4. Passage 12 More and more people like bicycling and it is no surprise. It is fun， healthy and good for the environment. Maybe that‘s why there are 1.4 billion bicycles and only 400 million cars on roads worldwide today. Bikes can take you almost anywhere， and there is no oil cost! Get on a bicycle and ride around your neighborhood. You may discover something new all around you. Stopping and getting off a bike is easier than stopping and getting out of your car. You can bike to work and benefit from the enjoyable exercise without polluting the environment. You don‘t even have to ride all the way. Folding bikes work well for people who ride the train. Just fold the bike and take it with you. You can do the same on an airplane. A folding bike can be packed in a suitcase. You can also take a common bike with you when you fly. But be sure to look for information by getting on airline websites. Not all airlines are bicycle-friendly to travelers. Health Benefits of Bicycling: It helps to prevent heart diseases. It helps to control your weight. A 15-minute bike ride to and from work three times a week burns off five kilos of fat in a year. It can improve your mood. Exercise like bicycling has been shown to make people feel better， more relaxed and self-confident. Bicycling is healthier than driving. One of the benefits from bicycling is that( ).

2. Passage 9 What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the following passage. Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save your life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family， such as stairways and fire escapes， but not lifts. From the lower floors of the buildings， escaping through windows is possible， learn the best way of leaving by windows with the last chance of serious injury. The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average person， hanging by the finger-tips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the height of an average man. Of course， it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building. Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed. Or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may leak into the room. On a second or third floor， the best windows for escape are those that open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement might end in injury. Bushes and grass can help to break a fall. It is possible to escape through the windows( ).

A. 　if there are some bushes on the ground

B. 　if you are strong enough

C. 　if you live on a lower floor

D. 　if you have a long rope

8.They( )the plan to see whether it could really be carried out.

A. 　got over

B. 　 talked over

C. 　 broke through

D. 　 let out

85.If you have difficulty( )a particular book， please ask one of the librarians for assistance.

A. 　to find

B. 　 find

C. 　 finding

D. 　 found

154.Carine is not in the( )for going to the ball tonight.

A. 　condition

B. 　 temper

C. 　 mood

D. 　 motion

152.Eye( )is very important when delivering a speech in public.

A. 　touch

B. 　 sight

C. 　 sign

D. 　 contact

162.I work as an( )in that firm last summer.

A. 　intern

B. 　 internship

C. 　 interned

D. 　 interning

42.Some of your suggestions have been( )， but others have been turned down as they are not workable.

A. 　adapted

B. 　 adopted

C. 　 replaced

D. 　 assessed

2. 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. What can be concluded from the passage?

A. 　 Genuine writers often find their work interesting and rewarding.

B. 　 A writer‘s success depends on luck rather than on effort.

C. 　 Famous writers usually live in poverty and isolation.

D. 　 The chances for a writer to become successful are small.

2. 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. Eight hundred years ago an Englishman( ).

A. 　made a kind of flying machine

B. 　tried to fly with wings made of chicken feathers

C. 　wanted to build a kind of balloon

D. 　tried to fly on a large bird

87.Online shopping has been growing( )an increasing rate these years.

A. 　for

B. 　 at

C. 　 in

D. 　 up