【正文】 r everyone. He says the first Virgin space flights will begin in about 2020 and will cost around $ 50,000. “Our dream is to build a Virgin Hotel in space.” 60. Which business did Richard Branson start in? A. Music. B. Hotel. C. Transport. D. Chain stores. 61. What has made Richard Branson successful in business? A. He was brave when he was only a child. B. He always listens to advice. C. He has a specialized in one type of business. D. He has taken chances. 62. What would be the best title for this text? A. Doing Business the Branson Way. B. The Private Side of Richard Branson. C. Virgin to Build Space Hotel. D. Only a brave child can bee a successful person. C Students who say they never or hardly ever used dictionaries may speak English well but usually write poorly, because they make many mistakes. The students who use dictionaries most do not learn especially well either. The ones who look up every new word do not read fast. Therefore they do not have time to read much. Those who use small twolanguage dictionaries have the worst problems. Their dictionaries often give only one or two words as translations of English. But one English word often has many translations in a foreign language and one foreign word has many translations in English. The most successful students are those who use large college edition dictionaries with about 100,000 words but do not use them too often. When they are reading, these students first try to get the general idea and understand new words from the context. Then they reread and use the dictionary to look up only key words that they still do not understand. They use dictionaries more for writing. If they are not sure how to spell a word, they always use a dictionary. Also, if they think a noun might have an unusual plural form, they check this in a dictionary. 63. The writer thinks that . A. choose a good dictionary, and you’ll be successful in learning English B. dictionaries are not necessary to the students who learn English C. it is very important for students to use good dictionaries properly D. using dictionaries very often can’t help to improve writing 64. According to the passage, which of the following is WRONG? A. Dictionaries have little effect on learning to speak English. B. Whatever new words you meet while reading, never use dictionaries. C. Small twolanguage dictionaries have serious shortings. D. Reading something for the first time, you’d better not use dictionaries. 65. This passage mainly tells us . A. that students shouldn’t use small twolanguage dictionaries B. what were the shortings of small twolanguage dictionaries C. why students should use large college edition dictionaries D. what dictionary students should choose and how to use it 66. Which is NOT mentioned in this passage? A. How to make good use of a dictionary. B. When to use a dictionary. C. How to improve spoken English. D. How to practice reading fast D The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666 . In four days it destroyed more than threequarters of the old city , where most of the houses were wooden and close together .Over one hundred people became homeless , but only a few lost their lives . The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King’s baker（面包師） in Pudding Lane. The baker , with his wife and family , was able to get out through a window into the roof . A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery（面包房） into a small hotel next door ． Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning. By eight o’ clock three hundred houses were on fire . On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames . Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many wellknown buildings, old St Paul’s and the Guildhall among them . Samuel Pepys, the famous writer , wrote about the fire, “People threw their things into the river . Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment ． Birds fell out of the air because of the heat .” The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire． With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out. After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect(建筑師 ), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone． In fact, the streets are still narrow, but he did build more than fifty churches, among them were St Paul’s The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past. 67. How was the fire put o