单选题What do you know about “carnation”?A It only has two kinds of colors.B It refers to the clothes people wear on Mother’s Day.C It’s a kind of flower showing love and best wishes.

A、What’s the exchange rate today

B、What kind of currency do you want to exchange for

C、What’s the amount you’d like to exchange

A.Well，I know.

B.Sure, what do you want to know?

C.Exactly.

D.That’s her secret.

C

They wear the latest fashions with the most up-to-date accessorise(配饰)。Yet these are ginrls in their teens or twenties but women in their sixties and seventies.A gengration which would once only wear old-fashioned clothes is now faouring the same high street looks worn by those half their age.

Professor Julia Twigg, a social policy expert , said ,“Wimen over 75 are now shopping for clothes more frequently than they old when they were young in the 1960s .In the 1960s buying a coat for a woman was a serious matter . It was an expensive item that they would puechase only every three or four years — now you can pick one up at the supernnackrt whosever you wish to .Fashion is a lot cheaper and peope fet tired of things more quickiy . ”

Fashion designer Angela Barnard ,who runs own fashion business in London ,said older women were much more affected celebrity(名流) style. than in previous years .

She said ,“When people see stars such as Judi Dench and Helen Mirren looking attractive and fashionable in their sixties ,they want to follow them . Older women are much more aware of celebrities .There’s also the boom in TV programmes showing people how they can change theiy look,and many of my older customers do roga to stay in shape well in their fifties . When I started my business a fen years ago .my older customers wended to be very rich, but now they are what I would call ordinary women .My own mother is 61 and she wears the latest fashions in a way she would caill ordinsry women .My own mother is 61 and she wears the latest fashions in a way she would never have done ten yeare ago.”

59. Professor Twigg found that ,compared with the 1960s,_______.

A. the price of clothes has generally fallen by 70%

B. the spending on clothes has increased by 5% or 6%

C. people spend 30% less than they did on cotothes

D. the amount of chothes bought has risen by 5% or 6%

()?

Yes, I will try my best.

A、 Do you know about business tax

B、 Can you give me a brief introduction about business tax

C、What do you think about business tax

Questions 61-65 are based on Passage Two:

Passage Two

New rules and behavior. standards(行为规范) for middle school students came out inMarch． The Middle School is going to use a new way to decide who the top students are． The best students won't only have high marks． They should not dye（染） their hair,smoke ordrink because they are students． The following are some of the new rules．

Have you ever copied someone else's work in an exam? Don't do that again! That's not something an honest student should do．

Do more at school． Good students love animals and care for other people． April is Birdloving Month in China． Is your school cloing anything to celebrate it? You should join!And you can learn more about animals and how to protect them． Be friendly to the people around you． Try to think of others,not only yourself．

Be open to new ideas． Do you think people can live on the moon? Maybe you'll find another earth someday． Don't look down on new ideas． Everyone's ideas are important． You should welcome them,because new ideas make life better for everyone．

Protect yourself． Has someone ever taken money from one of your classmates? Don't let it happen to you．lf you have to go home late,you should let your parents know．

Use the Internet carefully． The Internet can be very useful for students． But some things on the Internet aren't good for children,so try to look at web pages (网页) that are good foryou．

What's the meaning of "look down on" in the passage? ( )

A． 向下看

B．轻视

C．在……上面看

D．上下打量

III阅读理解（20分）

A

There are many different kinds of cars in the world． My uncle thinks this is because cars are like their drivers． He says: "Rich people have expensive cars，big people have large cars，and old people drive old cars． "But I don-t agree with him．

My neighbor，Mrs Hill，is 82 years old． She drives only to the bank on Tuesdays． She never drives more than 30 kilometers an hour． Do you think Mrs Hill has a very old and small car? No! Her car is new．lt-s very large，and it can g0 200 kilometers an hour!

My friend Mike is an artist． He draws beautiful pictures with lots of colors． But his car is black! Mrs Bates has a very，very old car．lt often has engine trouble． Does she drive that kind of car because she is poor? No，she has four factories and two million dollars in the bank． My aunt Mary has a very small car． Every Sunday，she．drives to the country with her husband，her three children，her mother and their dog．

Now，you have read about some people and their cars． Do you agree with my uncle? Maybe your family have cars． Do you want to say something about them?'

( )21． What does the writer-s uncle think of cars and their drivers?

A． Big people drive small cars．

B． Old people drive new cars．

C． Poor people have expensive cars．

D． Rich people have dear cars．