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1
Doctors say anger can be an extremely
damaging emotion, unless you learn
how
to
deal
with
it.
They
warn
that
anger
can
lead
to
heart
disease,
stomach
problems, headaches, emotional problems
and possibly cancer.
Anger
is
a
normal
emotion
that
we
all
feel
from
time
to
time.
Some
people
express
anger
openly
in
a
calm
reasonable
way.
Others
burst
with
anger,
and
scream and other people keep their
anger inside. They can not or will not
express it. This is called repressing
anger.
For years many doctors thought
that repressing anger was more dangerous to
a
person's
health
than
expressing
it.
They
said
that
when
a
person
is
angry,
the
brain
releases
the
same
hor-
mones
(
荷尔蒙
).They
speed
the
heart
rate,
raise
blood
pressure, or sugar into the blood,
etC
．
In general the person
feels excited
and ready to act.
Some
doctors
say
that
both
repressing
and
expressing
anger
can
be
dangerous.
They
believe
that
those
who
express
anger
violently
may
be
more
likely to develop heart disease, and
they believe that those who keep their anger
inside may face a greater danger of
high blood pressure.
Doctors say the
solution is learning how to deal with anger.
They say the first
step is
to admit that you are angry and to recognize the
real cause of the anger,
then
decide
if
the
cause
is
serious
enough
to
get
angry
about.
If
it
is,
they
say,
“Do not express your
anger while angry. Wait until your anger has
cooled
down
and you are able
to express yourself calmly and
reasonably.”
Doctors
say
that
a
good
way
to
deal
with
anger
is
to
find
humor
in
the
situation that has made you angry. They
said that laughter is much healthier than
anger.
1
．
“Damaging emotion” means
t
hat _________.
A
．
the
emotion is harmless
B
．
the
emotion
is
harmful
C
．
the feeling is
very strong
D
．
the feeling is
hard
2
．
What statement is right?
A
．
Were you angry,
you would be cancered (
得癌症
).
B
．
Once you are
angry, you must be cancered.
C
．
Angry as you
are often, you can't be cancered,
D
．
Anger may cause
you a cancer.
3
．
Expressing anger violently _________
repressing it according to some scientists.
A
．
is
just the same as
B
．
is more harmful
than
C
．
is no better
than
D
．
is much better
than
4
．
According to
the author, you'd better _________.
A
．
never be angry
B
．
cool it down
before you express it
C
．
laugh and laugh
when you get angry
D
．
admit you are
wrong when you are angry
二
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专业
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.. .
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There is a popular belief
among parents that schools are no longer
interested
in spelling. No school I
have ever taught in has ever ignored spelling or
considered
it
unimportant
as
a
basic
skill.
There
are,
however,
different
ideas
about
how
to
teach
it,
or
how
much
priority
(
优先
)
it
must
be
given
over
general
language
development
and
writing
ability.
The
problem
is
how
to
encourage
a
child
to
express himself freely and confidently
in writing without holding him back with the
complexities
(
复杂性
) of spelling.
If spelling becomes the only focal
(
焦点的
) point of his
teacher
’
s interest,
clearly a bright child will be likely
to
“
play
safe
”
. He will tend to write
only words
within
his
spelling
range,
choosing
to
avoid
adventurous
language.
That
’
s
why
teachers
often
encourage
the
early
use
of
dictionaries
and
pay
attention
to
content rather than
technical ability.
I
was
once
shocked
to
read
on
the
bottom
of
a
sensitive
piece
of
writing
about
a
personal
experience:
“This
work
is
terrible!
There
are
far
too
many
spelling
errors and your writing is terrible.” It
m
ay have been a sharp criticism of
the
pupil’s
technical
abilities
in
writing,
but
it
was
also
a
sad
reflection
on
the
teacher
who
had
omitted(
省略
)
to
read
the
essay,
which
contained
some
beautiful expressions of the
child
’
s deep feelings. The
teacher was not wrong to
draw attention
to the errors, but if his priorities had centered
on the child
’
s ideas,
an expression of his disappointment
with the presentation would have given the
pupil more motivation
(
动机
) to seek improvement.
1
．
Teachers are
different in their opinions about _________.
A
．
he
difficulties in teaching spelling
B
．
the role of
spelling in general language development
C
．
the
complexities of the basic writing skills
D
．
the
necessity of teaching spelling
2
．The underlined expression
“play safe” pro
bably means ________.
A
．
to
write carefully
B
．
to do as
teachers say
C
．
to
use dictionaries frequently
D
．
to avoid using
words one is not sure of
3
．
Teachers encourage the use of
dictionaries so that ____________.
A
．
students will
be able to express their ideas more freely
B
．
students will
have more confidence in writing
C
．
students will
have less trouble in correcting mistakes
D
．
students will
learn to be independent of teachers
4
．
The
author seems to think that the
teacher’s
judgment on that sensitive
piece
of writing is __________.
A
．
unfair
B
．
reasonable
C
．
foolish
D
．
careless
三
Perhaps
the
most
famous
theory,
the
study
of
body
movement,
was
suggested by Professor
Ray Birdwhistell. He believes that physical
appearance is
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often culturally programmed. In other
words, we learn our looks--- we are not born
with them.
A
baby
has
generally
informed
face
features.
A
baby,
according
to
Birdwhistell, learns where to set the
eyebrows by looking at those around--- family
and friends. This helps explain why the
people of some areas of the US looks much
alike.
New Englanders or
Southerners have certain common face features that
can
not be explained by genetics
(
遗传学
). The exact shape of
the mouth is not set at
birth, it is
learned after. In fact, the final mouth shape is
not formed until well after
new teeth
are set. For many, this can be well into grown-
ups. A husband and wife
together for a
long time often come to look somewhat alike. We
learn our looks
from those around us.
This
is
perhaps
why
in
a
single
country
there
are
areas
where
people
smile
more than those in
other areas. In the US, for example, the south is
the part of the
country where the
people smile most frequently. In New England they
smile less,
and
in
the
western
part
of
New
York
States
still
less.
Many
southerners
find
cities
such as New York cold
and unfriendly, partly because people in Madison
Avenue
smile less than people on
Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia. People in
largely
populated
areas
also
smile
and
greet
each
other
in
public
less
than
people
in
small towns do.
1
．
Ray
Birdwhistell believes that physical appearance
___________.
A
．
has little to
do with culture
B
．
has much to do
much culture
C
．
is
ever changing
D
．
is
different
from
place to place
2
．
According to
the passage, the final mouth shape is formed
_________.
A
．
before birth
B
．as soon as one’s teeth are
newly set
C
．
some time after
new teeth are set
D
．
around
15
years
old
3
．
Ray
Birdwhistell can tell what area of the US a person
is from by _______.
A
．
how much he or
she smiles
B
．
how
he
or
she
raise
his
or
her
eyebrows
C
．
what he or she
likes best
D
．
the
way he or she talks
4
．
People who live
_________ are more friendly.
A
．
in largely
populated areas
B
．
in New York
City
C
．
in the
country
D
．
in
the North
四
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1
．
What does
“
package
”
in the advertisement refer to ?
A
．
The
salary.
B
．
The number of
the teaching hours
C
．
The free
accommodation provided.
D
．
All the above.
2
．
Some teachers
may be able to ______________.
A
．
accomplish the
job ahead of schedule
B
．
quit the job
when they choose to do so
C
．
enjoy free
accommodation for a longer time
D
．
continue
working at the school after the summer
3
．
Arels-Felco is
probably_____________.
A
．
a
company
B
．
the name of a
school
C
．
an educational
organization
D
．
a housing
agency
五
California
—
Upset
by
the
war
in
Iraq,
Julia
Wilson
expressed
her
anger
and
impatience
with
President
Bush
last
spring
on
her
web
page
on
MySpace. .
She
posted a picture of the president,
wrote
“
Kill Bush
”
across the top and drew a
sword stabbing his outstretched hand.
She later replaced her page after learning
in her eighth-grade history class that
such threats are a federal offense.
It
was too late, Federal authorities had found the
page and placed Wilson on
their
checklist.
They
finally
reached
her
this
week
in
her
biology
class.
The
14
—
year
—
old
was
taken
out
of
class
Wednesday
and
questioned
for
about
15
minutes
by
two
Secret
Service
agents.
The
incident
has
upset
her
parents,
who
said
the agents should have included them when
questioning their daughter.
The
teenager
said
the
agents
’
questioning
led
her
to
tears.
“
I
wasn
’
t
dangerous,
”
said
Wilson,
an
honor
student
who
describes
herself
as
politically
enthusiastic.
“
I
’
m a
peace-loving person.
I’
m
against the war in Iraq.
I’
m
not
going to kill the
president.
”
Her
mother,
Kirstie
Wilson,
said two
agents
showed
up
at the
family
’
s
home
Wednesday afternoon,
questioned her and promised to return once her
daughter
was home from school.
After they left, Kirstie Wilson sent a
next message to her
daughter
’
s call phone,
asking
her
to
come
straight
home
and
telling
her
that
two
men
from
the
secret
service wanted to
talk with her.
