17．At the middle school level，there are many academic clubs in which students can participate．Students can choose clubs that focus on an area of interest．
Mathcounts Club
         Mathcounts tries to increase excitement towards mathematic achievement．It hopes to provide students with the foundation for success in science，technology，engineering and mathematics careers．Schools select individuals and teams to participate in competitions．Local competitions are held in February with winners progressing to state competitions and then on to the national level．Mathcounts works to challenge student math skills，develop self-confidence and give rewards for their achievements．
Envirothon
         The Envirothon program focuses on natural resources knowledge and exposes students to diverse environmental issues，ecosystems，and topography．The ecology field competition for five-member middle school teams offers competitions in wildlife，soils，forestry，current environmental issues and aquatics．Students work and learn in middle school clubs and can compete at the local and state level．
Future Problem Solvers
         Future Problem Solvers is an academic club that uses a six-step process to solve problems that may happen in the future．Students who are in the talented and gifted program，who like to"think out of the box，"or who enjoy thinking about futuristic problems may like this club．Teams comprised of four students read future scenes and write up solutions in a booklet using the six-step process．Teams that score high enough can go to the state competition and then to the international competition．
Builders Club
         Builders Club is open to any middle school student who wishes to perform community service．Each Builders Club is co-sponsored by a Kiwanis club and the middle school．The members learn by doing，and they learn organization，teamwork，and leadership．Builders Clubs can sponsor a"Teacher of the Year"program，provide a recycling collection point，organize canned food and clothing drives to support local shelters，adopt a resident at a local senior citizens home，adopt a highway，tutor，etc．
         Middle school academic clubs offer students a place to explore interests or talents．The clubs they join in middle school can help guide choices in high school and beyond．
 
59．The students who are not interested in competitions woudld like to chooseB．
A．Mathecounts Club                                         
B．Builders Club
C．Future Problem Solvers                                
D．Envirothon
60．Why do some of the students choose Mathcounts Club？A
A．To be successful in science careers．
B．To enjoy solving future problems．
C．To perform community service．
D．To study wildlife and soils．
61．What is the common feature of the four clubs？B
A．Competitions．
B．Sponsorship．
C．Scientific researches．
D．Teamwork．
62．The passage mainly talks aboutB．
A．the state academic competitions            
B．middle school clubs
C．extra-curricular activities                         
D．the gifted students．

分析 本文屬于廣告類閱讀，主要向我們介紹了四個(gè)不同風(fēng)格的俱樂部，主要介紹了它們的目的及適合的學(xué)生，使讀者能找到適合自己的俱樂部．

解答 59．B  細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)Builders club is open to any nuddle school student who wishes to perform community service．及下文可知Builders Club開放給希望從事社區(qū)服務(wù)的學(xué)生，對(duì)比賽不感興趣的學(xué)生會(huì)選擇它，故本題答案為B選項(xiàng)．
60．A  細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)It hopes to provide stu-dents with the foundation for success in science，technology，engineering and mathematics careers．可知Mathcounts Club為學(xué)生提供科學(xué)，技術(shù)，工程和數(shù)學(xué)事業(yè)成功的基礎(chǔ)，故本題答案為A選項(xiàng)．
根據(jù) Students who are in the talented and gifted program，who like to"think out-side the box"or who enjoy thinking about futuristic problems may like this club．可知喜歡思考關(guān)于未來的問題會(huì)加入Future Problem Solvers，故選D．
61．B  細(xì)節(jié)理解題，四個(gè)俱樂部的共同特征都是在尋找不同方面的人才，即發(fā)出倡議；故本題答案為B選項(xiàng)．
62．B 歸納總結(jié)題，通讀全文可知本文主要講的是學(xué)校里四個(gè)不同的俱樂部，故本題答案為A選項(xiàng)．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 做閱讀理解時(shí)要快速瀏覽全文，把握文章主旨大意，帶著問題回到原文，尋找細(xì)節(jié)或概括相應(yīng)的答案，最后要理清作者寫作思路及意圖．

