【正文】 e people like to read them B. people enjoy reading something different C. newspapers bee cheaper D. more pages mean more money 39. Newspapers are the most popular in the world. A. in English B. in Chinese C. in other language D. with many pages 40. According to the passage, besides newspapers, people also get information from . A. magazines B. advertisements C. s D. Inter C Entering a university is an important part of a person?s life. Today, many people go to study and train for a future job in subjects like law (法律 ), medicine or education. But the university is not a modern invention. It has a history that is over a thousand years. The world?s oldest university, ALAzhar, is in Cario, Egypt. It was first built as a mosque for religion (宗教寺院 ) in . A few years later, learners and teachers began meeting in the mosque. They read and talked about the subject of law. Around 988, leaders in the city of Cario decided to open up a school for higher learning and the University of ALAzhar was founded. At ALAzhar, there were many university ?firsts?. Different subjects were set up. The earliest ones taught at ALAzhar were in law and religion. In a course, students read and studied with the teacher, but there was also free discussion. Often, students and teachers talked about a topic, and there was no ?right? answer. Finally, famous teachers from around the world came to ALAzhar to teach and do deep studies on the subjects they were interested in. At the university, people studied the past, but it was also a place for exchanging new ideas. Over a thousand years later, ALAzhar is still an important university in the world. Its library keeps more than 250,000 of the world?s oldest and most valuable books. Today, many of the world?s most important universities such as Oxford and Harvard still follow the traditions started at ALAzhar. 41. From the first paragraph we know that _________. A. universities are important to the city life B. the university is a quite new invention C. university education may help a person find a job D. the university has a history of a thousand years 42. ALAzhar was first built for _______. A. education B. religion C. a meeting D. law 43. Which of the following are the earliest subjects taught in the University of ALAzhar? A. Education and medicine. B. Religion and law. C. Free discussion. D. History and tradition. 44. Choose the right order according to the passage. ? Then the heads of the city thought if the idea for a school for higher learning. ? One of the earliest subjects taught there was law. ? A mosque was built in Cario in . 972. ? Teachers from around the world came to the university to study and teach. ? The mosque was used as a meeting place for teachers and learners. A. ????? B. ????? C. ????? D. ????? 45. Which of the following is not true about the University of ALAzhar? A. ALAzhar was built in the city of Cario in Egypt. B. ALAzhar didn?t bee a university until the years around 988. C. The University of ALAzhar was a place to change ideas. D. Now ALAzhar is still one of the famous universities in the world. 第二卷 主觀題 Ⅳ 、 詞匯 運用（ 16 分） A． 根據(jù)句子意思， 從方框中選 用恰當 的 詞或短語填空 。 Millie is ____________________to ______________________ her efriend now. 。 The river is _______________________ that you can?t __________________. Ⅵ 、 任務(wù)型閱讀 （滿分 20 分） SHANGHAI — In another sign that China is growing increasingly worried about holding huge dollar reserves, the head of its central bank has called for the possible creation of a new international currency reserve （貨幣儲備） to replace the dollar. In a paper printed Monday, Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People?s Bank of China, said a new currency reserve system controlled by the International Moary Fund（ 國際貨幣基金組織） could prove more stable and economically viable（可行的） . A new system is necessary, he said, because the global economic crisis (全球金融危機 ) has shown the disadvantages. While few analysts(分析家 ) believe that the dollar will be replaced as the world?s main foreign exchange reserve anytime soon, the suggestion suggests that China is preparin