But moments later,
Kirstie
Wilson
received
a
text
message
from
her
daughter
saying agents had
pulled her out of class.
Julia Wilson
said the agents threatened her, saying she could
be sent to court
for
making
the
threat.
“
They
yelled
at
me
a
lot,
”
she
said.
“
They
were
unnecessarily
mean.
”
Wilson
and
her
parents
said
the
agents
were
justified
in
questioning
her
over
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her MySpace. posting. But they said the
agents went too far by not waiting until
she was out of school and the agents
should have more quickly figured out they
weren
’
t dealing
with a real danger.
Assistant
Principal
Paul Robinon
said the
agents
gave him the
impression the
girl
’
s mother
knew they were planning to question her daughter
at school. There
is no legal
requirement that parents be notified.
“
This
has
been
an
on-going
problem.
”
said
Ann
Brick,
a
lawyer
with
the
American Civil Liberties
Union in San Francisco.
Former
governors
Pete
Wilson
and
Gray
Davis
vetoed(
否决
)
bills
that
would
have required that parents give
permission or be present when their children are
questioned at school by law enforcement
officers.
1
．
Julia Wilson
was questioned because
.
A
．
she wanted to
kill President Bush
B
．
she set up the
website Myspace.
C
．
the agents
thought she might be a threat to the federal
D
．
she was a
peace-loving person
A
．
Julia Wilson
will be put into prison for making a threat.
B
．
Kirtie
Wilson
thought
it
wrong
to
question
her
daughter
in
school
without
them.
C
．
Assistant
principal
thought
there
was
no
need
to
inform
Julia
’
s
parents
when questioning
her.
D
．
Ann Brick
believes that teenagers should not be politically
enthusiastic.
A
．
cruel and
violent
C
．
kind-
hearted
D
．
unfair
B
．
poisonous
3
．
What does the
underlined word
“
mean
”
mean in the text?
2
．
What can we
infer from the text?
4
．
The author
wrote this story mainly to
.
A
．
struggle
against the war in Iraq started by the US
B
．
discuss whether
parents should be included when children are
questioned
C
．
warn
teenagers not to post web pages on websites
D
．
criticize the
former governors who vetoed the bill
六
When Nathan
Winograd announced that he was leaving his job as
a lawyer in
California to run an animal
shelter in Tompkins County, New York, his father
looked
at him for a long minute and
then asked,
“
What do dogs
and cats need a lawyer
for?
”
The move meant
giving
up
eight
weeks
’
vacation,
an office
with
a
view of
the San Francisco
Bay and a big house among the redwoods, and moving
to a
rural area know for its harsh
winters. But Winograd
’
s
wife, Jennifer, also an animal
lover,
was all for it. So they packed everything they
owned, and with two young
children,
plus
two
dogs,
and
a
bunch
of
cats
Winograd
had
rescued,
drove
cross
—
country.
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专业
. .
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.
.. .
.
On
the
second
day,
they
had
no
room
for
six
more
puppies
they
received.
They found an old
horse trough, filled it with hay and nestled the
animals inside.
They placed it next to
the front desk, and within a day or two, all six
had homes,
adopted by people who walked
into the shelter and
couldn
’
t resist.
Blind dogs, cats with missing
limbs
—
all find homes.
“
There is no dog or cat too
old,
too
ugly or too undesirable not to be
adopted by someone,
”
says
Winograd.
Today,
Tompkins
County
is
considered
the
only
no-kill
county
in
the
United
States. Nine out of
ten dogs cats that come through the shelter doors
are saved.
Only animals with incurable
injuries or illnesses, and the truly evil, are put
down. The
national average is half of
all dogs and 70 percent of cats, totaling more
than four
million animals last year
alone.
Even though he drives an old car
that leaks when it rains, and his family lives on
a
tight
budget
while
his
classmates
from
Stanford
Law
earn
six-figure
salaries,
Winograd says
he
’
s doing what
he
’
d always wanted to do
when he grew up;
run an animal shelter
and save all the animals.
As a young
district lawyer, he kept his goal in mind,
starting when he raised his
first
animal cruelty case. A man was accused of
intentionally setting his brown cat
on
fire. Winograd made his case, and the abusive
owner was sentenced to prison.
It
was
the
first
of
many
such
cases,
and
he
raised
each
with
vigor.
But
the
senseless violence, neglect and
ignorance never failed to shock him. He decided
simply,
“
I need
to get to the other side and start saving these
animals.
”
Now,
Winograd is helping to save thousands, even
millions,
“I’
m convinced
that
a
no
kill
nation
is
possible,
I’
m
just
here
trying
to
shorten
the
time
until
it
arrives.
”
1
．
What was his
father
’
s response when
Nathan Winograd left his job as a lawyer
in California?
A
．
He was all for
it.
against it.
C
．
He was greatly
puzzled.
D
．
He was
very angry.
2
．
How
did Winograd successfully save so many animals?
A
．
He
kept all the rejected animals in a large shelter.
B
．
He
let the animals adopted by people who visited the
shelter.
C
．
He sold some of
the animals and get some money.
D
．
He delivered
the animals to the local government.
3
．
Which
could
be
the
right
order
of
the
following
events
according
to
the
passage?
a
．
Winograd and
Jennifer set up an animal shelter.
b
．
Winograd and
Jennifer lead a comfortable life.
c
．
Winograd and
Jennifer got married and had two children.
d
．
Winograd and
his family lived on a tight bugget.
e
．
Winograd worked
against animal cruelty as a lawyer.
f
．
Winograd worked
as a lawyer in California
B
．
He
was
strongly
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g
．
Winograd and
Jennifer moved to Tompkins County.
A
．
f-c-b-g-a-e-d
B
．
f-e-d-e-a-g-b
C
．
g-a-c-b-f-e-d
D
．
e-d-g-a-f-c-d
4
．
Which could be
the best title of the passage?
A
．
Being Rich is
Important
B
．
Animals, Our
Best Friends
C
．
No Pet Left
behind
D
．
The
Winograd Family
七
This website is meant for the short
story and for those interested in reading light
articles.
If you
have a
“
classic
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short story you would like added here,
please don
’
t
be
shy about ing me in this regard as I would be
happy to give your favorite story
consideration. I have a fairly large
collection of short stories; however, if you want
to send a story to me, I would
appreciated it (this would save me scanning time).
Please note three things about this
site. One, some of the biographies are not
available( the focus of this site is
the story, not the biographies). If they are not
in
the book from which I am scanning
the story, I will not go through my collection
looking for a bio. Two, I will be
focusing on shorter short stories. No Tolstoi or
F. Scott
Fitzgerald
here
(unless
you
are
willing
to
send
me
the
story
ready
to
go
online)!
Maybe some day I
will want to spend an entire day or two on one
story, but not at
this time. Three, I
have no summaries or analyses, so you
needn
’
t ask. I read short
stories
often,
but
only
for
the
enjoyment
of
doing
so.
I
have
very
little
desire
to
analyze
what I am reading for that deep, hidden meaning.
Fewer
and
fewer
people
these
days
read
short
stories.
This
is
unfortunate-so
few will ever
experience the joy that reading such fine work can
give. The goal of
this site is to give
a nice cross section of short stories in
the hope that these short
stories
will
excite
these
people
into
rediscovering
this
excellent
source
of
entertainment.
Happy
reading!
Oh
yes,
visit
the
bannered
sites
on
this
page.
This
is
how
we
survive and thus keep this free site on
line. If you are familiar with the costs involved
with bandwidth, you will understand
that a site such as this one requires a lot of
bandwidth
(as
it
is
visited
heavily),
which
can
be
quite
expensive.
So,
if
you
appreciate this
collection, go buy something. Thank you!
1
．
The passage is
mainly about
.
A
．
what the
website focuses on
B
．
how to email
short stories to the website
C
．
why fewer and
fewer people enjoy reading
D
．
how to find
short stories on this websites
2
．
What can we
know about the book mentioned in this passage?
A
．
It
contained many classical works with analyses
B
．
It
was written by the author and advertised here.
C
．
there are many
biographies in this book.
D
．
It
’
s
a collection of short stories of this website.
3
．
How is the
website kept free on line?
A
．
The website
receives much donation from society.
B
．
The website got
much money from advertisements on it.
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专业
. .
.
.
.. .
.
C
．
The
website
earns
money
by
selling
books
which
collect
stories
of
the
website.
D
．
Every reader
pays for what they read before reading it.
4
．
The purpose of
writing this article is to
.
A
．
advertise his
or her website and books
B
．
explain how
this website is kept
C
．
explain who
this website is for
D
．
discuss whether
we should read on line
八
Chanukah Festival
Activities for kids of all
ages
Sunday, December 17
9:00am
—
4:00 pm
Join
us
on
December
17
th
,
2006
(2nd
day
of
Hanukkah)
for
our
annual
Hanukkah Family Fun Fest for an
exciting day of fun activities for the whole
family.
