【正文】 speech C. many people do not prepare for a speech D. many people talk too long 57. The phrase “ talk over their heads” means ________. A. speak too loudly B. look at the ceiling C. look down upon them D. use words and ideas that are too difficult 58. All of the following statements are true except that ___________. A. few people know how to make good speeches B. a lecturer does not need to anize his speech C. research is important in preparing a speech D. there are simple steps you can take to improve your speaking ability 59. The title for this passage may be _______. A. Do Not Make a Long Speech B. How to Give a Good Speech C. How to Prepare for a Speech D. Try to Enjoy a Speech D Solar energy for your home is ing. It can help you as a single home owner. It can help the whole country as well. Whether or not solar energy can save your money depends on many things. Where you live is one factor and the type of home you have is another. Things like insulation (絕緣材料 ), present energy costs, and the type of system you buy are added factors. Using solar energy can help save our precious fuel. As you know, our supplies of oil and gas are very limited. There is just not enough on hand to meet all our future energy needs. Sooner or later Mother Nature will say that39。t have to worry about the sun39。t offer as many problems as other energy sources. For example, fossil fuel(礦物燃料 ) adds to already high pollution levels. With solar energy, we will still need sources of energy, but we won39。t we use more solar power? There are many reasons for this. The biggest reason is money. Until now, it was just not practical for a home owner to put in a solar unit. There were cheaper sources of energy. All that is changing now. Solar costs are starting to equal the costs of oil and electricity. Experts say that gas, oil and electricity prices will continue to rise. The demand for electricity is increasing rapidly. But new power plants will use more gas, oil or coal. Already in some places the supply of electricity is being rationed (限量供應(yīng) ). Solar energy is now in its infancy (初期 ). It could soon grow to bee a major part of our nation39。s this passage mainly about? A. Something about solar energy and pollution. B. Solar energy. C. Energy and pollution. D. Energy and money. 61. Solar energy can help us _____. A. escape punishment from nature B. bee home owners C. get rid of present energy D. save our precious fuel 62. The sun is an endless source of energy, and it will not run out of energy for _____. A. several million years B. several hundred years C. several billion years D. several thousand years 63. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Energy from coal would not pollute our living environment. B. Energy from natural gas would not pollute our living environment. C. Energy from the sun would not pollute our living environment. D. Energy from oil would not pollute our living environment. 64. Solar energy is now in its infancy, _____. A. but in the future it will bee an important part of our nation39。t need it IV 寫作 最近學(xué)校圖書館就閱覽室訂閱明年的英文報刊雜志向全校學(xué)生征求意見，請你就下列目錄中選出你最喜愛的兩種報刊或雜志。 ； 。 Dear Sir or Madame, I39。m glad to remend my favorite English newspaper or magazine. As a senior high school student, I like English Weekly best. Because it provide us students with sufficient exercises to master English and the background knowledge at the front page helps us further understand the passages in our textbooks. Besides, I am also fond of 21 Century. It39。s the most important is that we can improve our reading skill and enrich our vocabulary by reading this kind of newspaper. Thank you very much. Yours truly, Li Ping