Ann was on her first package trip in Rosas, Spain.

    At the hotel, she checked in, and then went to her room to change before dinner. She was just ready to go downstairs when she found that her Spanish money wasn’t in her handbag. She carefully looked in all her luggage, but she couldn’t find it. All she had was a small purse with ten English pound notes in it!

    Ann found a place to change her English money. She had very few pesetas (西班牙货币单位), and she would be here for two weeks. On her way back to the hotel, Ann bought some cheese, some bread and some oranges. When she got back, she told the manager that her doctor had told her not to eat Spanish food; she’d just have breakfast each day, as she knew the price of hotels included breakfast.

For the rest of her holiday, Ann swam in the hotel swimming pool, or lay on the beach and got a sunbath. When the other tourists went to interesting places, she always said she wasn’t well. In fact, her holiday wasn’t bad, except that she was always hungry. After all, a piece of fruit for lunch, and bread and cheese for supper isn’t very much .

    Late in the afternoon of their last day, a girl, Jane, asked her why she never ate with them in the hotel restaurant. Ann told her about her money problems. Jane looked at her for a minute, and then said, “But didn’t you know? The price of this holiday includes everything!”

(  )21. “A package trip” probably means ________.

A. a free trip           B. a long journey

C. a pleasant trip        D. a trip that includes the cost of all the tickets and services

(  )22. Ann didn’t eat dinners in the restaurant of the hotel because __________.

A. she was afraid that she couldn’t pay for them with her little money

B. her doctor told her not to eat them

C. she wasn’t well       D. she wasn’t hungry

(  )23. Why did Ann buy some cheese, some bread and some oranges?

A. Because they were good for her health.

B. Because she planned to eat them instead of lunch and supper.

C. Because she liked them more than dinners in the hotel restaurant.

D. Because she is afraid that she couldn’t eat enough in the hotel restaurant.

(  )24. How do you think Jane would feel after she heard Ann’s answer?

A. Angry.    B. Happy.       C. Surprised.    D. Excited.

Death Valley is one of the most famous deserts in the United States, covering a wide area with its sand. Almost 20 percent of this area is well below sea level, and Badwater, a salt water pool, is about 280 feet below sea level and the lowest point in the United States.

    Long ago the Indians called this place “Tomesha”— the land of fire. Death Valley’s present name dates back to 1849, when a group of miners coming from Nevada became lost in its unpleasantness and hugeness and their adventure turned out to be a sad story. Today Death Valley has been called a National Monument (遗迹) and is crossed by several well-marked roads where good services can be found easily. Luckily the change created by human settlement has scarcely (几乎没有) ruined the special beauty of this place.

    Here nature created a lot of surprising sights, almost like the sights on the moon, ever-changing as the frequent  wind moves the sand about, showing the most unusual colors. One of the most astonishing and changeable parts of Death Valley is the Devil’ s Golf Course, where it seems hard for one to tell reality from terrible dreams. Sand sculptures (沙雕) stand on a frightening ground as evening shadows move and lengthen.

(  )25. According to the first paragraph, ______ is the lowest place in the United States.

A. Tomesha              B. Death Valley    C. Nevada              D. Badwater

(  )26. Devil Golf Course is famous for _______.

A. the frequent wind    B. the colors of the sand   C. dream-like sights    D. the sand sculptures

(  )27. From the passage we can see that the writer _______ the Death Valley.

A. appreciates     B. is fearful of    C. dislikes    D. is tired of

How much paper do you use every year? Perhaps you can’t answer that question quickly. In 1900 the world’s use of paper was about one kilogram for each person in a year. Now some countries use as much as 100 kilograms of paper for each person in a year. The amount of paper a country uses shows how far advanced the country is, some people say. It is difficult to say whether this is true: different people mean different things by the word “advanced”. But countries like the United States, England and Sweden certainly use more paper than other countries.

    Paper, like many other things that we use today, was first made in China. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400.

    The Chinese first made paper about 2,000 years ago. China still has pieces of paper which were made as long ago as that. But Chinese paper was not made from the wood of trees. It was made from the hairlike parts of certain plants.

    Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100. Scandinavia — which now makes a great deal of the world’s paper — did not begin to make it until 1500. It was a German named Schaeffer who found out that trees could be made into the best paper. After that, the forest countries of Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the United States became the most important in paper making. Today in Finland, which makes the best paper in the world, the paper industry is the biggest in the land.

(  )28. The underlined word “advanced” in the first paragraph probably means ________.

A. big     B. small      C. developed    D. beautiful

(  )29. Paper was first made in ________.

A. China    B. Egypt     C. the West     D. southern Europe

(  )30. The man who first made paper from trees was a (an) ___.

A. Chinese        B. Egyptian     C. Canadian  D. German

(  )31. Which country makes the best paper in the world today?

A. Canada.              B. Finland.      C. Sweden.   D. Norway.

 “After four days in hospital, a 35-year-old woman died of bird flu in the western part of Indonesia on Tuesday, raising the country’s deaths to 57, and the source of infection (传染) was still unknown,” a senior health ministry official said.

    The H5N1 virus has killed at least 153 people worldwide since it began hitting Asian poultry (家禽) in late 2003, according to the World Health Organization, with over a third of the human deaths in Indonesia.

    Most of those killed have been infected by house-kept poultry, but WHO fears the virus could turn into a form that easily spreads among humans, causing a nationwide disease with the possibility to kill millions.

    Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous (人口稠密的) country and home to millions of backyard chickens, is looked upon as a possible hot place for that to happen.

    The government came under fire for moving slowly to get rid of the virus when it first appeared in chickens and ducks, but has worked hard in recent months to make the public know about the dangers of bird flu.

    It has also increased vaccinations (接种疫苗) and killing of birds in infected areas. But no one knows whether the action will work. After all, bird flu has been there for more than two years and killed so many people.

(  )32. This passage probably appears on the ________ page of a newspaper.

A. sports          B. entertainment     C. health and life    D. travel

(  )33. The underlined part “came under fire” in Paragraph 5 probably means _________.

A. caught fire   B. became angry     C. got criticized (批评)    D. was warm

(  )34. Since late 2003, the H5N1 virus has killed more than 50 people ________.

A. in Indonesia  B. in Asia       C. all over the world       D. in Europe

(  )35. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Millions of people in Indonesia will be killed by the H5N1 virus.

B. Indonesia is a hot place for bird flu to happen because it has a big population of humans and chickens.

C. The government of Indonesia didn’t do anything against bird flu.

D. The source of inflection that killed the 35-year-old woman was a bird.

Are you truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness?    36    The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.

※ Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your moods will very likely increase if you are going after something you value.

※ Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way.    37    

      ※ When something goes wrong, try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self pity. Truly happy people don’t allow setbacks to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances back to their favor.

      ※    38    These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness.

      ※    39    Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance , you will be subconsciously (下意识地) putting yourself in a better mood .

      ※ Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness. Find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make you happy.

       ※ Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness.    40  

A．What makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy.

B．On the contrary, if you are around people who are happy, their emotional state will be infectious.

C． Eating nutritious foods can have a positive effect on your body．

D．These are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves.

E．Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy.

F．There are some tips in life that lead to happiness.

G．It’s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself.