Parents often believe that they have a good relationship with their teenagers. But last summer, Joanna and Henry noticed a change in their older son, suddenly he seemed to be talking far more to his friends than to his parents. “The door to his room is always shut,” Joanna noted.?
Tina and Mark noticed similar changes in their 14-year-old daughter. “She used to cuddle up(蜷伏) with me on the soft and talk,” said Mark.“Now we joke that she does this only when she wants something. Sometimes she wants to be treated like a young lady. The problem is figuring out which time is which.”?
Before age 11, children like to tell their parents what's on their minds.“In fact, parents are first on the list,” said Michael Riera, author of Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers?.“This completely changes during the teen years.” Riera explained.“They talk to their friends first, then maybe their teachers, and their parents last.”?
Parents who know what's going on in their teenagers' lives are in the best position to help them. To break down the wall of silence, parents should create chances to understand what their children want to say, and try to find ways to talk and write to them. And they must give their children a mental break, for children also need freedom, though young.?Another? thing parents should remember is that to be friend, not a manager, with their children is a better way to know them.
小題1:“The door to his room is always shut” suggests that the son_______.?

A．is always busy with his studies

B．doesn't want to be disturbed?

C．keeps himself away from his parents

D．begins to dislike his parents?

小題2:What troubles Tina and Mark most is that _______.

A．their daughter isn't as lovely as before?

B．they can't read their daughter's mind exactly?

C．they don't know what to say to their daughter?

D．their daughter talks with them only when she needs help?

小題3:Which of the following best explains “the wall of silence” in the last paragraph?

A．Teenagers talk a lot with their friends.?

B．Teenagers do not want to understand their parents.?

C．Teenagers do not talk much with their parents.?

D．Teenagers talk little about their own lives.?

小題4:What can be learned from the passage?

A．Parents are unhappy with their growing children.?

B．Parents have suitable ways to talk with their teenagers.?

C．Parents should be patient with their silent teenagers.?

D．Parents should try to understand their teenagers.

It will be hot—hot enough that most locals will have cleared town for cooler places. But because athletes competing at the 2004 Olympics have no choice but to stay in the hot weather, many plan to turn to science to stay cool.?
Some will put their hands in ice water just before competing and nearly all will be wearing fabrics(織物) designed with hot weather in mind.?
“Normally we warm up before exercise,”said Gordon Sleivert, director of sports science and medicine at the Canadian Sport Center in Victoria, British Columbia.“But in this case we're taking the warm out of warm up. It's like pre-cooling.”
Experts are predicting(預(yù)測) the average high this August in Athens will be 90 degrees Fahrenheit, with temperatures often reaching above 100(the average temperature in Sydney for the 2000 summer games was 64).?
Although some events, such as the marathon, will start early(1 a.m.) to avoid hot weather, other competitors will be pushing their limits during high temperatures.?       Drinking lots of water will help athletes keep cool, but humidity(濕度) remains a problem. The body's ability to cool down is weakened by damp air since sweat drips off the skin rather than evaporates(蒸發(fā)),resulting in dehydration(脫水) without the cooling.?
“Getting hot is a real problem because when our brains heats up, the brain waves are more like when you're really sleepy. Everything feels harder,” said Sleivert.
小題1: The passage mainly tells us that _______.

A．why it is very hot in Athens?

B．the hot weather is a big problem for Olympic athletes?

C．how important science is to every athlete?

D．the Olympics will be put off because of the hot weather?

小題2:The underlined sentence “other competitors will be pushing their limits during high temperatures”in the fifth paragraph means _______.?

A．Olympic athletes will put off their competition time?

B．some events in the Olympics will have to be put forward?

C．competitors can't reach their limits in the hot weather?

D．competitors will have to try their best to compete under any condition?

小題3:The following things will be likely to happen in the hot weather EXCEPT _______.

A．dehydration?

B．being sleepy?

C．that the blood in the body can become less and less?

