My bookshelves are full of dust — and with good reason. When it comes to cleaning that part of my home, I suffer from the most serious case of avoidance (回避反應(yīng)癥).
The thing is this: when I do set out to clean and re-organize my books, which seldom happens, I place myself into a really bad situation. No sooner do I take a title from the shelf, blow off the dust, and wipe down the cover than I find myself sitting on the floor with legs crossed and my back against the wall. Pretty soon books get piled up on my legs as I am reunited with old friends.
It is as if these books have voices, and each wants to say its piece. “Remember me? I was given to you when you went into the Navy, so that you would never lack for companionship,” one whispers. Another says, “I was your first book of poems, given to you before you learned to love poetry.” And a third, “I was the book that made history so attractive to you.”
Perhaps the greatest pleasure of re-organizing my books are the surprises — or better said, reunions — that occur. During my latest book-cleaning adventure, I found one that had fallen behind the shelf: “Tales of Edgar Allan Poe.” Not an unusual title, but the words written on the first page made it very special: “With Love from Mom and Dad, Christmas 1965.” What’s this? A book on the physics of lasers（激光）. It is filled with mathematical statements, and I had bought it at a library sale when I was 12, not long after the laser had been invented. I couldn’t understand a bit of it, but I did learn what “l(fā)aser” meant.
What I end up with when I empty my bookshelves is a cross-section (橫剖面) of my personal history. It’s like a road cut where one sees all the layers of rock going back through time to the beginning of the simplest life forms. The books I’ve read — and kept — are not just old friends. They are my résumé.
50. What could be said about the author?
A. He is too busy to tidy up his bookshelves.
B. He considers his books treasured possessions.
C. He has made a lot of notes in his books.
D. He is a lover of science books.
51. By saying that his books have voices, the author means ________ .
A. they bring back happy memories
B. they are recorded in human voice
C. they say a lot about human history
D. they offer good topics for discussion
52. What does the author enjoy most from re-organizing his books?
A. Finding some missing books.
B. Putting books in good order.
C. Learning something new from the books.
D. Rediscovering interesting stories behind some books.
53. The underlined word “résumé” in the last paragraph probably means ______.
A. personal history         B. precious notes
C. good companion        D. simple life forms

My father often works very harD．And he has   1 to see a film. Here I’ll tell you   2  about him.
　　One afternoon, when he finished his work and   3  go home, he found a film ticket under the   4 on his desk. He thought he   5  to have not much work to do that day and   6  was quite wonderful to pass the   7  at the cinemA．So he came back home and   8  finished his supper. Then he said   9  to us and left.
　　But to our   10  , he came back about half an hour later, I   11  him what was the matter. He smiled and told us about  12  funny thing that had happened at the cinema.
　　When my father was sitting in his seat, a   13  came to my father’s and said that the seat was   14  . Ｍy father was surpriseD．He took out the ticket   15  looked at it carefully. It was Row17,  16 . And then he looked at the seat. It was the same. So he asked her    17   her ticket. She took out the ticket at once and the seat shown in it was Row 17, Seat 3.
　　 18   ? What’s the matter with all this? While they were wondering suddenly the woman said, “The   19   of the tickets are different.” So they looked at the ticket more carefully. After a while, my father said, “Oh,   20  , I made a mistake. My ticket is for the film a month ago. Take this seat, please.” With these words, he left the cinema.
1． A．little money         B．much money      C．little time             D．much time
2． A．a(chǎn) funny story        B．a(chǎn) good story       C．a(chǎn)n old story          D．a(chǎn) strange story
3． A．was to                 B．was about to       C．had to                  D．ought
4． A．box                     B．book                 C．glass                    D．paper
5． A．happened             B．liked                 C．pretended              D．wanted
6． A．it                         B．this                   C．that                      D．which
7． A．morning              B．a(chǎn)fternoon           C．day                      D．evening
8． A．early                   B．quietly               C．quickly                 D．suddenly
9． A．hello                   B．good-bye           C．good evening        D．good night
10．A．disappointment    B．joy                    C．sorrow                  D．surprise
11．A．a(chǎn)sked                  B．explained           C．told                      D．wanted
12．A．a(chǎn)                        B．one                   C．some                   D．the
13．A．man                   B．woman              C．doctor                  D．nurse
14．A．hers                    B．his                    C．taken                   D．wrong
15．A．a(chǎn)nd                    B．but                    C．or                        D．so
16．A．Seat1                  B．Seat2                 C．Seat3                   D．Seat4
17．A．it bring               B．to get                C．to see                   D．to show
18．A．Why                   B．How                  C．When                  D．where
19．A．designs               B．colors                C．prices                   D．owners
20．A．I’m sad               B．I’m sorry           C．I’m wrong           D．I’m worried

