-full‖ or ―half-empty‖ approach to life. ―What we are seeing suggests that something is influencing how people perceive their luckiness. My hypothesis is that people create their own luck by traits such as optimism， that luck is a psychological phenomenon rather than a matter of blind chance，‖ said Professor Richard Wiseman， who led the research. The pattern of the result， with those born in spring and in summer reporting themselves luckier than those born in autumn or winter， could have two potential explanations， Professor Wiseman said. Which of the following words can be best replace the word ―trait‖ (Line 7， Para. 2)?

A. 　Quality.

B. 　 Expectation.

C. 　 Belief.

D. 　 Idea

138.Can you give me a case ( )this phrase can be use?

A. 　when

B. 　 that

C. 　 where

D. 　 which

1. Passage 7 Greek soldiers sent messages by turning their shields toward the sun. The flashes reflected light could be seen several miles away. The enemy did not know what the flashes meant， but other Greek soldiers could understand the message. Roman soldiers in some places built long rows of signal towers. When they had a message to send， the soldiers shouted it from tower to tower. If there were enough towers and soldiers with loud voices， important news could be sent quickly over distance. In Africa， people learn to send messages by beating on a series of large drums. Each drum was kept within hearing distance of the next one. The drum beats were sent out in a special way that all the drummers understood. Though the messages were simple， they could be sent at great speed for hundreds of miles. In the eighteenth century， a French engineer found a new way to send short messages. In this way， a person held a flag in each hand and the arms were moved to various positions representing different letters of the alphabet. It was like spelling out words with flags and arms. Over a long period of time， people sent messages by all these different ways. However， not until the telephone was invented in America in the nineteenth century could people send speeches sounds over a great distance in just a few seconds. According to this passage， the Roman way of communication depended very much upon( ).

A. 　fine weather

B. 　 high tower

C. 　 the spelling system

D. 　 arm movements

1. Passage 2 Man has always wanted to fly. Some of the greatest men in history had thought about the problem. One of them， for example， was the great Italian artist， Leonardo Da Vinci. In the 16th century he made designs for machines that would fly， but they were never built. Throughout history， other less famous men had wanted to fly. An example was a man in England 800 years ago. He made a pair of wings from chicken feathers. Then he fixed them to his body and jumped into air from a tall building. He did not fly very far. Instead， he fell to the ground and broke every bone of his body and rested in peace. The first real step took place in France， in 1783. Two brothers， the Montgolfiers， made a very large ―hot air balloon‖. They knew that hot air rises. Why not fill a balloon with it? The balloon was made of cloth and paper. In September of that year， the King and Queen of France came to see the balloon. They watched it carry the very first air passengers into the sky. The passengers were a sheep and a chicken. We do not know how they felt about the trip. But we do know that the trip lasted eight minutes and that the animals landed safely. Two months later， two men did the same thing. They rose above Paris in a balloon of the same kind. Their trip lasted twenty-five minutes and they traveled about. Leonardo Da Vinci( ).

A. 　said that man would fly in the sky one day

B. 　built a kind of machine which never flew

C. 　made designs for flying machines

D. 　drew many beautiful pictures of birds

90.He was( )with his business matters and didn‘t have time to think about a holiday.

A. 　handled

B. 　 occupied

C. 　 disposed

D. 　 filled

177.Mary， I‘m going your way. Hop in and let me give you a( ).

A. 　hint

B. 　 breath

C. 　 ride

D. 　 massage

182.CD-ROMs and DVDs are( )for storing digital information.

A. 　modes

B. 　 cays

C. 　 devices

D. 　 manners