1 . Tang Zhou and his wife are planning to have their second child, a test-tube baby. His wife had a natural delivery when she was 34 and their first child, a boy, is now 7. The couple are now hoping to have a daughter through _________ in the US. “My wife couldn’t bear another delivery because of her heart condition and her age. Surrogacy helps avoid the risks to older mothers,” Tang said, “Moreover, our second child will be born in the US and become a citizen there. That is not a bad choice.”
The couple spent weeks researching their move, looking for a reliable agency that provides surrogacy services overseas. Surrogacy is still illegal in many countries, including China. “We will be taking much higher risks by relying on a surrogate mother in China because we are not protected by any regulation or law. You pay a lot of money but may meet with many problems,” Tang said. “You might not even get your baby back.”
Tang and his wife are part of an increasing number of Chinese couples who are turning to surrogacy services. Tang also considered surrogacy in Thailand but dropped the idea after recent reports about a baby with Down Syndrome(唐氏综合征) who was delivered through surrogacy and said to have been deserted in Thailand by the biological parents from Australia. Instead, Tang chose the California Surrogacy Center agency as his first option after reading the detailed introduction on its website. Compared with many other agencies that he could contact only via e-mail, the center has a consulting office in Beijing, Tang said.
The center is in San Diego, California, and has satellite offices in Los Angeles and Beijing. According to Liu, the center has been operating for more than eight years, and about 100 surrogate mothers live in California.
1. “A surrogate mother” refers to a mother who _______.

A．acts as a baby-sitter

B．nurses another woman’s baby

C．offers service to a new mother

D．gives birth to a baby for another woman

2. Which of the following is True according to the passage?

A．Chinese couples prefer to have a test-tube baby.

B．Couples face no risks in surrogacy services.

C．A sick test-tube baby was deserted in Thailand.

D．Unhealthy test-tube babies can be legally abandoned.

3. Tang and his wife turned to overseas surrogacy services because _______.

A．surrogacy remains illegal in China

B．they call for less money

C．it is more convenient to contact them

D．most of them are experienced

4. The passage mainly tells us that ________.

A．an old woman can take a risk of delivering a baby

B．more Chinese couples are turning to surrogacy

C．it’s not a bad choice to have a baby born overseas

D．biological couples may fail to get their babies back

2 . The Occupy protests(抗议) in Hong Kong are approaching an end. Traffic on Mong Kok’s Argyle Street resumed in the late afternoon after the clearance of the barriers and tents by protesters, who remained largely calm, only resisting the clearance at several points.
Some 3,000 police officers were deployed(部署) in the operation, a much higher number than were used to assist in the clearance of a protest site in Admiralty District on November 18.
The operation in Mong Kok comes a week after the partial clearance of another protest site next to the local government headquarters in Admiralty, bringing an end to the months-long protest movement.
Some 3,000 police officers also stood guard at the former protest site in Admiralty on Tuesday.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying expressed on Tuesday his hope that business could resume for shops in the area. He also restated that the protest was an unlawful gathering, and called for the protesters to respect and obey the law.
“The common call of Hong Kong people has finally been answered. Now the protest is coming to an end which is necessary and unavoidable. The public has suffered enough,” Leticia Lee See-yin told the Global Times.
“Many people are living in Mong Kok or operating their businesses in the area. They are all angry at the protest for affecting their business. Two shop owners even shut down their stores because they can no longer afford losses caused by the protest,” said Lee.
It is believed that the successful clearance of the Mong Kok site has proven that the protests are decreasing as they approach an end.
“The authorities met with much less resistance compared to a month ago when protesters reacted violently when police tried to remove barriers in the same area in Mong Kok. Now the public has expressed a stronger desire than ever for the protest to end,” Tang Ka-piu, a lawmaker, told the Global Times.
1. The underlined word “resumed” in the first paragraph most probably means “_______”.

A．came to a stop	B．moved faster
C．returned to normal	D．piled up

2. It can be learned from the passage that the occupy protests _______.

A．have made the public suffer a lot

B．have lasted for two months

C．are supported by common people

D．have caused no loss for the citizens

3. Which of the following is True according to the passage?

A．Police officers didn’t meet with any resistance in the late afternoon clearance.

B．Many more than 3000 police officers took part in the clearance in Admiralty District.

C．The authorities are not capable of dealing with the resistance from the protesters.

D．The occupy protests are announced illegal and harmful for the business.

4. How do the Hong Kong public feel about the occupy protests?

A．Approval.

B．Annoyed.

C．Scared.

D．Desirable.

3 . Here is some information for you if you want to make a visit to Xi’an.