The
Hazimir
Choir
will
provide
holiday
musical
entertainment.
Drum
Tales
will
present
“The
Hearty Story of Hanukkah
”
show. There will be
ceramic(
瓷
) painting
of dreidles,
menorahs(
烛台
), and other
Hanukkah items for the kids. And fun foods,
crafts(
手工艺
)
and
activities
will
be
happening
throughout
the
day.
Bring
the
whole family and enjoy a
fun
—
filled day!
11:30
—
Jolly
Follies puppet show Ages 2-12
A
fun
muppet(
提线木偶
)
style
musical
holiday
story
followed
by
a
Hanukkah
sing a long
featuring the
“
Chipmunks
”
and other favorite characters.
Adult: $$7
Child
$$ 5
1:30
—
Hazamir
Teen Choir
Sponsored by the Berman and
Lerner families in memory of Cantor Moses L.
Snyder
3:15
—
Drum Tales
presents The Hearty Story of Hanukkah
Drum
Tales
is
fun,
interactive
percussive(
打击乐
)
and
musical.
It
is
much
like
the
traditional
drum
circle
concept.
It
combines
story
telling,
musical
instrumentation
and
song.
Each
participants
is
given
a
percussive
instrument
which becomes their media of
transportation to far away lands and exotic
places,
to
ride
the
waves
of
mystery
of
an
unfolding
plot,
and
into
the
deep
realm
of
imagination
and
the
colorful
beyond.
Drumming,
rhyming,
rapping,
clinking,
shaking
and
clapping,
this
performance
will
leave
you
feeling
refreshed
after
having returned from a
journey through these stories! Audlts $$ 7 Child $$
5
Plus food and fun for the entire
family
Crafts with BBYO and Young Judea
Ceramic painting with Jack and Jill
T-Shirt fun with Computer Adventures
Fun with Cyber-Connection
Vendors
..
.
专业
. .
.
.
.. .
.
Special visit by
“
Chanukah Bubby
”
1
．
How much does a
family of three (a kid and parents) have to pay if
they attend
Jolly Follies puppet show?
A
．
$$ 21.
A
．
Mystery.
B
．
$$ 15.
B
．
Imagination.
C
．
$$ 19.
C
．
Exoticism
D
．
$$ 17.
D
．
Horror.
2
．
What feeling
will you not experience if you attend the Drum
Tales?
3
．
If your
family are free at 1:30, what activity can you
take part in?
A
．
Drum Tales: The
Hearty Story of Hanukkah.
B
．
Hazamir Teen
Choir.
C
．
Jolly
Follies puppet show.
D
．
Cartoon films.
A
．
Ceramic
painting.
C
．
Computer
adventures.
D
．
Fashion show.
九
Never forget
where you come from
Many of us remember
the touching television advertisement where the
actor
Iron
Eyes
Cody
sheds
a
tear
over
litter.
Such
Native
images
are
often
used
to
convey
the
idea
of
saving
mother
earth.
People
who
accept
this
image
find
it
difficult
to
bring
together
what
they
have
seen
of
some
reservations
—
shabby
homes, broken cars, underfed dogs,
weeds in winds, and coal strip mines. Those
who most romanticize American Indians
are the quickest to be disappointed and
discover
that
things
are
not
as
good
as
they
have
once
believed.
However,
Indians
’
relationship with the land is much more
complicated(
复杂的
) than those
two black and white images which
appeared in the television.
Historically,
tribal(
部落的
)
people
around
the
globe
have
had
close
ties
with
the earth. Lakota historian Vine
Deloria, Jr., tells the story of the Ponca people
who
were taken from their range over a
century ago and transported against their will
to
Oklahoma.
Otherwise
healthy,
many
Ponca
wasted
and
died
from
no
other
clear
cause than separation from their home. As Cheryl
Crazy Bull says in this issue,
“
The land is our relative.
Without land, tribal people lose their
identity
—
the land
along
with
language,
spiritual
beliefs,
and
social
systems
distinguishes
tribal
people from
others.
”
To
many
people
in
the
United
States,
the
Indian
reservation
is
an
embarrassment. It represents the
American version of racial
seperation
—
a prison
without
walls
where
the
government
confined
Indians
to
keep
them
apart
from
other Americans. To Indian people the
reservation is home,
regardless of what
it
looks like. They have spiritual,
emotional, and family ties. Many of their
relatives still
live there or are
buried there, and their creation stories are
centered there.
Americans
tend
to
pull
up
roots
and
separate
from
their
birthplace,
moving
from
city
to
city
many
times.
Many
of
us
non
—
Indians
have
never
visited
the
places where our ancestors are buried
or the houses where our parents were born.
Western
nations
use
Earth
in
the
same
way,
as
if
we
can
go
to
another
planet
..
.
专业
. .
4
．
What is not
included in the Chanukah Festival?
B
．
Fun foods.
.
.
.. .
.
when
the
air
and
water
become
too
dirty.
On
the
other
hand,
tribes
are
very
familiar with the concept of limited
resource. They cannot get another reservation
if theirs becomes too polluted.
1
．
What does the
writer mainly intend to state in this passage?
A
．
American Indians are disappointed with
their living environment.
B
．
American
Indians lead a miserable life now.
C
．
Television
advertisements can have an unexpected effect on
people.
D
．
Land is
very important to people, especially tribal
people.
state
.
A
．
the
close relationship between tribal people and land
B
．
the poverty of
the tribal people
C
．
the long
history of the Ponca people
D
．
the great
changes of the Ponca people
2
．
The
author
included
the
story
of
the
Ponca
people
in
this
article
mainly
to
s life
3
．
Which of the
following statements is true according to this
passage?
A
．
Americans can
use land as they like and then go to another
place.
B
．
People
in the west don
’
t like to
travel from city to city.
C
．
Tribal people
have the same concept of the resources as the non-
Indians.
D
．
The
reservations have both positive and
negative(
负面的
)effects on
Indian
people
’
s
life.
4
．
What
topic does this article focus on?
A
．
Family life of
the Indians.
B
．
Pe
ople
’
s attitude towards
land.
C
．
The
history of tribal people.
D
．
Environmental
pollution nowadays.
十
The
octopus
’
s
（
章
鱼
）
reputation
as
a
human-killer
isn
’
t
simply
an
exagger
ation
（夸）
—
it is a
total myth. The octopus can indeed be a deadly
hunter,
but only of its natural
victims. Some
shellfish
（壳类动物）
and an
occasional sick or
incautious
fish
have
reason
to
be
frightened
of
this
multi-
armed
hunter,
but
a
person
is
much
too
large
to
interest
even
the
biggest
octopus.
Even
the
largest
among
octopi
is
much
smaller
than
most
people
imagine.
Far
from
being
large
enough to swallow a
ship, as monster octopi in movies have been known
to do,
the largest octopus, found on
the Pacific coast, weighs around 110 pounds and
grows to no more than ten feet in
width.
The
hard,
parrot-like
beak
（喙）
of
an
octopus
is
not
used
for
attacking
deep-sea divers,
but for cutting open shellfish. Indeed, the
octopus possesses such
a
tiny
throat
that
it
cannot
swallow
large
pieces
of
meat.
Instead,
it
feeds
by
pouring
digestive juices into its victims, and then
sucking up the soupy remains. A
shellfish that finds itself in the
grasp of an octopus has only a short time to live.
But
..
.
专业
. .
.
.
.. .
.
human beings are perfectly safe. Still,
people rarely care to go close enough to
these careful creatures to get a good
look at them.
1
．
This passage is
mainly about
.
A
．
the horrors of
the octopus
B
．
the largest
octopus in the world
C
．
octopi and
their behaviour
D
．
the
octopus
’
s deadly hunting
method
2
．
It is
implied but not stated in the passage that
.
A
．
people have
unreasonable fears about the octopus
B
．
the octopus is
not interested in human beings
C
．
the octopus is
afraid of human beings
D
．
the octopus is
a very cruel sea animal
3
．
What
does
the
underlined
part
“
careful
creatures
”
refer
to
in
the
last
paragraph?
A
．
Octopi.
B
．
Shellfish.
C
．
Fish.
D
．
The victims.
4
．
The hard beak
of the octopus is used for
.
A
．
attacking deep-
sea divers
B
．
cutting up
large pieces of meat
C
．
cutting open
its victims
D
．
defending
itself
5
．
From the
passage, we can conclude that
.
A
．
the octopus is
not dangerous to man
B
．
people often
fear creatures that are not dangerous to them
C
．
the
octopus only hunts its natural victims
D
．
things
described in movies are not to be believed
十一
We
all
hate
speed
cameras,
don
’
t
we?
They
’
re
not
there
to
slow
drivers
down
and lower the road accidents; they just make money
for the government.
They
trick
us,
cost
us
cold
hard
cash,
disturb
us
from
driving
properly
and
are
unfair.
Well,
here
’
s
a
surprising
thing:
what
if
there
were
facts
that
the
boring
cameras actually saved lives?