The world always makes way for the dreamer.
When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Zigler. I remember sitting in that dark hall listening to Mr. Zigler  1  everyone’s spirits up to the ceiling, I  2  there feeling like I could do anything. When we got to the car, I turned to my father and said, “Dad, I want to          3   people feel like that.” My father asked me  4  I meant. “I want to be a motivational （激勵(lì)人的）speaker just like Mr. Zigler,”  I replieD．A  5  was born.
Recently, I began seeking my dream of motivating others.  6  a four-year relationship with Fortune 100 Company  7  as a sales-trainer and ending as a regional sales manager, I left the company at the height of my  8 . Many people were  9  that I would leave after earning a six-figure income. And they asked  10  I would risk everything for a dream.
I made my  11  to start my own company and leave my secure（無憂慮的）position after
 12  a regional sales meeting. The vice-president of our company delivered a  13  that changed my life. He asked us, “If a god would offer you three wishes, what would they be?” After giving us a  14  to write down the three wishes, he then asked us, “Why do you need a  15 ?” I would never forget the power I felt at that moment. I realized that  16  I had accomplished in the past had prepared me for this moment. I was ready and didn’t need a god’s help to become a motivational speaker. A motivational speaker was  17 .
Having made that decision, I was immediately  18 . One week after I gave notice, my husband was laid off from his job, and now we had no  19 . But I held fast to my dream. The wonder really began to happen. In a short time my husband found a better joB．And I was able to book several   20  engagements with new customers. I discovered the incredible power of dreams.
1．A．rise                      B．blow                  C．put                      D．raise
2．A．left                       B．came                  C．a(chǎn)rrived                 D．slipped
3．A．get                       B．hope                  C．make                   D．cheer
4．A．that                      B．what                  C．which                  D．if
5．A．dream                   B．idea                   C．girl                      D．speaker
6．A．After                    B．Before               C．Because                D．While
7．A．beginning             B．working             C．a(chǎn)cting                  D．regarding
8．A．life                       B．love                   C．income                 D．career
9．A．disappointed          B．moved               C．surprised              D．delighted
10．A．when                  B．why                   C．if                         D．how
11．A．plan                    B．promise              C．decision               D．mind
12．A．a(chǎn)ttending             B．joining               C．entering               D．holding
13．A．newspaper           B．book                  C．report                  D．speech
14．A．day                     B．second               C．week                    D．moment
15．A．help                    B．job                    C．god                      D．company
16．A．everything           B．a(chǎn)nything             C．nothing                D．something
17．A．a(chǎn)live                   B．dead                  C．missing                D．born
18．A．examined            B．searched             C．checked                D．tested
19．A．help                    B．harm                  C．income                 D．money
20．A．selling                B．speaking             C．writing                 D．listening

A youth lay in a bath of tomato juice during the “Tomatina” Tomato Fight in the town of Bunol, near Valencia, eastern Spain.
Tens of thousands of people took off their shorts and threw tons of juicy tomatoes at each other in the Tomatina food fight, creating knee-deep rivers of tomato sauce (醬) on the streets of this Spanish town.
Five trucks carried 130 tons of the fruit for the hour-long fight which attracted foreign tourists. Among them are British, French, Argentineans and Japanese, as well as locals.
On the bell of noon the signal was given and for the next 60 minutes participants (參加人) hurled tomatoes at each other until a gunshot signalled the end of the festival.
The clean-up followed, with fighters washing the signs of battle away in the local river or under hundreds of temporary (臨時(shí)的) showers. While the front of buildings were watered, they seemed brighter than ever after their bath.
The Tomatina, held on the last Wednesday in August, is said to be the world’s largest tomato fight. In the past people have been hurt during the tomato fight but no one was killed or injured this year.
The origin (起源) of the festival is unknown, but everyone in Bunol seems to have a favorite story. However, most agree it started around 1940.
小題1:The passage shows that the tomato fight this year is __________.