D．that the body's ability to cool down is weakened

For some time past,it has been widely accepted that babies—and other creatures—learn to do things because certain acts lead to “rewards(報(bào)酬)”,and there is no reason to doubt that this is true. But it used also to be widely believed that effective rewards, at least in the early time, had to be directly connected to such basic physiological(生理的) “drives” as thirst or hunger. In other words, a baby would learn if he got food or drink or some sort of physical comfort, not otherwise.?
It is now clear that this is not so. Babies will learn to behave in ways that produce results in the world with no reward except success in sight.?
Papousek began his studies by using milk in the normal way to “reward” the babies and to teach them to carry out some simple movements, such as turning the head to one side or the other.Then he noticed that a baby who had  had enough to drink would refuse the milk but would still go on making the learned response(回答) with clear signs of pleasure. So he began to study the children's responses in situations where no milk was provided. He quickly found that children as young as four months would learn to turn their heads to right or left if the movement “turned on” some lights—and indeed that they were able to learn some more turns to bring about(產(chǎn)生) this result,for example,two left or two right,or even to make as many as three turns to one side.?
Papousek's light experiment was placed directly in front of the babies and he made the interesting observation that sometimes they would not turn back to watch the light closely ?although? they would “smile and speak” when the light was on.Papousek concluded that it was not the sight of the lights which pleased them.It was the success they were achieving in solving the problem,in mastering the skill,and then there is a basic human nature to make sense of the world and bring it under control.?
小題1:According to the writer,babies learn to do things which _______.?

A．will satisfy their surprise	B．will meet their physical needs?
C．a(chǎn)re directly connected to pleasure	D．will bring them a feeling of success

小題2:Papousek noticed in his studies that a baby _______.

A．would make learned responses when it saw the milk ?

B．would continue the simple movements without being given milk ?

C．would turn its head to right or left when it had enough to drink?

D．would carry out learned movements when it had enough to drink ?

小題3:In Papousek's experiment babies make learned movements of the head in order to _______.

A．be praised	B．please their parents?
C．be rewarded with milk	D．have the lights turned on ?

小題4:The babies would “smile and speak” at the lights because _______.?

A．they succeeded in “turning on” the lights?

B．the sight of lights was interesting?

C．they need not turn back to watch the lights?

D．the lights were directly connected to some basic “drives”

In a few years, you might be able to speak Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French,and English—and all at the same time. This sounds incredible, but Alex Waibel,a computer science professor at US's Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Germany's University of Karlsruhe,?announced? last week that it may soon be reality. He and his team have invented software and hardware that could make it far easier for people who speak different languages to understand each other.?
One application, called Lecture Translation, can easily translate a speech from one language into another. Current translation technologies typically limit speakers to certain topics or a limited vocabulary. Users also have to be trained how to use the programme.?
Another prototype(雛形機(jī)) can send translations of a speech to different listeners depending on what language they speak.“It is like having a simultaneous translator right next to you but without disturbing the person next to you,” Waibel said.?
Prefer to read? So-called Translation Glasses transcribe(轉(zhuǎn)錄) the translations on a tiny liquid-crystal(液晶) display(LCD) screen.?
Then there's the Muscle Translator. Electrodes capture the electrical signals from facial muscle movements made naturally when a person is mouthing words. The signals are then translated into speech. The electrodes could be replaced with wireless chips implanted in a person's face, according to researchers.?
During a demonstration held last Thursday in CMU's Pittsburgh campus, a Chinese student named Stan Jou had 11 tiny electrodes attached to the muscles of his cheeks, neck and throat. Then he mouthed—without speaking aloud—a few words in Mandarin(普通話) to the audience. A few seconds later, the phrase was displayed on a computer screen and spoken out by the computer in English and Spanish: “Let me introduce our new prototype.”?
This particular gadget(器械),when fully developed, might allow anyone to speak in any number of languages or, as Waibel put it, “to switch your mouth to a foreign language”. “The idea behind the university's prototypes is to create ‘good enough’ bridges for cross-cultural exchanges that are becoming more common in the world,” Waibel said.?
With spontaneous(自發(fā)的) translators, foreign drivers in Germany could listen to traffic warnings on the radio, tourists in China could read all the signs and talk with local people, and leaders of different countries could have secret talks without any interpreters there.?
小題1:Which of the following statements is not TRUE??