It
’
s a conclusion difficult
to ignore when you look
at
what
’
s happening in France,
a country with a historically poor record of road
safety.
There
were
16,617
road
deaths
in
1972
in
France
for
example,
but
that
dropped to 8412 by 1995 following rules
such as compulsory seat belt wearing in
1990 and a lowering of the blood
alcohol limit to 0.05 in 1995.
Last
year,
the
road
deaths
dropped
below
5,000
for
the
first
time,
or
4.9
per
cent less than 2004. Comparing road
deaths to population in 2005,
that
’
s about
817
per million people compared with
Australia
’
s 806.
And
guess
what?
Last
year
the
number
of
speed
cameras
on
French
roads
reached
1,000
and
the
government
plans
to
double
that
within
the
next
three
years.
Okay,
you
know
the
arguments
regarding
increased
traffic
safety
and
..
.
专业
. .
.
.
.. .
.
cameras-for-income,
but
it
seems
in
France
there
’
s
been
a
major
cultural
change
brought
on
by
radars
and
other
laws.
A
three-
hour,
wine-soaked
lunch
with a quick rush back to the office is
no longer on.
Travelling
on
the
highways,
it
is
rare
to
see
anyone
breaking
the
130km/h
speed
limit
when
once
few
traveled
below
it.
The
speed
cameras
are
clearly
signed so drivers
know when they are coming.
There
’
s even an official web
site
listing fixed and mobile camera
locations and it is updated regularly.
Maybe
it
is
because
of
such
transparency
by
government,
rather
than
the
concealment
too
often
used
by
authorities
in
many
other
countries
that
more
French can enjoy la joi
de vivre thanks to speed cameras.
1
．
Generally, it
seems to most people that speed cameras are used
to
.
A
．
make money for
the government
B
．
slow down the
traffic
C
．
lower
the road accidents
D
．
help us drive
properly
A
．
France
has a very poor record of road safety
B
．
we
’
d
better ignore the evidence that speed cameras save
lives
C
．
France
had less road deaths than Australia in 2005
D
．
France does
successfully in controlling road accidents
passage?
A
．
Compulsory seat
belt.
C
．
Placing
more speed cameras.
B
．
Lowering blood
alcohol limit.
D
．
Eating in a
shorter time.
2
．
From the
passage we can learn that
.
3
．
Which seems
more effective in lowering road deaths in France
according to this
4
．
Now you can
seldom see in France
.
A
．
people drive at
a speed of less than 130km/h
B
．
lunch time
lasts long hours with drunk people rushing back to
office
C
．
drivers
drive according to the traffic lights
D
．
police conduct
traffic in streets
A
．
Secrecy.
B
．
Openness.
C
．
Strictness.
十二
Sometime early
in the next century, human beings will move to
Mars. They will
live
there
for
about
a
year,
and
then
will
be
replaced
with
another
group
of
pioneers.
Building
the
base
on
Mars
will
advance
our
knowledge
of
the
solar
system
and aid in our understanding of the earth.
We already know that Mars resembles the
earth in many aspects: general size,
presence
of
water,
length
of
day,
range
of
temperatures.
These
resemblances
have caused
many people to consider a centuries-long project:
to terraform Mars.
Terraforming
means
altering
a
planet
’
s
surface
so
that
Earth
’
s
life
forms
can
survive
there.
This
concept,
previously
found
only
in
science
fiction
is
now
being
seriously considered
by scientists.
..
.
专业
. .
5
．
What does the
underlined word
“
concealment
”
in the last paragraph
mean?
D
．
Harmony.
.
.
.. .
.
Terraforming
Mars
is
theoretically
simple:
add
nitrogen
and
oxygen
to
the
atmosphere; pump water to the surface;
and add the earth
’
s plants
and animals
in the order in which they
developed on Earth. But it will take at least 300
years.
Some people think that such a
project is too huge for humans to undertake,
but
there
are
very
good
reasons
to
make
the
attempt.
The
earth
now
contains
some 6 billion
people, and no one has any idea of how many humans
the earth
can support. Our very
existence and numbers are threatening many other
species.
We also have had some
experience with terraforming our own planet:
altering the
landscape,
the
atmosphere
and
the
climate.
Currently
terraforming
earth
has
become
a
wiser
activity
as
we
try
to
control
global
warming,
air
and
water
pollution, and
preserve some natural living places.
While
the
possibility
of
such
a
project
is
small,
it
is
not
impossible.
Even
if
earth-bound
societies
come
and
go
in
the
next
300
years,
the
project
can
continue
through
the
work
of
the
Mars
settlers
without
the
need
for
constant
backing from the earth.
The
future existence of all the people in our world
may very well depend upon
our ability
to terraform Mars.
1
．
What would be
the best title for this passage?
A
．
Terraforming
Mars.
C
．
Travelling to
Mars.
A
．
Warming.
to
.
A
．
do some
scientific research work
B
．
find out its
similarity to earth
B
．
Changing.
B
．
Saving the
Earth.
D
．
A Newly-
found Place.
C
．
Planting.
D
．
Building.
2
．
What does the
underlined word
“
altering
”
mean in the second paragraph?
3
．
According
to
the
passage
the
main
purpose
of
terraforming
Mars
is
C
．
avoid the dying
away of many other species
D
．
find on Mars
living place for the increasing human beings
4
．
The
main
reason
for
causing
many
people
to
consider
terraforming
Mars
is
that
.
A
．
there are some
resemblances between Earth and Mars.
B
．
terraforming
Mars is theoretically simple
C
．
we have had
some experience with terraforming our own planet:
Earth
D
．
the development
of science and technology is very rapid
5
．
What
’
s the author
’
s attitude
towards the project?
A
．
Optimistic.
B
．
Negative.
C
．
Sceptical.
D
．
Objective.
十三
When six the very best students from
different cities in Guandong province all
together
chose
universities
in
Hong
Kong;
when
the
very
best
student
of
Beijing
picked up HK
University while giving up the nearby Peking or
Tsingbua University;
..
.
专业
. .
.
.
.. .
.
when
the
highest
enrollment
（录取）
rate
of
Hong
Kong
Science
and
Industry
University
reached
48:1,
it
’
s
the
high
time
to
ask
where
the
real
education
heaven for
students in China is.
Years
ago,
the
answer
certainly
would
be
“
Peking
or
Tsinghua
University
”
.
But
now
no
one
could
give
the
exact
reaction
without
hesitation.
The
only
sure
thing
is
that
HK
universities
have
gradually
showed
an
unusual
attraction
to
a
great many mainland students.
It
’
s no doubt to
call this HK craze
（狂热）
,which
is even out of the expectation
of those
HK universities themselves.
How can HK
universities shake the steady foundations of
Peking and Tsinghua
and attract so many
mainland students?
First, Hong Kong
universities offer large-amount scholarship,
especially for the
top students who can
receive the sum scholarship as much as 400,000 HK
dollars.
Since
higher
education
has
become
a
kind
of
heavy
burden
of
many
families,
it
’
s
easy
to
understand
why
the
reaction
to
the
generous
offering
of
HK
universities is great.
Second, most HK universities receive
professors and students from all over the
world
and
carry
out
bilingual
（双语）
education.
This
kind
of
excellent
language
atmosphere is
another attraction for mainland students.
Further more, university students in
Hong Kong have a better chance to study
abroad as exchange students.
Can mainland top universities like
Peking or Tsinghua University calm as before
when
facing
the
unexpected
competition
from
HK?
Will
they
take
relevant
measures
to
win
back
the
top
students
who
once
help
them
set
the
worldwide
reputation? Time
will explain it.
The fierce
competition brought by HK universities can be a
good thing for an
entire
improvement
of
education
in
China.
After
the
awakening
and
action
taking
of
mainland
universities,
they
can
perform
better
together
with
HK
universities.
At least, it
reminded the mainland universities the tuition
fees
（
学费）
are among
students
’
top
concern when they are choosing universities.
It
’
s time to move.
1
．
What is the
passage mainly talking about?
A
．
Some thought
brought by the enrollment of HK universities.
B
．
Higher
education in Hong Kong.
C
．
The competition
between HK University and Peking University.
D
．
The
fall of mainland universities.
2
．
Top students
from mainland apply for HK universities because
.
A
．
many students
now would love to study aboard to get a better
experience
B
．
they concern
only about the tuition fees when choosing
universities
C
．
HK
universities
offer
higher
scholarship,
better
environment
and
more
opportunities for their further study
D
．
Peking
university has lost its worldwide reputation
3
．
What
is
the
author
’
s
attitude
toward
the
competition
brought
by
HK
universities?
A
．
The
government
should
take
relevant
measures
to
stop
this
unfair
..
.
专业
. .
.
.
.. .
.
competition.
B
．
Mainland
universities had better lower their tuition fees
and win back the
top students.
C
．
Universities
both in mainland and in HK would get an entire
improvement
during the competition.
D
．
It
may probably cause a complete loss both sides in
the end.
4
．
From
the passage we can see HK universities
.