A．frightening	B．boring
C．popular	D．harmful

小題2:The underlined word “hurled” means “__________”.

A．presented (贈(zèng)送)	B．threw
C．gave	D．picked

小題3:According to the passage, we can learn that __________.

A．participants can have a good rest after the fight ends

B．the festival came from a favorite story

C．only adults are permitted to attend the festival

D．no one was hurt in this year’s tomato fight

小題4:What is the best title for the passage?

A．A Youth Lay in a Bath of Tomato Juice

B．Tomato-hurling Festival in Spain

C．The History of “Tomatina” Tomato Fight

D．Festivals in Spain

I don’t like my parents. They always tell me I should do this, and should not do that. It sometimes makes me angry,” said Liu Dan, a middle school student in Beijing. Do you have the same problem? Perhaps your parents had the same problem when they were your age long ago. Why does it seem that some parents are not so friendly in their children’s eyes?
One of the biggest things is when someone becomes a parent, he or she likes worrying things. They worry about everything about you from the time you were born. They do a lot for you, though something would make you angry, because they care about you and worry about you. They worry about your choice of friends, the food you eat, your work at school, how much sleep you get, etc. All these things are part of your life. They want you to grow up healthily and happily.
So how can you make things easier on yourself? It’s easier than you think. Just make sure your parents know what you’re doing. Get them to know your friends. Call them if you stay somewhere else later than usual. Say sorry to them when you make mistakes. Take responsibility for what you have done. Talk about your ideas with them. They may talk about theirs with you.
Most of all, try to think about why your parents do this or do that. They are still practicing being parents and need help you can give them. Someday, when you become a parent, they may be able to help you how to get on with your children.
小題1:The writer of the passage doesn’t agree that _______.

A．parents want you to grow up healthily

B．parents don’t want you to make some bad friends

C．parents worry about everything about you

D．parents want to control you

小題2:Some of the children are angry with their parents in the passage because ________.

A．the parents think they eat too much

B．the parents don’t like the friends that their children have made

C．the children don’t live with their parents

D．the children are limited by their parents

小題3:“They are still practicing being parents.” means _______.

A．parents are not always right	B．parents should practice more
C．parents have many mistakes	D．parents are always right

小題4:The main idea in this passage is that _______.

A．some of the parents in China don’t love their children

B．children and parents should understand more about each other

C．parents should worry too much about their children

D．children should bear everything their parents arranged

Think back to this time last year. What was on your mind?
Most likely, you were thinking about finals or the holidays, although in this city I’ve noticed that thinking about the holiday is a fancy way of saying how much stuff will I get.
Now reflect on your thoughts for this holiday season. Most people are still thinking about the holidays, but I say that with a grain of salt. Everybody with a functioning brain and the ability to communicate knows that this holioday season comes with a pretty large price tag: the debt of all the hardships, both domestic and foreign, that we’ve faced over the past 12months.
Let’s face it: some of us will get everything we want over the holidays. But there are others whose parents have lost their jobs or who have lost jobs themselves because of the current economic situation. As much as we try to ignore it, there is still economic unrest in the blue and gold suburb.
In this situation, we have three options. One: We ignore the situation, like we seem to do for every bad thing that happens around us, because by God, it’s the American Way! Two: We recognize that our economy is shot, feel bad about it and spend our time wishing for the good old days. Three: We recognize that our economy is shot, but instead of moping, reflect on every good thing that we have going for us. Now, which option sounds best to you?
I spent a week this summer working in and around New York City with the city’s homeless population. Or so I thought. Although a lot of the people I served were in fact homeless, a significant number of them had a job or a home or both. The truth of the importance of this situation is that they and thousands of others across the country can’t afford even the most basic things of life, even while working two jobs. Yet no one that I met complained about their hardships. Instead, they took whatever I happened to give them(which was, more often than enough, not enough) and were genuinely grateful for what they had.
Wrap your heads around that statement for a second. These people worked their butts off to stay alive with minimal results, yet were overjoyed by a flimsy(脆弱的) paper plate with donated green beans on it. Although I am ashamed to admit it( both as a girthy figure and an affluent citizen), I have taken for granted most of my meals, let alone green beans, and I know for a fact that I am not alone.
64. 小題1:According to the passage when people think about holidays they care much for ____.