A．A lecture translation can translate what you said into other languages easily.?

B．There is no Muscle Translator in the world now.?

C．Muscle Translators can translate what you think into speech if you just move your mouth.?

D．The spontaneous translators will help us a lot.

小題2:What kind of equipment is NOT mentioned in this passage?

A．Lecture Translation.

B．Muscle Translator.?

C．Multiple Translator.

D．Translation Prototype.

小題3: What's the final destination of inventing the language translators??

A．To make cultural exchanges between different countries easier.?

B．To help students learn foreign languages more easily.?

C．To make people live in foreign countries more comfortably.?

D．To help people learn more foreign languages in the future.

小題4:Where can this passage probably excerpted from?

A．A newspaper.	B．A magazine on science.?
C．A fairy tale.	D．A scientific fantasy book.

It's interesting that the arrival of snow has effect on people in different countries. For some countries it is an important happening to celebrate each year, while for others a catastrophe(災(zāi)害) or even a wonder.?
But there are countries between these two kinds that normally expect snow some time over-the winter months, but never receive snow regularly or in the same quantities every year. Britain is one of them, for which the arrival of snow quite simply causes problems. Within hours of the first snowfalls, however light, roads are blocked; trains and buses have to stop in the middle of the way. Normal communication is affected as well: telephone calls become difficult and the post immediately takes more time than usual. And almost within hours, there are also certain shortages—bread, vegetables and other things—not because all these things can no longer be produced or sent to shops, but mainly because people are frightened and go out and store up with food and so on just for fear that something bad should happen.?
But why does snow have this effect? After all, the Swiss, the Austrians and the Canadians don't have such problems. It is simple because there is not enough planning and preparation. We need money to buy equipment to deal with snow and ice. To keep the roads clear, for example, requires snow-ploughs(掃雪機(jī)) and machines to spread salt. The reason why a country like Britain does not buy snow-ploughs is that they are used for a few days in any one year, and the money could be more useful in other things such as hospital, education, helping the old.?
小題1:According to the writer, Britain is a country _______.?

A．which has regular snow	B．which is not well prepared for snow?
C．for which snow is a catastrophe	D．for which snow is a wonder?

小題2:After a few hours' snowing there are often some shortages of food because _______.?

A．shops have closed down	B．people buy as much as they can?
C．farmers cannot produce any more	D．people eat more vegetables in winter?

小題3:The words “two kinds” in the passage mean the countries _______.?

A．which have weather as yearly happening to celebrate or as rare (少見) weather?

B．which either have heavy snow or light snow?

C．to which snow either causes problems or no problems?

D．which either have snow-ploughs or no snow-ploughs

Life on land probably began about 430 million years ago, though it has existed in the water for perhaps as much as 3,000 million years. When we think of the first thing on land, we probably think of strange animals coming out of the oceans, but in fact no animals could have been living if plants had not been on land first. Plants had to be on land before animals arrived. They supplied the first land animals with the surrounding and food necessity, since they, the plants, are the only form of life that is able to get and store energy.
　　The first plants to exist out of the water were probably certain kinds of algae（海藻）which were followed by other plants that grew close to the ground and needed water in which to reproduce. Once the move to land had been made, however, evolution（進(jìn)化）took place quickly. By the end of 100 million years, plants had developed their roots（根）,and some had got tree -like forms since height was very important in gaining sunlight. About 300 million years ago, much of the world was covered with forests of huge trees. In most ways they were like modern trees. They had roots, leaves, wood, but mostly they had not developed seeds.
　小題1:The main idea of the first paragraph is ________.