A<
/p>
．
didn
’
t
mean to enroll top students from mainland
B
．
did
n
’
t expect their enrollment
of mainland students would be so popular
C
．
have
strict
enrollment
rules
and
only
1
out
of
48
students
can
get
the
chance to
study there
D
．
are proud of
their teaching staff and facilities
5
．
What
does
the
author
mean
by
saying
“
It
’
s
time
to
move
”
in
the
last
paragraph?
A
．
Mainland
universities should take measures as soon as
possible to attract
students.
B
．
The
opportunities come for top students to study
abroad.
C
．
Mainland
universities should make full preparations to
challenge mainland
universities.
D
．
Top
students should be offered further education free
of charge.
十四
Once
when
I
was
a
teenager,
my
father
and
I
were
standing
in
line
to
buy
tickets for the circus.
Finally there was only one family between us and
the ticket
counter.
This
family made
a big
impression
on
me.
There were
eight children,
all
probably under the age of
12
．
You could tell they
didn
’
t have a lot of money.
Their
clothes
were
not
expensive,
but
they
were
clean.
The
children
were
well-behaved,
all
of
them
standing
in
line,
two-by-
two
behind
their
parents.
The
children were excitedly talking about
the clowns, elephants and other acts they
would see that night. One could sense
they had never been to the circus before.
The father and mother were
ahead standing proud as could be.
The
ticket
lady
asked
the
father
how
many
tickets
he
wanted.
He
proudly
responded,
“
Please
let me buy eight children
’
s
tickets and two adult
tickets.
”
The ticket lady
quoted
（引用）
the price.
The father leaned a little
closer and asked,
“
How much
did you say?
”
The ticket lady again quoted the price.
The man
didn
’
t have enough money.
How was he supposed to turn and tell
his eight kids that he
didn
’
t have enough money to
take them to the circus?
Seeing what was going on, my dad put
his hand into his pocket, pulled out a
$$20 bill and dropped it on the
ground.
（
We were not wealthy
in any sense of the
world!
）
My
father
reached
down,
picked
up
the
bill,
tapped
the
man
on
the
shoulder and
said,
“
Excuse me, sir, this
fell out of your pocket.
”
The
man
knew
what
was
going on.
He looked
straight
into my
dad
’
s
eyes,
took my
dad
’
s hand
in
both of his,
pressed tightly
onto
the
bill,
and
with
his
lip
quivering
（颤抖）
and
a
tear
streaming
down
his
cheek,
he
replied,
“
Thank
you,
..
.
专业
. .
.
.
.. .
.
thank you, Sir. This really means a lot
to me and my family.
”
My father and I went back
to our car and drove home. We
didn
’
t go to the
circus that night, but we
didn
’
t go without.
1
．
What the family
impressed the writer was that ________.
A
．
the
family was too large
B
．
they looked
very poor and pitiful
C
．
they looked
fairly rich and proud
D
．
they were poor
but respectable
2
．
The
writer
’
s
father
dropped
the
note
on
the
ground
instead
of
giving
the
money to the father
directly because ________ .
A
．
he wanted to
make the father feel ashamed
B
．
he
didn
’
t want to hurt the
man
’
s pride and respect
C
．
he
wanted to pretend to be very wealthy
D
．
he was not very
willing to help the man and his family
3
．
It can be
concluded from the last sentence of the story that
________ .
A
．
they felt it a
pity that they didn
’
t go to
the circus
B
．
they felt they
would be blessed for their behavior
C
．
they
didn
’
t feel bad though they
didn
’
t go to the circus
D
．
they had never
gone to the circus ever since
十五
Allen
:
I
’
ve never been a big fan of
the bears, especially the vacation show.
On my last trip to Disneyland (1999) we
passed it by, because we
didn
’
t want to
spend the time on something we
didn
’
t really enjoy. If
we
’
d known it would be
closed by our next visit.
I
’
m sure we would have
watched it one more time. I was
just
making the point that it
wasn
’
t until Disney
announced the closing that this
feeling
suddenly sprang (
弹跳
) up for
the Country Bear show at Disneyland.
But I think the idea of keeping some
attractions open forever regardless of the
number of visitors it gets is a
mistake. We all have great memories of the Bears,
but
clearly very few kids today (or I
should say families today) are making those same
memories from this show. That may be a
sad fact, but it
’
s a fact.
For whatever
reason,
the
show
doesn
’
t
pull
in
the
numbers.
Isn
’
t
it
right
to
use
the
Country
Bear
space
to
bring
in
a
more
popular
attraction
so
that
more
kids
today
can
make
those magic memories of an attraction they like?
Otherwise aren
’
t we just
telling kids today that they
“
have
to
”
make great memories of
the Bears, when
it
’
s obvious that
the kids themselves are not enjoying the Bears
like we did?
Roger
: I am very
disappointed that they have decided to retire the
Country
Bear Playhouse. I remember
going to the show as a child, and still enjoyed it
as a
teenager, and now young adult. It
is true that there aren
’
t a
lot of shows left at
DL and with this
one closing even less. Being at DL does require a
lot of walking,
and it is nice to have
a few attractions that are a place to sit and
enjoy a good
show. I understand that DL
has to develop, but there has to be some history
to the
Disneyland that Walt Disney
first designed. There should be some parts of DL
that
just never go away, and this is
one of them. By the time I have children it looks
like
there won
’
t
be any attractions that I can say I went to as a
child at the rate they
..
.
专业
. .
.
.
.. .
.
are going.
Now the Bears are
leaving. What I want to say is: stop trying to
compete with
everyone! DL is the best,
because of attractions like the Country Bears. If
DL insists
on destroying all of its
magic to make way for the latest, well, then it
might as well
be just another theme
park.
1
．
What news
might get people talking about the problem of the
Country Bears?
A
．
The
Country Bear Playhouse will be closed.
B
．
There will be a
new attraction for our guests at Disneyland.
C
．
The number of
visitors to the Country Bear Playhouse is falling.
D
．
The
Bears will retire because of old age and
can
’
t give shows any more.
A
．
the Bears will
be missed
B
．
we should tell
kids today that they
“
have
to
”
make great memories of
C
．
the longtime
attraction ought to make way for a future
attraction
D
．
people never
care about what they have until all is lost
been a part of Disneyland for nearly 30
years, __________.
”
A
．
and
I feel it is time to give our bears a good rest
B
．
but
anyway, the attraction has lost interest
C
．
but
I know that Disneyland will always be changing,
and I accept that
D
．
and I am sad
that the Bears will be leaving
A
．
an attraction
B
．
the latest
magic
C
．
the Bears
D
．
a
2
．
Allen spoke
mainly to get his point across that ________.
the Bears
3
．
Which is the
best choice to complete
Roger
’
s idea:
“
The Country Bears have
4
．
Which of the
following is not in the same group as the other
three?
theme park
5
．
Where can this
passage be found?
十六
How
can
you
hear
your
friends
’
voices
when
they
are
far
away
and
you
can
’
t
make
a
long-
distance
call?
Besides
the
web
camera
system
with
your
computer,
we
have
a
new
high-tech
way
to
solve
the
problem
and
ease
your
pain of
missing them.
The
Japanese
company
Combiwith
created
a
system
“
talking
picture
”
.
It
makes
people
in
pictures
speak!
The
“
talking
picture
”
has
a
special
pen.
It
is
actually
a
pen-
shaped
scanner.
It
can
scan
information
in
specially-made
pictures. A
connected player will then play the information
out loud.
First,
you
need
to
take
a
picture
and
record
what
you
want
to
say
with
the
A
．
In a Web
discussion zone.
B
．
In a suggestion
book.
C
．
In a
report on the popularity of the Country Bears.
D
．
In high school
students
’
compositions.
..
.
专业
. .
.
.
.. .
.
company.
The
company
will
then
make
special
barcodes
(
条形码
)
onto
your
picture
(you can
’
t see those codes).
Those codes are your voice and your words.
When
you
hold
up
the
pen
to
scan
your
picture
with
barcodes,
a
player
connected to the pen
will start to play. It plays things
you
’
ve recorded. That way
the invention makes the
“
you
”
in the picture speak!
Do
you
want
your
friends
and
families
talking
out
of
pictures?
Have
them
make pictures like
that, and you can hear them whenever you want to,
only with
“
talking
picture
”
system. The system
can play messages for up to 12 minutes.
“
The
pictures
would
be
useful
for
those
who
hope
to
hear
the
voice
of
someone
living
far
away,
”
said Mayumi
Fuji,
a
spokeswoman for the
company.
“
Grandparents,
for
example,
longing
to
know
about
their
grandchildren
would
be happy to hear their voices when they
see the picture,
”
Fuji said.
But
it
is
troublesome
to
go
to
the
company
for
taking
a
special
picture
first.
And it is much more
expensive than using a telephone. The photo with
barcodes
costs
between
17,040
and
17,990
yen
(
日元
)
(160
and
169
dollars
).
The
larger
picture you want, the
more you pay.
Now, just raise a finger,
lonely people can have their loved ones speak out
of
pictures.