A．where to spend their holidays	B．how to spend their holidays
C．what they can get for their holidays	D．who they should go to visit

65. 小題2:When the author wrote the article, the economic situation in his country ____.

A．began to go bad.

B．began to improve

C．was still serious

D．was favorable for middle class.

66. 小題3:The author wrote the article mainly to advise people____.

A．to be thankful in time of hardship.	B．to spend their holidays in a wise way
C．to think little about their holidays	D．to help the country to sail through the crisis

67. 小題4:It can be inferred from the passage that the writer is most probably ______.

A．a(chǎn) homeless child

B．a(chǎn)n old professor

C．a(chǎn) famous scientist

D．a(chǎn) young student

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
Imagine that Mum and Dad have friends over, and you have to talk to adults all evening．Say the wrong thing and the parents might  36 ．But say nothing, and they'll think you weren't   37 ．So how can you  38 with adults?
It's easy．  39 ask them questions about  40 " Many of them like to talk about what they do for a  41 ," suggests psychologist．
Kids can also talk to grown-ups about  42 ．Ask what the last good movie they saw was, because people at dinner parties "light up" when the conversation  43 movies．If a grown-up is   44 Harry Potter, it's OK to talk about your  45 for Harry．It's a safe ,  46 , one that both grown-ups and kids can enjoy．So go  47 and talk about whether Dumbledore is really dead．
But  48 from topic of video games．"Adults don't want to hear about your  49 ,
  50 they play it," Ursiny explains．
Adults also don't want to hear slang （俚語）．Don't use   51  they don't understand．Ursiny says kids should learn to speak to other people in  52 own language．
While most adults aren't into slang, they do remember what it was like to be a kid．Ursiny recommends asking adults what 53 was like when they were your age．"It might be a fun  54 , if you compare your l0th-grade experience with theirs．"
Make sure you chat with your parents 55 to find out which topics are off-limits．
36．A．be satisfied                 B．get mad        C．disagree   D．a(chǎn)gree
37．A．friendly   B．right          C．good boys      D．helpful
38．A．deal with B．do with        C．talk           D．go on
39．A．So         B．Only           C．Just           D．But
40．A．you        B．yourselves     C．life           D．themselves
41．A．talk       B．job            C．fun            D．living
42．A．books      B．movies         C．TV plays       D．sports
43．A．turns to   B．goes on        C．moves on       D．keeps to
44．A．into       B．like           C．for            D．a(chǎn)gainst
45．A．idea       B．love           C．suggestion     D．hate
46．A．topic      B．dinner         C．love           D．talk
47．A．back       B．here           C．there          D．a(chǎn)head網(wǎng)48．A．stay away  B．go ahead     C．change         D．turn
49．A．video      B．video game     C．play           D．talk
50．A．if         B．when           C．though         D．unless
51．A．video      B．game           C．language       D．movie
52．A．his        B．their          C．your           D．our
53．A．school     B．family         C．discussion     D．children
54．A．story      B．experience     C．discussion     D．grown-up

Having a husband means an extra seven hours of housework each week for women, according to a new study. For men, getting married saves an hour of housework a week. “It’s a well-known pattern,” said lead researcher Frank Stafford at University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. “Men usually work more outside the home, while women take on more of the housework.”
He points out that differences among households (家庭) exist. But in general, marriage means more housework for women and less for men. “And the situation gets worse for women when they have children.” Stafford said.
Overall, times are changing in the American home. In 1976, women busied themselves with 26 weekly hours of sweeping-and-dusting work, compared with 17 hours in 2005. Men are taking on more housework, more than doubling their housework hours from six in 1976 to 13 in 2005.
Single women in their 20s and 30s did the least housework, about 12 weekly hours, while married women in their 60s and 70s did the most – about 21 hours a week.
Men showed a somewhat different pattern, with older men picking up the broom more often than younger men. Single men worked the hardest around the house, more than that of all other age groups of married men.
Having children increases housework even further. With more than three, for example, wives took on more of the extra work, clocking about 28 hours a week compared with husbands’10 hours.
小題1:According to the “well-known pattern” in Paragraph 1, a married man ________.