A．life on land probably began 430 years ago

B．the first animal on land came from oceans

C．there wouldn't be animals without plants

D．plants are the only form of life that is able to get and store energy

　小題2:Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．Algae has existed for more than 430 million years.

B．It is impossible that algae might be the earliest plant on land.

C．Plants get food from animals in the oceans.

D．Evolution began after animals appeared on land.

　小題3:Plants with roots appeared about ________ million years ago.

A．430

B．300

C．330

D．100

　小題4:According to the passage, ________ appeared earlier than ________.

A．a(chǎn)pples; oranges	B．oranges; apples
C．oranges; roses	D．a(chǎn)lgae; wheat

　　The purpose of a letter of application is to help you to “sell” yourself. It should state　 36　the job you want, and should tell what your abilities are and what you have　 37　 . It should be simple, human, personal and brief without　 38　 out any necessary fact.
　　In writing a letter of application, keep in　 39　 that the things a possible employer is most　
 40　 to want to know about are your qualifications（條件）, your achievements and your aims.The opening paragraph is perhaps the most important part.　41　the first few sentences fail to　 42　 the reader’s attention, the rest of the letter may not be　 43　 at all. Try to key your opening remarks to the needs or interests of the employer not　 44　 your own need or desires. For example, instead of beginning with “I saw your　 45　in today's paper. ”you might say“I have made a careful　 46　 of your advertising during the past six months” or “I have made a survey in my neighbourhood to find out how many housewives　 47　your product and why they like it.”
　　Try to　 48　 generalities. Be clear about the kind of job for which you are now　 49　. College graduates looking for their first positions often ask“ What can I　 50　 in a letter? Employers want experience, which, naturally, no　 51　 has. ”The answer is that everything you have ever done is　 52　.
　　It is important to write a good strong closing for your letter.　53　 a specific request for an interview or give the possible employer something definite to do or expect. An excellent　54　 is to enclose（內(nèi)附）a stamped, self - addressed envelope with your letter. That makes it　 55　 for a possible employer to get in touch with you.
　　36．A. clearly B. carefully C. obviously D. easily
　　37．A. found B. done C. known D. heard
　　38．A. sending B. taking C. leaving D. picking
　　39．A. brain B. sight C. order D. mind
　　40．A. probable B. possible C. likely D. able
　　41．A. While B. Although C. As D. If
　　42．A. pay B. win C. show D. fix
　　43．A. kept B. continued C. written D. read
　　44．A. to B. for C. into D. from
　　45．A. advertisement B. report
　　　　C. article  D. introduciton 
　　46．A. watch B. search C. study D. discussion
　　47．A. change B. make C. sell D. use．
　　48．A. avoid B. remember C. protect D. gain
　　49．A. losing B. applying C. preparing D. fitting
　　50．A. offer B. supply C. mean D. provide
　　51．A. worker B. beginner C. owner D. manager
　　52．A. success B. development C. practice D. experience
　　53．A. Make B. Ask C. State D. Get
　　54．A. result B. decision C. promise D. idea
　　55．A. happier B. easier C. cheaper D. safer

Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air， water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air， water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals. Therefore animals and man need plants in order to live. This is why we find that there are so many plants around us.
If you look carefully at the plants around you， you will find that there are two kinds of plants： flowering plants and non-flowering plants. Flowering plants can make seeds. The seeds are protected by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed， some have two， three or four， and some have many seeds. But a few fruits have no seeds at all. An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana fruit. Most non-flowering plants do not grow from seeds. They grow from spores（胚芽）。 Spores are very small. Some spores are so small and light that they can float in the air. We may say that spores are quite the same as seeds. When these spores are all on wet and shady places， they usually grow into new plants.
62.小題1:The main idea of the first paragraph is that ______.

A．plants are important for life	B．plants cannot grow without air
C．there are many plants in the world	D．we can not live without water

63.小題2:What can we infer（推斷） from the passage ？

A．Of all living things animals are most.	B．Spores are seeds.
C．All fruits of flowering plants have seeds.	D．Without plants，man will die out.