But,
whether
the
“
talking
picture
”
is
practical
or
not,
let
’
s
wait
and
see.
1
．
What does a
“
talking
picture
”
mean according to
this passage?
十七
Nowadays, we hear a lot about the
growing threat of
globalization
（全球化）
,
accompanied
by
those
warnings
that
the
rich
pattern
of
local
life
is
being
..
.
专业
. .
A
．
The picture can
play what
’
s been recorded as
if the person in the picture
B
．
You can have a
talk with the person in the picture whenever you
want to.
C
．
The
picture can tell you wonderful stories to ease
your pain.
D
．
The
picture can tell what
’
s on
your mind when you are looking at it.
①
record what you want say
②
scan a picture
with a pen-shaped scanner
③
make special barcodes onto
a picture
④
take
a picture
A
．④③②①
B
．②④③①
C
．④①③②
D
．②④①③
“
talks
”
.
2
．
The right order
when making a talking picture is ______ .
3
．
Which of the
following is NOT true according to the passage?
A
．
The
“
talking
picture
”
system can play
messages for 12 minutes at most.
B
．
It will cost
you more to take a larger talking picture.
C
．
It might take a
lot of trouble to make a talking picture.
D
．
You can make a
talking picture by just raising a finger.
A
．
optimistic
B
．
uncertain
C
．
positive
D
．
cold
4
．
The
attitude of the writer toward the
“
talking
picture
”
is ______.
.
.
.. .
.
undermined
（破坏）
,
and many
dialects
（
方言）
and traditions are becoming extinct.
But
stop
and
think
for
a
moment
about
the
many
positive
aspects
that
globalization
is
bringing.
Read
on
and
you
are
sure
to
feel
comforted,
ready
to
face the global future.
Consider
the
Internet,
that
good
example
of
our
shrinking
world.
Leaving
aside
the
worries
about
political
extremism,
even
the
most
narrow-
minded
must
admit that the
net offers a lot of benefits, not just in terms of
education, the sector
（部分）
for
which it was originally designed, but more
importantly on a global level,
the
spread of news and comment. It will be
increasingly difficult for politicians to
misinform
the
public,
as
the
oppressed
（被压迫的）
will
not
only
find
support
and
comfort, but also be able to organize
themselves more effectively.
MTV
is
another
global
provider
that
is
often
criticized
for
im
posing
（强加）
popular culture on
the unsuspecting millions around the world. Yet
the viewers
’
judgment on MTV is undoubtedly
positive; it is regarded as necessary by most of
the global
teenage
generation
who
watch it, a
vital
part of growing up.
And in
the final analysis, what harm can a few
songs and videos cause?
Is
the world dominance
（绝对优势）
of
brands like Nike and Coca-Cola so bad
for us, when all is said and done?
Sportswear and soft drinks are harmless products
when compared to the many other things
that have been globally available for a
longer
period
of
time
—
heroin
and
cocaine,
for
example.
In
any
case,
just
because
Nike
shoes
and
Coke
cans
are
for
sale,
it
doesn
’
t
mean
you
have
to
buy them
—
even
globalization cannot take away
people
’
s free will.
Critics of globalization
can stop presenting their doom
（毁灭）
and
gloom
（阴
暗）
statements. Life goes on, and has more
to offer for many citizens of the world
than it did for their
parents
’
generation.
1
．
Some people
feel sad about globalization because they believe
it will ______.
A
．
bring threat to
the world peace
B
．
affect the rich
local life
C
．
change their
present easy lifestyle
D
．
increase the
size of
people speaking dialects
2
．
Internet was
originally designed ______.
A
．
to
promote education
C
．
to make people
not worried
B
．
to
make news and comment known
D
．
to publicize
political beliefs
B
．
have been
ignored
3
．
It is
implied in the passage that Nike and Coca-Cola
______.
A
．
should
not become dominant brands
by many
people
C
．
cannot
be compared with drugs
D
．
shouldn
’
t
have
caused
so
much
worry
4
．
Which of the
following could be the best title of the passage?
..
.
专业
. .
A
．
Globalization
is Standardization
（标准化）
B
．
Globalization:
Like it or change it
C
．
Globalization:
Don
’
t Worry, Be Happy
D
．
Globalization
Brings Equality
.
.
.. .
.
十八
To
many web-building spiders, most of whom are nearly
blind, the web is their
essential
window on the world: their means of communicating,
capturing
prey
（猎
物）
, meeting
mates and protecting themselves. A web-building
spider without its
web is like a men
cast away on an island of solid
rock
，
totally out of touch
and
destined to starve to death.
So
important
is
the
web
to
an
orb-web
spider's
survival
that
the
animal
will
continue to construct
new webs daily even if it is being starved. For 16
days the
starving spider builds
completely normal webs. Then, as the animal gets
scrawnier,
it constructs a wider-meshed
（网孔、
网眼）
web using
fewer strands
（
线）
.
Such webs
would only trap larger prey,
which is more economical from the perspective of a
starving spider.
The
spider stores energy by recycling web protein. It
simply eats its own web
each
evening
and
reuses
it
to
produce
new
silk.
In
studies
with
radioactivity,
labeled
materials,
it
was
found
that
95
percent
of
web
protein
reappears
in
the
next day'
web. Most of the energy needed for web-building is
used in walking over
the strands as
they are laid down
．
Scientists
are
impressed
by
the
adaptability
of
the
spider's
highly
preprogrammed
brain,
which
is
larger
for
its
size
than
the
brain
of
any
other
invertebrate
（无脊推动物）
. If web-building is
interrupted, or if some of the existing
strands are destroyed, the spider
simply goes back to see where the web is left off
and
then
finishes
building
a
normal
web.
One
spider
will
finish
building
the
incomplete web of another.
1
．
Which of the
following best expresses the main ideas of the
passage?
A
．
Secrets of
Spiders
’
Adaptability
B
．
Importance of
Webs to Spiders
C
．Secrets of
the Spiders’
Life
D
．
Spiders' Highly
Preprogrammed Brain
2
．
According to
the passage, which of the following statements is
TRUE?
A
．
Most
spiders will stop conducting webs when hungry.
B
．
One Web-
building spider usually conducts one web.
C
．
Web-building
spiders will probably die without their webs.
D
．
Web-building
spiders have good eyesight.
3
．
The underlined
word
“
scrawnier
”<
/p>
in the second paragraph probably means
______.
A
．
weaker but
good-looking
C
．
nice and
healthier
B
．
fatter and
stronger
D
．
thinner and
bony
4
．
A spider's
ability to finish an incomplete web proves that
______
A
．
it has a
highly preprogrammed brain
B
．
it reuses its
web protein to reproduce new silk
C
．
the web is
everything for a spider
D
．
it is able to
rebuild a destroyed web
十九
..
.
专业
. .
.
.
.. .
.
My
first day as a tour salesgirl was a nightmare . I
was 22 when I applied for the
job . I
was sent on a training course , but you
don
’
t really find out what
the job is
about until you are actually
up to your neck in it .
My very first
day on the job I had a terrible experience . I was
having a drink at
about
2
and
thinking
,
“
Thank
goodness
the
first
day
is
over
”
,
when
someone
arrived
and
told
me
that
the
hotel
was
trying
to
throw
one
of
the
guests
out
because he had hit his
wife over the head with a shoe and split her head
open . I
tried to smooth it with the
hotelier , but all he said was ,
“I
don
’
t want him here
get
the
police
.
”
So
I
called
the
police
,
but
they
wouldn
’
t
take
him
without
identification .
Eventually I found his passport in his
room among 20 bottles of whiskey , and
then the next day , I had to get him
released because his wife
wouldn
’
t demand
charges . It was a nightmare .
They
had
warned
me
during
the
training
course
that
things
wouldn
’
t
be
easy , but I
wasn
’
t expecting problems
quite so soon . During my last lesson , a
forest fire came down the mountain
during the night and surrounded the hotel . In
another resort things sometimes got a
bit out of control . I would get hooligans
(
小
流氓
)throwing
rubbish inside , refusing to leave the hotel . It
was my job to tell them
off for
behaving like that .
Every day was
different .
A
lot
of
sales
representatives
give
up
after
one
season
;
there
are
very
few
who carry on for years , but I enjoyed
my three years . On my first trip to Corsica , I
met a waiter , and in my last summer ,
I married him . The staff
wouldn
’
t give me
any time off , so I had to marry him on
my day off . But the guests were very nice
and gave us presents and said
they
’
d come and visit us in
England . Over all ,
I
’
ve
no
regrets
,
and
I
would
certainly
do
it
again
if
I
had
the
chance
,
and
I
would recommend others of an
adventurous spirit to do the same .
1
．
The
writer
said
that
her
day
as
a
tour
salesgirl
was
a
nightmare
probably
because
.
A
．
she was only 22
years old at that time
B
．
she met
something difficult to deal with
C
．
she
had no such experience before .
D
．
she had a
terrible dream that day .
