[单项选择]The World Hunger Council is committed to doing all we can to fight the problems of hunger and poverty in our world. To this end, we are putting on a "Race Against Hunger" event on the weekend on August 21 st. The primary (144) of this event is to raise money for the council’s upcoming charity drive for Africa, where we will be partnering with the organization Food Relief to deliver food supplies to rural African villages. We (145) with Food Relief many times in the past and are quite confident in their ability to help us in this endeavor.
Anyone interested in participating in the race should register at http://hungerrace.org. Also, all racers will be required to raise $150, 100% of which will go towards ending hunger in Africa. Questions about the event can be directed to Pam Smith, charity for the World Hunger Council, at 555-2940.
Thank you for fighting with us to make the world a better place, and see you at the race!

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B. concern
C. sign
D. goal

[单项选择]The World Hunger Council is committed to doing all we can to fight the problems of hunger and poverty in our world. To this end, we are putting on a "Race Against Hunger" event on the weekend on August 21 st. The primary (144) of this event is to raise money for the council’s upcoming charity drive for Africa, where we will be partnering with the organization Food Relief to deliver food supplies to rural African villages. We (145) with Food Relief many times in the past and are quite confident in their ability to help us in this endeavor.
Anyone interested in participating in the race should register at http://hungerrace.org. Also, all racers will be required to raise $150, 100% of which will go towards ending hunger in Africa. Questions about the event can be directed to Pam Smith, charity for the World Hunger Council, at 555-2940.
Thank you for fighting with us to make the world a better place, and see you at the race!

A. will cooperate
B. cooperates
C. would be cooperating
D. have cooperated

[单项选择]What has the man been busy doing all Week
A. Writing papers for his classes.
B. Meeting with his professors.
C. Doing extra work in the chemistry lab.
D. Working overtime as a librarian.

[单项选择]With energy prices around the world hitting all-time highs, more and more consumers are welcoming the advent of the electric car. They believe that using the electric car will soon become a trend.
However, many other people doubt the practicality or efficiency of the electric car. They keep pointing out that it has to be recharged regularly. Besides, it is not as good looking as ordinary cars. And, above all, it still causes pollution.
Despite such criticism, fans of the electric car believe that all these problems can be solved. They insist that, with more investment and technology involved, all aspects of the electric car can be greatly improved.
Optimists predict that within 20 years there will be more electric than gas-powered cars on the roads. If so, we can look forward to consuming less of the world’s oil supply while still enjoying the freedom and convenience of driving.

To: George Smith
From: G
A. They will draw more criticism.
B. Investors get rich quickly.
C. The cars can be greatly improved.
D. The technology becomes more difficult.

[填空题]There are 17 kinds of penguins in the world. All of them live in the southern (36) . Only a few (37) live on the continent of Antarctica at the bottom of the world. The emperor penguins are the largest. They are about 100 (38) tall and weigh about 30 kilograms. Their special (39) of mating makes them different from all other penguins.
For thousands of years the emperor penguins have lived on the (40) continent of Antarctica. These black and white birds live in large groups or colonies. There are about 40 emperor penguin colonies on Antarctica. In total there are about 400,000 birds.
These birds spend the summer swimming in the ocean in (41) of food such as fish and (42) . Penguins are not able to fly, but they are (43) swimmers. (44) . But when summer ends, so does this easy time spent by the water. (45) .
(46) . They must find an area with some shelter from the free