听力原文：In spite of stories of prosperity in the United States, not only does poverty exi

Luxembourg's Prime Minster Jean Claude Juncker vows to resign if the country says "no" to the treaty, which is aimed at streamlining decision-making in Europe after the trading bloc enlarged from 15 to 25 member states. French and Dutch voters have already sent a resounding "no" to European leaders that they do not want the 448-article treaty. Opinion polls taken in July last month indicate that the poll could go either way. Opinion polls are banned during the month prior to the election. Luxembourg's parliament ratified the treaty in its first reading on June 28th, but a second reading will be axed if the voters say no. Before Luxembourg goes to the polls, which country has already expressed their unwillingness to accept the treaty？ A．Germany. B．Switzerland. C．Spain. D．France.

F: Well, you must realize that when he comes here he is meeting other aggressive children, and aggressive children all together usually sum each other up. M: Uhum. F: And they find that aggressive here doesn' t pay off because you be jolly sure there' s one tougher and worse than he is. M: Uhum. F: So I usually, sometimes, have organized fights. M: Organized fights？ You actually.. F: We have a ring and we have a bell. M: A boxing ring？ F: Yes. They must conform, they must keep to the rules, and when they have either lost or won, we discuss after what it is to be the winner and what it is like to lose. And we carry on with our discussion and go on to what it is like in life. M: Umm. F: We must win or lose and we must do each very gracefully. M: Would you please describe some children you have had problems with？ F: I had one boy who cut off his dog' s ear. M: Really？ F: Yes. Then put a stone around his neck and drowned him. M: The dog？ F: Yes, and there was another boy that used to attack me... \A particular way to deal with aggressive children is to ______. A．give them severe punishments B．tell them to behave themselves C．organize them to fight D．send some of them to prison

The storm killed two other people in Alabama, nine in the neighboring state of Georgia, and a young girl in Missouri. Fourteen teams of experts from the Federal Emergency Management Agency are evaluating the damage to assess what federal assistance might be needed in situations that overwhelm state and local capabilities. That agency and President Bush were widely criticized for their poor response to Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005, which killed more than 1,800 people along the Gulf Coast. Asked if the president's decision to visit the tornado-stricken areas Saturday was influenced by the political fall-out from Hurricane Katrina, White House Spokeswoman Dana Perino said that was never part of the discussion. Traveling with the president, FEMA Director David Paulson stressed how much the response system has changed since Hurricane Katrina, telling reporters that federal officials no longer wait for state and local governments to be overwhelmed before stepping in. Why are 14 teams of experts from the Federal Emergency Management Agency evaluating the damage？ A．To find out the lost people and animals. B．To criticize the authority's poor response. C．To assess the federal assistance needed. D．To make clear the investment in agriculture.

(26) A．Thirty percent of the German population can receive college education. B．American students enjoy a very high rate of admission to college in the world. C．Comparatively speaking, there are more British people than the French attending college. D．American college students are envied by 60% of high school graduates around the world.

What does the speaker mean？ A．Americans are worried about only two things. B．Americans are worried more about death than about taxes. C．Americans are as worried about death as about taxes. D．Americans are as sure of taxes as of death.

A．The man does not like to go shopping. B．The man may not want to go shopping again. C．The woman wants to buy something to wear. D．The woman tried the clothes but they didn"t fit.

(22) A．The editor in chief didn't know that the figures were accurate. B．The editor in chief expressed doubt about the accuracy of the figures. C．The editor in chief questioned the reporter about the accuracy of his article. D．The editor in chief had telephoned someone and requested for a draft report.

(22) A．Benjamin Franklin designed the hall. B．Benjamin Franklin built it from memory. C．It was built for Benjamin Franklin's use. D．It was built in honor of Benjamin Franklin.

听力原文： The climate of the west coast is the most moderate in Canada. Summers are coast and fairly dry and winters are mild, cloudy and wet. Even in mid-winter, average temperatures are usually above freezing. The central plain from the Rocky Mountains to Great Lakes is characterized by cold winters, short but hat summers, and light snow and rain.The large water-surfaces of Central and Eastern Canada produce considerable modification in the climate. Southern Ontario and Quebec experience cold, damp winters and hot, humid summers. Most of Atlantic Canada has a humid climate owing to its marine character. Nevertheless, it experiences weather systems arriving from the dry continental interior as well as from the sea. The combined influence of these systems creates some of the most variable day-to-day weather conditions to be encountered anywhere in Canada. The north-central part of Canada is usually snow-covered for more than half of the year, with a frost flee period of barely two months. Rain is relatively light. Further north, on the islands along the Arctic coast and round Hudson Bay, the land is always frozen. Average temperatures stay above freezing for only a few weeks of the year. The Arctic Islands and the northern border of the mainland do not have a summer season of the kind known in Southern Canada. (33) A．The Arctic coast. B．The west coast. C．The east coast. D．The central plain.

听力原文： The estimated one-fifth of children in London's schools who cannot read simple sentences by the age of eight should be given special help. This is the main conclusion of an independent report on London's 700 primary schools. The report, which is the result of a year's work, tells London's primary schools that they must demand more of their children. Most parents were happy with the schools, but some said that their children's pace of learning might be too slow. The report confirmed this by stating that much of the new work must have been taught at the same level of difficulty as the old. The report emphasized that children should not be tortured but more should have been expected of them in schools. This would mean that some children might have achieved much more than the limited demands made on them by comprehension exercises or copying out from textbooks. Mrs. Morrel, who commissioned the report, said that all London's schools must put into effect a framework of reform. Every child ought to be able to read by the age of eight. Other reforms mentioned in the report were that parents should be better represented on school governing committees and that each school ought to draw up a development plan, listing what improvements it can make. Parents should also be represented on the education committee. (30) A．They should not be too strict with the children. B．They should limit their demands on some children. C．They should demand more of their children. D．They should demand more of the bright children.