2
．
From
this
passage
we
can
infer
that
the
man
hit
his
wife
over
the
head
because
.
A
．
he was not
satisfied with the service of the hotel .
B
．
his
wife didn
’
t agree with what
he said
C
．
he had drunk
too much wine
D
．
his wife forgot
to bring their passport
3
．
The following
statements are true except that
.
A
．
the
writer worked as a tour salesgirl for 3 years .
B
．
the
writer was very busy as a tour salesgirl
C
．
the writer
treasured her job very much
D
．
the
writer was troubled by hooligans by everywhere
..
.
专业
. .
.
.
.. .
.
4
．
From the last
paragraph we may conclude that the
writer
’
s attitude towards
her job was
.
A
．
positive
B
．
negative
C
．
regretful
D
．
sorrowful
二十
Baseball is
America
’
s national sport .
So it is not unusual that many popular
expressions come from baseball . But
first, let me explain a little about the game .
Each baseball team has nine players .
The pitcher of one team throws the ball
to a batter from the other team . The
batter attempts to hit the ball . If he misses ,
it
is called a strike . If a batter
gets three strikes , he loses his turn at bat and
is called
out .
The
batter
also
is
out
if
he
hits
the
ball
in
the
air
and
an
opposing
player
catches it . But if
the batter hits the ball and it is not caught ,
the batter tries to run
to one or more
of the four bases on the field . The batter can
run to all four bases if
he
hits
the
ball
over
the
fence
or
out
of
the
ballpark .
Such
a
hit
is
called
a
homerun .
Now
,
here
are
some
common
expressions
from
baseball.
Someone
who
is
“
on the
ball
”
is intelligent and
able to do a good job . But a person who
“
threw
a
curve
ball
“
did
something
unexpected .
Someone
who
“
steps
up
to
the
plate
”
is
ready
to
do
his
or
her
job
.
A
“
pinch
hitter
”
takes
the
place
of
someone else at a job or
activity .
Sometimes
I
have
to
give
information
quickly
,
without
time
to
think
it
over .
Then I would say
something
“
right off the bat
.
”
If someone is doing an
extremely
good
job
and
is
very
successful
,
you
might
say
he
or
she
is
“
batting
one
thousand .
”
If I say I want to
“
touch
base
”
with you , I will talk
to you from time to time
about
something
we
plan
to
do .
I
might
say
I
“
touched
all
the
bases
”
if
I
did
what is necessary to complete a job or
activity . And if I
“
covered
my bases
”
I
was
well prepared . However , someone who is
“
way off
base
”
did something
wrong or maybe even dishonest or
immoral . A person with strange ideas might be
described as
“
out
in left field.
”
Finally , when a situation changes
completely , we say
“
that is
a whole new
ballgame.
”
1
．
The purpose of
the passage is to
.
A
．
indicate
baseball is America
’
s
national sport
B
．
explain the
rules of a sport game
C
．
introduce some
useful expressions from baseball
D
．
show the
connection between expressions and sports
2
．
What does the
underlined sentence
“
The
batter also is out
”
mean ?
A
．
The
batter comes out from his position
B
．
The
batter will not continue the game .
C
．
The match will
be over suddenly .
D
．
The batter will
change his position .
3
．
Which
of
the
following
expressions
can
show
the
meaning
that
someone
is
..
.
专业
. .
.
.
.. .
.
ready to do something ?
A
．
To be right off
the bat .
B
．
To
throw a curve ball .
C
．
To cover his
bases .
D
．
That is
a whole new ballgame
4
．
What is the
main idea of the second paragraph ?
A
．
The
history of baseball .
B
．
The rules of
baseball .
C
．
The connection
between baseball and the expressions
D
．
Baseball is
popular in America .
二十一
Street art can be found on buildings ,
sidewalks , street signs and even trash
cans
from
Tokyo
to
Paris
to
New
York
City .
This
special
kind
of
art
can
take
the
form of
paintings , sculptures , cloth or even stickers .
Street art has become part of
a global
visual culture . Now , even art museums and
galleries are collecting the
work of
street artists .
It is not easy to
provide an exact history of the street art
movement . This kind
of
art
has
developed
in
many
kinds
of
ways
in
places
all
over
the
world .
Also
,
because it is illegal to paint public
and private property without permission , street
artists
usually
work
secretly .
This
secretive
nature
of
street
art
and
its
countless
forms make it hard
to define exactly . And people have different
opinions about
the movement . Some
think street art is a crime and destroys property
. But others
see this art as a rich
form of non-traditional cultural expression .
Many
experts
say
the
movement
began
in
New
York
City
in
the
nineteen
sixties. Young adults would use paint
in special cans to spray their
“
tag
”
on walls
and
train
cars
around
the
city .
This
tag
was
a
name
they
created
to
identify
themselves and
their artwork . This colorful style of writing is
also called graffiti . It is
visually
exciting and energetic .
Graffiti
also
became
a
separate
movement
expressing
the
street
culture
of
young
people
living
in
big
cities
.
Graffiti
art
represented
social
and
political
rebellion
.
These
artists
could
travel
around
areas
of
the
city
making
creative
paintings
for
everyone
to
see
.
Sometimes
this
street
art
created
a
dispute
between
artists
and
city
officials .
Graffiti
artists
created
their
images
and
city
officials quickly
painted over them .
During
the
1980s
,
two
famous
New
York
painters
—
Keith
Haring
and
Jean
Michel began showing their work in art
galleries and museums . This is when street
art started to become part of the more
general popular culture .
1
．
What can we
infer from the first paragraph ?
A
．
Street art has
become popular and is accepted as a kind of
culture .
B
．
Street art is
very special compared with other forms of popular
art .
C
．
Many people are
beginning to learn street art .
D
．
Street art is
better developed in big cities than in rural areas
.
2
．
Which of the
following statements is true according to the
passage ?
A
．“
TAG
”
was a word
created by people to distinguish street artists
and the
..
.
专业
. .
.
.
.. .
.
other artists .
B
．
There
are
three
reasons
to
explain
why
it
is
hard
to
define
the
history
of
street
art .
C
．
The movement of
street art began in the 1980s in New York City .
D
．
All
the
people
don
’
t
think
that
the
street
art
is
a
rich
form
of
cultural
expression .
3
．
The city
officials used to do away with graffiti probably
because
.
A
．
they caused
arguments between people
B
．
they were ugly
in someone
’
s eyes
C
．
they were not
painted under proper guidance
D
．
they
didn
’
t express good
traditional culture .
4
．
They best title
of the passage is
.
A
．
The way to
become a street artist .
B
．
What
does
Graffiti
art
stand for ?
C
．
The history of
an art movement .
D
．
the work of
street artists .
二十二
More
than
60,000
foreign
scientists
come
to
China
every
year
and
80,000
Chinese
scientists
go
abroad
,
contributing
to
an
international
scientific
and
technological exchange system .
“
These foreigners are
helping China solve a lot of essential problems ,
which
used
to
be
bottlenecks
in
the
country
’
s
technological
development
,
”
Shang
Yong
,
China
’
s
vice-minister
of
Science
and
Technology
,
told
China
Daily
yesterday .
Meanwhile
,
Chinese
scientists
educated
abroad
have
become
the
cornerstone in the
country
’
s scientific
establishment . More than 80 per cent of
academicians
at
the
Chinese
Academy
of
Sciences
have
studied
abroad
,
according to statistics released
yesterday .
The foreign scientists have
been most active in areas such as renewable
(
可更
新的
)
energy
development
,
resource
management
,
environmental
protection
and agricultural technology improvement
, according to the vice-minister .
For
example
,
a
dozen
experts
from
the
United
States
are
currently
working
with
their
Chinese
colleagues
around
the
country
to
build
a
nationwide
earthquake monitoring system .
The
new
system
,
which
will
forecast
earthquakes
with
great
accuracy
and
provide timely information online , has
included nine Chinese cities and is adding
Lhasa .
China has signed
agreements with 26 countries to carry out joint
research into
traditional
Chinese
medicine
since
expressing
its
commitment
to
international
co-operation
in this field in July .
According
to
Shang
,
Chinese
and
foreign
scientists
are
sharing
the
intellectual property rights of core
technologies in most of these projects .
“
China
will
seek international co-operation
in
many
more
fields of
scientific
..
.
专业
. .
.
.
.. .
.
research
in
the
next
five
years,
”
he
said.
“
The
country
needs
thousands
and
thousands of scientists
from abroad , both Chinese and
foreign.
”
Chinese
scientists
have
returned
home
attracted
by
cutting-edge
scientific
and
technological
development
projects
,
many
of
them
are
international
co-operation
projects .
These scientists with an
international background are the leading force in
the
country
’
s
technological
advance,
according
to
Jin
Xiaoming
,
director
of
the
ministry
’
s bureau
of international co-operation.
1
．
The
foreign
experts
are
playing
an
important
role
in
Chinese
technological
development mainly because
.