64.小題3:What is the meaning of the underlined word?

A．Kept.

B．Guarded.

C．Prevented.

D．Surrounded

65.小題4:This passage may be taken from______.

A．a(chǎn) medicine book	B．a(chǎn) novel
C．a(chǎn) science magazine	D．a(chǎn)n experiment report

閱讀下面短文，簡要回答問題。
Baloney is a kind of sausage that many Americans eat often. The word also has another meaning in English. It is used to describe something—usually something someone says—that is false or wrong or foolish.
Baloney sausage comes from the name of the Italian city, Bologna. The city is famous for its sausage, a mixture of smoked, spiced meat from cows and pigs. But, boloney sausage does not taste the same as beef or pork alone.
Some language experts think this different taste is responsible for the birth of the expression baloney. Baloney is an idea or statement that is nothing like the truth...in the same way that baloney sausage tastes nothing like the meat that is used to make it.
Baloney is a word often used by politicians to describe the ideas of their opponents.
The expression has been used for years. Fifty years ago, a former governor of New York State, Alfred Smith, criticized some claims by President Franklin Roosevelt about the successes of the Roosevelt administration. Smith said, “No matter how thin you slice it, it is still baloney.”
A similar word has almost the same meaning as baloney. It even sounds almost the same. The word is blarney. It began in Ireland about 1600.
The lord of Blarney castle, near Cork, agreed to surrender the castle to British troops. But he kept making excuses for postponing the surrender. And, he made them sound like very good excuses, “this is just more of the same blarney.”
The Irish castle now is famous for its Blarney stone. Kissing the stone is thought to give a person special powers of speech. One who has kissed the Blarney stone, so the story goes, can speak words of praise so smoothly and sweetly that you believe them, even when you know they are false.
73.小題1:Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word “baloney”.
                                                                  
74.小題2:According to Americans, what does baloney refer to? (回答詞數(shù)不超過8個(gè))
                                                                  
75.小題3:What do you know about the lord of Blarney castle, near Cork?  (回答詞數(shù)不超過6個(gè))
                                                                  

Before a new type airplane goes service, every part of it is tested again and again. But there are two tests that are more of into important than the others.
The first is called the “tank test”. A modern airplane must fly very high in the sky. Air must be pumped into the plane so that the passengers can breathe. The metal structure of the plane has to be very strong for this reason. When the plane is filled with air, the air presses against the skin of the plane inside. The pressure(壓力)on a small window is like a huge foot that is trying to get out. If a small part of the plane were to fail, the plane would explode in the sky. To test the structure of the plane, the plane is lowered into a huge tank or container of water. Then it is filled with air. The pressure inside the plane is greater than it ever will be when it is high up in the air. Finally, there is an explosion. This does not cause so much damage inside the water tank as it would anywhere else. Engineers can discover which part of the plane has broken. Then that part is made stronger.
The most dangerous test happens when the new plane is going through test flights in the air. The test must find out exactly what happens when the engines(發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)) are all shut off at once. The plane begins to fall like a stone. It is the pilot’s job to find out how he can get control of the plane again. These two tests are examples of how planes are made safe before they ever carry passengers.
小題1:By doing the “tank test”, the engineers can find out ____.

A．the amount of air in the plane	B．the strength of the plane structure
C．the pressure inside and outside the plane	D．the power of the airplane engines

小題2:What will happen to the plane under the “tank test”?

A．It will be broken	B．It will be made stronger.
C．It will be filled with water.	D．It will be tested by pilots.

小題3:According to the text, why are test flights most dangerous?

A．The plane may explode in the air	B．The pilot may lose control of the plane.
C．The engines may be damaged.	D．Too much air may get into the plane.

小題4:What might be the most suitable title for the text?

A．Two Important Tests on Airplane	B．The Importance of Flying Safety
C．The Danger of Testing Airplanes	D．How Airplanes Are made and Tested