(30) A．The figure on the check exceeds the balance in the bank account, so it's worthless. B．If you cash the check in the amount of 15;000, we can do that for you. C．You have plenty of money in your bank account, so we'll cash your check right now. D．Your check can still be cashed if you deposit another 50,000 dollars now.

(3) A．Forward transactions is not of typical foreign exchange transactions. B．Typical foreign exchange transactions occur in the spot or cash market. C．Forward transactions don't occur in the spot or cash market. D．Typical foreign exchange transactions occur only in the spot market.

M: Some of these books aren't so old, though. See？ This novel was published only six years ago. It cost seventy-five cents. W: Hey! Look at this! M: What？ Are you getting interested in nineteenth-century plays all of a sudden？ W: No. Look at the signature. Someone gave this book as a present, and wrote a note on the inside of the front cover. It's dated 1856. Maybe it's worth something. M: Everything on that shelf is worth fifty cents. W: But if this is the signature of someone who is well-known, it might bring a lot more. I hear William Shakespeare's signature is worth about a million dollars. M: Oh？ I can hardly read what the one says. Who wrote it？ W: The name looks like "Harold Dickinson". Wasn't he a politician or something？ I'm going to buy this book and see if I can find a name like that in the library. M: Good luck. Your book of plays may make you rich, but I'll bet my seventy-five cents novel is a better buy. Where is this conversation taking place？ A．In a classroom. B．In a library. C．At a secondhand bookstore. D．In a museum.

听力原文： Not until somewhat recently (that is, in terms of human history) did people find a need for knowing the time of day. As best we know, 5000 to 6000 years ago great civilizations in the Middle East and North Africa initiated clock-making. With their bureaucracies and formal religions, these cultures found a need to organize their time more efficiently. The Egyptians were the next to formally divide their day into parts something like our hours. Obelisks (slender, tapering, four-sided monuments) were built as early as 3500 B. C. Their moving shadows formed a kind of sundial, enabling citizens to partition the day into two parts by indicating noon. They also showed the year's longest and shortest days when the shadow at noon was the shortest or longest of the year. Later, markers added around the base of the monument would indicate further time subdivisions. Another Egyptian shadow clock or sundial, possibly the first portable timepiece, came into use around 1500 B.C. to measure the passage of "hours". This device divided a sunlit day into 10 parts plus two "twilight hours" in the morning and evening. When the long stem with 5 variably spaced marks was oriented east and west in the morning, an elevated crossbar on the east end cast a moving shadow over the marks. At noon, the device was turned in the opposite direction to measure the afternoon "hours". In the quest for more year-round accuracy, sundials evolved from flat horizontal or vertical plates to more elaborate forms. One version was the hemispherical dial, a bowl shaped depression cut into a block of stone, carrying a central vertical gnomon (pointer) and scribed with sets of hour lines for different seasons. The hemicycle, said to have been invented about 300 B. C. , removed the useless half of the hemisphere to give an appearance of a half bowl cut into the edge of a squared block. (33) A．4000 - 5000. B．50 - 60,000. C．500 - 600. D．5000 - 6000.

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(28) A．Single parent. B．Adults go back to live with their parents. C．Old people share a house. D．Married couples share a house.

"Based on what we know now, we are retracting our original story that an internal military investigation had uncovered Koran abuse at Guantanamo Bay," Newsweek Editor Mark Whitaker said in a statement, a day after apologizing for the report. The retraction came as the White House, the Pentagon and the State Department all heavily criticized the report and said it had damaged the U.S. image abroad. White House spokesman Scott McClellan had said it was "puzzling" that Newsweek had not retracted the story a day after apologizing for it. The original report in Newsweek reported ______ A．that 16 Afghanistan prisoners were killed at Guantanamo Bay B．that interrogators dishallowed the Koran at Guantanamo Bay C．that interrogators heavily criticized U.S. policy at Guantanamo Bay D．that prisoners of war were abused at Guantanamo Bay

听力原文： In southern Italy today, a six-story apartment building collapsed before dawn. As many as ninety people were inside. Some people were rescued but many people were trapped in the rubbles and fourteen people are confirmed to be dead. Where did the disaster probably happen？ A．In southern Italy. B．In southern Germany. C．In southern Iran. D．In southern Iraq.

Israel suspended fuel supplies to those areas in the wake of the suicide bombing that killed 20 Israelis a week ago. The government lifted the ban on Wednesday. Now, the Israeli company that is the sole supplier of fuel to the Palestinians says it may be forced to stop pumping oil to those areas because of Israel's refusal to pay for the fuel with tax money collected on behalf of the Palestinians under the interim peace deals. The Israeli Company, Dor Energy, said the Israeli government had canceled an earlier arrangement to pay the company for fuel out of the taxes collected. Israel stopped transferring customs and tax funds to the Palestinian Authority shortly after the current conflict began last September in order to keep the Palestinians from using the money to support the uprising against Israel. What caused the death of 20 Israelis a week ago？ A．Battle between Israel and Palestine. B．A suicide bombing. C．A car bombing. D．A plane crashing accident.

(6) A．The majority of smart cards users are governments and commercial organizations. B．Many users of smart cards are powerful in governments and commercial organizations. C．The dominant users of smart cards are banks in China by now. D．The dominant users of smart cards used to he banks in China.

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(22) A．He was too sick to live another two months. B．The doctor advised an operation on his wife. C．He learned the case from the doctor. D．The doctor told him the truth about his illness.

A．Thirty percent of the German population can receive college education． B．American students enjoy a very high rate of admission to college in the worlD C．Comparatively speaking, there are more British people than the French attending collE D．American college students are envied by 60% of high school graduates around the worl D．