A
．
they
bring
with
them
many
advanced
equipment
to
China
when
they
come
B
．
they join hands
with the Chinese scientists to solve important
problems
C
．
they devote all
their time and efforts educating young Chinese
scientists
D
．
they help to
form an export and import exchange systems in
China
2
．
The
example given in the paragraph 5 to 6 is to show
that
.
A
．
the research in
forecasting earthquakes still has a long way to go
B
．
scientific
cooperation has led to great achievements in some
fields
C
．
earthquake
monitoring is the most urgent problem facing the
experts
D
．
we could
predict natural disasters exactly from now on
3
．
According to
the passage , we know that the foreign scientists
came to China
for the purpose of
.
A
．
cooperating
with a common goal
B
．
earning
Renminbi as their foreign currency
C
．
helping China
to become a powerful country
D
．
forecasting
earthquakes or other natural disasters
4
．
The best
possible title for passage should be
.
A
．
Statistics
released yesterday .
B
．
Scientific
exchange a success
C
．
International
cooperation in China
D
．
Vice-minister
interviewed recently
二十三
.
More and more Britons are using the law
to settle disputes . We may still be a
long way behind the United States, but
the rush to the courts has lawyers rubbing
their hands with delight . Here are
some recent examples .
The scalding
apple pie
Miles
received
£
750
compensation
from
McDonald
’
s
when
the
hot
filling
from an apple pie
fell out and scalded his arm .
Mr.
Miles fears he may be permanently scarred as a
result of the accident . His
lawyer
said that the pie had not been fit for its
purpose-to be eaten immediately
after
sale .
“
If a child had been
injured in this way,
”
he
said,
“
it could have been a
lot
more
serious.
”
McDonald
’
s settled out of
court without accepting responsibility .
..
.
专业
. .
.
.
.. .
.
The burglary victim
A burglary victim was told to pay £
4,000 damages—
to the burglar .
Ted Newberry , aged 82, shot burglar
Mark Revill from inside his garden shed
near his home . Later Revill was jailed
for the burglary , but he charged Newberry
with the damages , claiming that the
injuries had been disastrous and
‘
ruined his
life
’
.
Awarding
the
damages
,
Mr.
Justice
Rougier
said
that
Newberry
’
s
action
was too careless .
The stressed worker
Social worker John Walker was awarded £
175,000 in compensation (赔偿金
)
when he successfully claimed that his
employers were careless in causing him to
experience too much stress .As a result
of the stress , Mr . Walker had two nervous
breakdowns and had to take early
retirement .
It was the
first successful civil action of its kind . A
spokesman for Mr. Walker
’
s
union said it was a landmark case.
“
When we meet employers to
discuss these
matters, I believe we
will now be treated much more seriously
.
”
The rugby
referee
A
High
Court
judge
decided
that
rugby
referee
Michael
Nolan
was
responsible
for
damages
after
a
young
player
was
paralyzed
(
瘫痪
)
during
a
match
that
he
was
controlling .
Mr .Justice
Court
said
that
Mr.
Nolan
had
not
shown reasonable care
and skill in preventing the injury when a number
of players
collapsed o top of one
another .
The court had heard that the
game was bad tempered and violent , and had
already suffered a high number of
collapse before the injury to Ben Sodom , aged
21, who is now crippled for life as a
result of the incident.
1
．
Why
does
the
rush
to
the
court
have
the
lawyers
rubbing
their
hands
with
delight ?
A
．
the
accused will lose their cases from now on .
B
．
All the matters
will be settled out of court now .
C
．
The lawyers do
not need to argue a lot in the court.
D
．
The lawyers can
have more chances to make money .
2
．
From this
passage , we can guess the underlined word
‘
scalding
’
probably
means
.
A
．
slightly bitter
B
．
freezing cold
C
．
burning hot
D
．
extremely sweet
3
．
John
Walker
’
s case was regarded
as a successful one because
.
A
．
he was a social
worker himself
B
．
the money he
got was the most
C
．
it drew a
spokesman
’
s attention
D
．
it
was
meaningful
in
its kind
4
．
The rugby
referee Michael Nolan was charged mainly because
.
A
．
he
was unfair to all the players
B
．
he
caused a serous collapse during a match
C
．
he was unable
to prevent an injury
..
.
专业
. .
.
.
.. .
.
D
．
people got too
uncontrolled in the game
二十四
One night recently , I was driving down
a two-lane highway at about 60 miles
an
hour
.
A
car
approached
from
the
opposite
direction
at
about
the
same
speed .
As
we
passed
each
other
,
I
caught
the
other
driver
’
s
eye
for
only
a
second . I wondered
whether he might be thinking , as I was , how
dependent we
were on each other at that
moment . I was relying on him not to fall asleep ,
not to
be put off by a phone
conversation, not to cross over into my lane and
bring my
life
to
a
sudden
end .
Though
we
had
never
spoken
a
word
to
each
other
,
he
relied on me in just the same way .
Multiplied
a
million
times
over,
I
believe
that
is
the
way
the
world
works .
At
some
level
,
we
all
depend
upon
one
another .
Sometimes
that
dependence
requires us
simply not to do something like crossing over the
double yellow line .
And
sometimes
it
requires
us
to
act
cooperatively
,
with
friends
or
even
with
strangers .
As
technology
shrinks our
world
,
the need
increases
for
cooperative action
among
nations . In 2003, doctors in five nations were
quickly organized to identify
the
SARS
virus
,
which
saved
thousands
of
lives
.
The
threat
of
international
terrorism
has
shown
itself
to
be
a
similar
problem,
one
requiring
coordinated
action by police
and intelligence forces across the world . We must
recognize that
our fates
(
命运
) are not ours alone to
control .
In
my
own
life
,
I
’
ve
put
great
stock
in
personal
responsibility .
But
,
as
the
years have passed,
I
’
ve also come to believe
that there are moments when one
must
rely upon the good faith and judgment of others .
so , while each of us faces
the
case
of
driving
alone
down
a
dark
road
,
what
we
must
learn
is
that
the
approaching light may
not be a threat , but a shared moment of trust .
1
．
The author
considers
very important .
A
．
driving alone
on a dark road
B
．
independence of
people
C
．
cooperation to
identify SARS virus
D
．
shared
trust
and
cooperation
2
．
The
author
said
that
they
depended
on
each
other
in
the
same
way
because
.
A
．
the approaching
car was very dangerous
B
．
they both drove
their car at a terrific speed
C
．
he
might be killed out of the
other
’
s careless driving
D
．
it was dark and
the road was not wide enough
3
．
From
the
second
paragraph
,we
know
the
author
drew
the
important
lesson
from
.
A
．
only one
experience
B
．
many similar
experiences
C
．
a driver on a
dark road
D
．
many friends
and strangers
4
．
The need for
cooperation increases because
.
A
．
peoples
’
fates
can
’
t be controlled by
themselves
..
.
专业
. .
.
.
.. .
.
B
．
the
SARS virus spread quickly
C
．
terrorism can
happen everywhere
D
．
the world has
become smaller
5
．
We can infer
from the last paragraph that the author has
.
A
．
believed in
one
’
s own personal
responsibility
B
．
counted upon
himself alone in everything
C
．
had
no trust in others
’
good
faith and judgment
D
．
had a change on
his viewpoint of life
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二十六
Remember how great exercise was when
you were a little kid ? Back then ,
racing
around
the
playground or
skipping
rope
for hours
,
you
weren
’
t thinking
fitness
,
you
were
thinking
entertainment
.
But
in
this
age
of
high-tech
home
equipment and underused
gym memberships , the simple joy of jumping rope
has
been forgotten . Rediscovering it
will give you a total-body exercise you can find .
Although considered an
excellent form of exercise , jumping rope has
never
gained
widespread
acceptance
because
of
two
fundamental
reasons
.
First ,most people
recognize jumping rope as an excellent form of
cardiovascular
(
心血管的
)
exercise
,
but
they
also
believe
that
it
is
simply
too
difficult .
In
other
words
,
they
don
’
t
think
they
’
ll
be
able
to
continue
jumping
for
the
near
20
minutes that it takes to
achieve a beneficial physical outcome . Second ,
many
view
it
as
somewhat
boring
and
overly
repetitive
——
not
as
something
fun
or
enjoyable .
As
a matter of fact , jumping rope can be great fun
if you find a proper way
to practise it
.Instead of doing the usual two-foot bounce over
and over again ,
people good at rope-
jumping often change their pattern every 10 or 20
jumps . A
single bounce , a double
–
bounce , a skip , a knee-up
, side swings , as well as a
variety of
other easy-to-learn free-style rope-jumping .
Now
researchers
are
learning
that
jumping
rope
also
prepares
the
brain
for
learning . It is an exercise allowing
both brain hemispheres to perform in parallel to
each
other
.
In
short
,
jumping
rope
can
be
a
life-long
activity
requiring
little
equipment , time and
space , yet leading to a much healthier life .
1
．
From the first
paragraph we learn that
.
A
．
jumping rope
has faded from people
’
s
memories
B
．
people now have
more advanced equipment
..
.
专业
. .