单选题My friend Tanya ______ Japanese for six years before she ______ Japan. I’ve just received a letter from her. It says she has been studying Chinese for three months and ______ for China in a month.A had been studying; visited; is leaving B studied; had

Molly Wilson had been a dancer and a mother for many years when she decided to sail round the world to raise money for charity. As a child she had trained as a ballet dancer, but at 15 she had grown too tall for classical ballet, so she became a member of a pop dance team. She got married, and after she had children she retired from show business to bring them up. They grew up, and when they were 18 they left home. She says, "When I decided to do the round-the-world race, my husband thought I was bored because the children had left home. He was also worried because I had never sailed before. I was not bored, but I had met some people who told me about the race. They had taken part in it, but they had only done one section, say, from New Zealand to Australia. I wanted to do the whole ten-month journey." Before Molly left she did a lot of training, but it hadn't prepared her for the worst weather which they experienced. She tells one story. 'One night the sea was very rough and it was very cold. I had gone downstairs when a huge wave smashed into the boat and injured two men on the deck. One of the men couldn't move because he had broken his leg. They were taken to hospital by helicopter. That was the worst time.' By the end of October last year, she had raised more than ?50,000 for charity. She says, 'Sometimes I ask myself, what did I do? How did I do it? But then I think, it's the same as being a dancer. Before I left on the trip, I had trained hard. I had got very fit and had prepared myself completely. Then on the trip I was simply a good team member.'

1.What does the word 'extraordinary' mean in the title?

2. The sentence "?my husband thought I was bored ?" in Para. 4 meant that my husband thought I felt().

3. The word 'section' in Para. 4 most probably means here ().

4. Which of the following is nearest (closest) in meaning to 'rough' in the sentence 'One night the sea was very rough ?' in Para. 5?

5. The last paragraph suggests that ().

(1).A、very ordinary

B、very unusual and surprising

C、not special

(2).A、dissatisfied because I had nothing better to do at home

B、annoyed because I had to wait long for my children to come back home

C、sad because all the children left me when they grew up

(3).A、group of the job

B、part of the training

C、part of the route of sail

(4).A、not exact

B、difficult

C、not smooth because of huge waves

(5).A、the qualities she needed for the trip were the same as those for a dancer

B、many years of dancing had already prepared her for the sail completely, so she needn't do anything before the journey

C、she should not forget dancing during the trip

A.hear

B.has heard

C.had heard

D.was hearing

A

When I was going home to India last year, I called up my mother to ask if she wanted anything from china,

When India had not opened up its markers to the world, I carried suitcase loads of dark glasses and jeans. Thankfully, we can get all these anywhere in India now,

Still ,her answer surprised me:“Green tea,”

As long as I can remember she didn’t even drink Indian tea.

I dutifully bought a big packet of Longjing and headed home to hear the story. My mother and her brother, both regular newspaper readers, believed that Chinese green tea was the wonder drug for all illnesses

At the turn of the century, China was not really familiar to the average Indian, It was a strange country

How things change [And how soon]

Now every town of any size seems to have a “China Market”. And everyone is talking about China

The government of India has planned to send a team to China to see how things are done A minister once said that India must open the doors for more foreign investment（投资）and such a step would “work wonders as it did for China”.

But it’s a two-way street, I just heard about a thousand Shenzhen office workers who have gone to Rangalore to train in software. Meanwhile, all the IT majors are setting up a strong presence in China,

No wonder that trade, which was only in the millions just ten years ago, is expected to his about us$15 billion for last year and us$20 billion by 2008, a goal set by both governments,

No wonder, my colleague wrote some weeks ago about this being the Sino-Indian（中印）century as the two countries started on January I the Sino-Indian Friendship Year,

But what is still a wonder to me is my mother drinking Chinese tea.

56 Why did the mother ask for Chinese green tea?

A, she was tired of Indian tea

B, she had a son working in China.

C, she believed it had a curing effect

D, she was fond of Chinese products,

A.remembers

B.reminds

C.refers

D.reflects

Mrs. Robson had lived in the house ______.

A. since she had sold her flat

B. for less than a decade

C . since she had been born

D. for more than ten years

Mary has just returned to the USA after studying in England for three years. She decided to study at a British university rather than an American one because her mother is from England and she wanted to get to know her mother抯 family better. She studied English Literature at Goldsmiths?College, which is in London. She lived with her grandmother while she was studying. The college was recommended by a friend抯 brother who had studied in England for his MBA. Mary told her friends that she was going to return to Europe to work because she had enjoyed her time in England so much.

(1). Mary is now in ().

A、 England

B、France

C、the USA

(2). She studied at () university.

A、a Chinese

B、an American

C、a British

(3). Most probably, her grandmother ().

A、 worked in the college

B、lived in London

C、studied English Literature

(4). Her friend’s brother recommended her to ().

A、 study in the college

B、study for her MBA

C、work for his company

(5). Mary would return to Europe to ().

A、 study

B、spend her holiday

C、work

Why did the mother ask for Chinese green tea?

A．she was tired of Indian tea

B．she had a son working in China.

C．she believed it had a curing effect

D．she was fond of Chinese products,

A. going on

B. working on

C. studying for

D. sitting on

His sister ______her hometown for three years. She'll return next year.

A. left

B. has left

C. has been away

D. has been away from

Molly Wilson (1) a dancer and a mother for many years when she (2) to sail round the world to raise money for charity.

As a child she (3) as a ballet dancer, but at 15 she had grown too tall for classical ballet, so she (4) (A) a member of a pop dance team.

She (5) , and (6) she had children she retired from show business to bring them (7) . They grew up, and when they were 18 they left home.

She says, “When I decided to do the round-the-world race, my husband thought I was bored because the children had left home. He was also worried (8) I had never sailed (9) . I was not bored, but I (10) some people who told me about the race. They had taken part in it, but they had only done one section, say, from New Zealand to Australia. I wanted to do the whole ten-month journey.3”

1) A. is B. was C. has been

2) A. decidesB. decided C. had decided

3) A. had trained B. had been trained C. was trained

4) A. became B. had become C. has become

5) A. gets married B. got married C. had married

6) A. before B. when C. after

7) A. downB. up C. out

8) A. although B. however C. because

9) A. before B. ago C. since

10) A. met B. had met C. has meet