Admission Fee:	CNY150 (March 1 - end of November) CNY120 (December 1 - end of February) The fare is for the Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s Mausoleum Site Park Through Ticket including the Museum of Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses, Lishan Garden and shuttle buses inside the scenic area.
Guide Services:	The exhibits are so well explained in both Chinese and English. However, visitors can also enjoy the guide services. It costs around CNY 100 to hire a guide.
Ticket Selling Hours:	Sell tickets from 08:30 to 17:00 (March 16-Nov.15), stop check-in at 18:35; Sell tickets from 08:30 to 16:30 (Nov.16-March 15), stop check-in at 18:05
Transportation:	From Xi’an Xianyang International Airport: Visitors can take Airport Shuttle Line 2 to Xi’an Railway Station. The bus departs every hour from 10:15 to 19:15 at 1F of T2 and the ticket costs CNY 25. Visitors can also hire a taxi from the airport and the fare is about CNY 200. From downtown Xi’an: Take tourism bus No.306 from the east square of Xi’an Railway Station or 307 from the south gate of Tang Paradise. The whole journey takes about one hour. The bus fare is CNY7 per person.
Getting Around:	Battery-powered motor vehicles and ancient-style carriages are available for visitors to tour around the mausoleum. 30 free shuttle buses are traveling between the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum and the Museum of Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses for tourists’ convenience. One can take them by showing the entrance ticket.
Recommended Time for a Visit:	The museum is crowded in the morning because there are too many group visitors. Therefore, independent visitors may visit the museum in the early afternoon to avoid the crowds. However, they should not miss the last bus that returns from the museum to Xi’an at 19:00.

1. A couple who want to visit the Museum in January should pay at least _______.

A．CNY 120

B．CNY 150

C．CNY 240

D．CNY 300

2. It can be learned from the passage that _______.

A．guide services are free of charge

B．there are more visitors in the morning

C．most guides speak in more than two languages

D．visitors can get around by free motor cars

3. Which of the following is True according to the passage?

A．Visitors with through tickets can take free shuttle buses.

B．The last bus returns from the Museum at 18:30.

C．Visitors can enter the Museum with a ticket at any time.

D．Bus No. 307 starts from the east of Xi’an Railway Station.

4. The passage is written to_______.

A．introduce the history of Xi’an

B．give some detailed information to visitors to Xi’an

C．recommend transportation to tour around Xi’an

D．offer the guide services in Xi’an

4 . We all hold _______ view that the director in _______ charge should bear full responsibility for the fire in Shanghai.

A．a, the

B．the, /

C．/, the

D．the, the

5 . How can you blame others? It was your carelessness that _______ the loss of the company.

A．resulted from	B．led to
C．lay in	D．counted on

6 . Martha Graham received many awards during her lifetime. Time magazine ____ her as the “Dancer of the Century” in 1998. The Martha Graham Dance Company still performs her dances.
After ____ fourteen, Martha’s family moved to California. Along the way, Martha enjoyed the wide, open spaces of ____ So the free, expressive movements of modern dance were ____ influenced by the beauty of nature.
Earlier in her life, however, Martha did not know she would become a ____ Her family was very religious. The upper class did not accept dance as an art form.
____, in 1910, Martha’s father took her to see a dance performance, which then ____ her.
Martha’s parents, however, did not ____ her sudden desire to dance. Martha just followed her ____of dancing. She attended the dance school, working ____ hard as to improve her ability to dance. She ____her body to become strong enough to meet the difficult demands of dance. In order to ____ herself freely, she decided to set up her own dance ____ and school, called the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance.
Martha enjoyed having her students to perform her dances. She ____ a dance called “Heretic” in 1929. She wore all white and danced ____ a wall of dancers wearing all black. In 1936, her dance “Chronicle” expressed sadness and loneliness. Showing strong ____ in dance then was very rare. At first, people did not ____ well to her style of dancing with strong and sharp movements, ____ and very different from European ballet. Some of the movements ____contracting(收缩) and releasing parts of the body.
In 1938, President Roosevelt’s wife invited Martha to ____ at the White House. A dance “American Document” was created. She later danced there for seven other presidents.1.

A．hired

B．listed

C．appointed

D．fostered

2.

A．turning

B．growing

C．counting

D．clicking

3.

A．imagination

B．interest

C．hope

D．nature

4.

A．clearly

B．strangely

C．badly

D．hardly

5.

A．teacher

B．manager

C．dancer

D．writer

6.

A．Instead

B．Still

C．Therefore

D．Otherwise

7.

A．disappointed

B．astonished

C．motivated

D．sacrificed

8.

A．approve of

B．appeal to

C．fight against

D．give up

9.

A．advice

B．dream

C．manner

D．style

10.

A．less

B．very

C．too

D．so

11.

A．forced

B．tested

C．bent

D．trained

12.

A．fancy

B．enjoy

C．express

D．refresh

13.

A．company

B．gym

C．stage

D．hall

14.

A．discovered

B．produced

C．polished

D．filmed

15.

A．for

B．over

C．against

D．beyond

16.

A．muscles

B．energy

C．desire

D．emotions

17.

A．refer

B．turn

C．react

D．contribute

18.

A．powerful

B．traditional

C．classical

D．significant

19.

A．quitted

B．balanced

C．involved

D．deserved

20.

A．work

B．perform

C．speak

D．live

7 . If you join our club, I will be with you every step, _______ you to speak English.

A．to push

B．pushed

C．pushing

D．being pushed

8 . At the request of some English learners, he has published a lot of books, one of _______ is about English idioms.

A．whom

B．those

C．them

D．which

9 . Over the last few years, the number of students participating in volunteer programs _______ sharply in our school.

A．was increasing	B．has increased
C．had increased	D．increased

10 . Many parents in China always _______ too much importance to words, ordering their children to do this or that.

A．attach

B．add

C．link

D．apply