He is______________ （read) the newspaper right now.

Read Helena's speech and rewrite it in Contemporary English. Helena O, I am out of breath in this fond chase! The more my prayer, the lesser is my grace. Happy is Hermia, wheresoe'er she lies, For she hath blessed and attractive eyes. How came her eyes so bright? Not with salt tears; If so, my eyes are oftener washe'd than hers. No, no; I am as ugly as a bear, For beasts that meet me run away for fear: Therefore no marvel though Demetrius Do, as a monster, fly my presence thus. What wicked and dissembling glass of mine Made me compare with Hermia's sphery eyne? But who is here? Lysander, on the gound? Dead, or asleep? I see no blood, no wound. Lysander, if you live, good sir, awake. (Act II Scene 2 Line 94-113)

•Read the newspaper article below about the creation of new jobs.

•Choose the correct word to fill each gap from A, B or C.

•For each question (29-40), mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet.

NEW JOBS

A new clothing company is hoping to create as (29) as 500 jobs in its factory and nationwide chain of stores. The company, New Trend, was set (30) by Peter Dalton, a 36-year-old businessman (31) Liverpool.

The company, (32) is due to start production early next year, will provide employment (33) 300 people in its factory on the edge of Liverpool. In 12 months' time, (34) will be a further 200 jobs, as the company begins opening shops in towns in (35) parts of Britain.

Peter Dalton is also (36) to open a shop in New York. He hopes that (37) this shop proves successful, the chain (38) expand across the whole of North America.

“This project has (39) me over four years to finalize,” says Peter Dalton, “and (40) that it's finally getting started, I'm really excited.”

(29)

A．much

B．many

C．lot

•Read the newspaper article below about business telecard.

•For each question (23-28), choose the correct answer.

•Mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet.

BUSINESS TELECARD INTERNATIONAL

You can use your Business Telecard International at any card phone in the UK. Here is some information about making international phone calls.

You can now phone almost any country in the world, although in some cases you can only call major cities. When you cannot make direct dialling calls, you can ask the international operator to help you. This is more expensive and takes more time, but it may be helpful if you want to speak to a particular person and no one else; in this case you should ask for a “person-to-person” call. Even more expensive is a reverse charge call where the person who receives the call pays.

If the international line is busy, you can reserve a call; explain the number you want and the operator will call you back when the line is free.

You can save money by calling outside office hours, e.g. early in the morning, late at night, and on Sundays. Remember that the time may be different in the country you are calling. International time is based on GMT (Greenwich Mean Time); London is on GMT and Moscow, for example, is 3 hours ahead. There is one problem; change to DST (Daylight Saving Time) for the Summer. In the UK, clocks are put forward one hour in Spring and put back in Autumn, and so London is actually one hour ahead of GMT in the Summer. If you are unsure about the time, the operator-will help you.

You can use your Business Telecard International for domestic calls as well, but there will be an additional charge over the standard rate.

What is the most expensive type of call？

A．Reverse charge call.

B．Through the operator.

C．Direct dial.