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Dave Cliff，a researcher at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories in Bristol，England，has been creating trading robots for seven years．In computer simulations he lets them evolve"genetically"，and so allows them to adapt and fit models of real-world financial markets．His experiments have suggested that a redesign of some markets could lead to greater efficiency．Last year，a research group at IBM showed that Mr Cliff's artificial traders could consistently beat the human variety，in various kinds of market．Nearly all take the shape of an auction（拍賣）．One well-known type is the English auction，familiar to customers of the salesrooms（拍賣場）of Christie's and Sotheby's，where sellers keep mum on their offer price，and buyers increase their bids by stages until only one remains．
At the other extreme is the Dutch auction，familiar to 17th-century tulip-traders in the Netherlands as well as to bidders for American Treasury bonds．Here，buyers remain silent，and a seller reduces his price until it is accepted．Most markets for shares，commodities，foreign exchange and derivatives are a mixture of these two types：buyers and sellers can announce their bid or offer prices at any time，and deals are constantly being closed，a so-called"continuous double auction"．
Mr Cliff's novel idea was to apply his evolutionary computer programs to marketplaces themselves．Why not，he thought，try and see what types of auction would let traders converge（趨同） most quickly towards a balance price？The results were surprising．In his models，auctions that let buyers and sellers bid at any time like most of today's financial exchanges were less efficient than ones that required relatively more bids from either buyers or sellers．These"evolved auctions"also withstood big market shocks，such as crashes and panics，better than today's real-world versions．Mr Cliff's most recent results，which will be presented in Sydney，Australia，on December 10th，show that the best type of auction for any market depends crucially on even slight differences in the number of buyers and sellers．
Bank of America has been investigating these new auctions，along with robotic traders，for possible use in electronic exchanges．The hope is that today's financial auctions and online marketplaces might work better by becoming more like their English and Dutch ancestors．

67．What is the passage mainly about？B
A．A review of two kinds of auctions．
B．An introduction of trading robots．
C．A survey of the trading market．
D．About trading alternatives．
68．Which of the following is true according to the text？C
A．Mr Cliff's robot traders have now been used in real-world markets．
B．Robot traders can evolve like creatures．
C．There is room for improvement in efficiency in trading markets．
D．The English auction is the most popular trading form．
69．What can we infer from the text？B
A．Existing auctions cannot withstand market shocks
B．The Dutch auction is better than the continuous double auction
C．It's hard for traders to reach a balanced price
D．The best type of auction takes place when the number of the buyers is equal to that of sellers
70．What's the author's attitude toward robot traders？D
A．Prejudiced        B．Objective      
C．Critical          D．Optimistic．

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6．Like all animal species，plant species must spread their offspring to suitable areas where they can grow and pass on their parents'genes．Young animals generally spread by walking or flying．Because plants don't have that ability，they must somehow hitchhike（搭車）．Some plant seeds scatter by blowing in the wind or floating on water．Many other plant species，though，trick an animal into carrying their seeds．How do they do this？They enclose the seeds within a tasty fruit and advertise the fruit's ripeness by its colour or smell．The hungry animal collects and swallows the fruit，walks or flies off，and later spits out the seeds somewhere far from its parent tree．Seeds can thereby be carried for thousands of miles．It may surprise you to learn that plant seeds can resist digestion．In fact，some seeds actually require passage through an animal's body before they can grow．
Wild strawberries offer a good example of hitchhiking tactics．When strawberry seeds are still young and not yet ready to be planted，the surrounding fruit is green，sour and hard．When the seeds finally mature，the berries turn red，sweet，and tender．The change in the berries'colour serves as a signal to birds which then eat the strawberries，fly off，and eventually spit out the seeds．
Naturally，strawberry plants didn't set out with a conscious intention of attracting birds only when their seeds were ready to be dispersed．Nor did birds set out with the intent of planting strawberries．Rather，strawberry plants evolved through natural selection．The sweeter and redder the final strawberry，the more birds spread its ripe seeds； the greener and more sour the young strawberry，the fewer birds destroyed the seeds by eating berries before the seeds were ready．
46．What does the underlined word"dispersed"in the third paragraph mean？A
A．spread                                
B．eaten         
C．born                                  
D．planted
47．For plants，which of the following is NOT a way of spreading their offspring to suitable areas？D
A．Hitchhiking．
B．Blowing in the wind．
C．Floating on water．
D．Tracking an animal．
48．Which strategy does the example of wild strawberries describe？D
A．The conscious intent of attracting birds．
B．Spreading by walking．
C．Spreading by flying．
D．The strategy of taking a lift．
49．Why does the author describe how strawberry seeds are spread？C
A．To show plants are good at adapting to the environment．．
B．To show strawberry's special way．
C．To show the plant has different ways of spreading seeds．
D．To show the mystery of plant．
50．What's the passage mainly about？B
A．How animals disperse offspring．
B．How plants disperse their offspring．
C．Plant evolution．
D．Plants'hitchhiking on animals．

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7．Melissa，__________ the alarm clock for 6o'clock，or you will oversleep and be late for the train．（　�。�
A．settingB．setsC．setD．to set

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