A．takes on heavier work	B．does more housework
C．is the main breadwinner	D．is the master of the house

小題2:How many hours of housework did men do every week in the 1970s?

A．About 28	B．About 26
C．About 13	D．About 6

小題3:What kind of man is doing most housework according to the text?

A．An unmarried man.	B．An older married man.
C．A younger married man.	D．A married man with children.

小題4:What can we conclude from Stafford’s research?

A．Marriage gives men more freedom.

B．Marriage has effects on job choices.

C．Housework sharing changes over time.

D．Having children means doubled housework.

Some say everyday miracles(奇跡) are predestined(注定的)----the right time for the appointed meeting. And it can happen anywhere.
In 2001, 11-year-old Kevin Stephan was a bat boy for his younger brother's Little League team in Lancaster, New York. It was an early evening in late July. Kevin was standing on the grass away from the plate, where another youngster was warming up for the next game. Swinging his bat back and forth, giving it all the power an elementary school kid could give. The boy brought the bat back hard and hit Kevin in the chest. His heart stopped.
When Kevin fell to the ground, the mother of one of the players rushed out of the stands to his aid. Penny Brown hadn't planned to be there that day, but at the last minute, her shift(換班)at the hospital had been changed to see her son’s performance. She was given the night off. Penny bent over the senseless boy, his face already starting to turn blue, and giving CPR, breathing into his mouth and giving chest compressions. And he revived in the end.
After his recovery, he became a volunteer junior firefighter, learning some of the emergency first-aid techniques that had saved his life. He studied hard in school and was saving money for college by working as a dishwasher in a local restaurant in his spare time.
Kevin, now 18, was working in the kitchen when he heard people screaming, customers in confusion, employees rushing toward a table. He hurried into the main room and saw a woman there, her face turning blue, her hands at her throat. She was choking.
Quickly Kevin stepped behind her, wrapped his arms around her and clasped his hands. Then, using skills he'd first learned in Scouts. The food that was trapped in the woman's throat was freed. The color began to return to her face.
"The food was stuck. I couldn't breathe," she said. She thought she was dying. "I was very frightened."
Who was the woman?
Penny Brown.
小題1:The author wrote the passage to show us that_______.

A．miracles are predestined and they can happen anywhere

B．whoever helps you in trouble will get a reward one day

C．God will help those who give others a helping hand

D．miracles won’t come without any difficulty sometimes

小題2:Which of the following statements is True of Kevin Stephan?

A．He was hit on the face by a boy and almost lost his life

B．He was a volunteer junior firefighter, teaching the players first-aid skills

C．He worked part-time in a local restaurant to save money for college

D．He saved Penny Brown though he didn’t really know how to deal with food choke

小題3:Why did Penny Brown change her shift and was given the night off that night?

A．She was invited to give the players directions

B．She volunteered to give medical services

C．She was a little worried about his son’s safety

D．She came to watch her son’s game and cheered him

小題4:When Kevin knew the woman was Penny Brown, probably he first felt _____.

A．happy

B．surprised

C．sad

D．worried

When students and parents are asked to rate subjects according to their importance, the arts are unavoidably at the bottom of the list. Music is nice, people seem to say, but not important. Too often it is viewed as mere entertainment, but certainly not an education priority（優(yōu)先）. This view is shortsighted. In fact, music education is beneficial and important for all students.
Music tells us who we are. Because music is an expression of the beings who create it, it reflects their thinking and values, as well ad the social environment it came influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their music is obviously American because it came from  American musical traditions. Music expresses our character and values. It gives us identity as a society.
Music provides a kind of perception（感知）that cannot be acquired any other way. Science can explain how the sun rises and sets. The arts explore the emotive（情感的）meaning of the same phenomenon. We need every possible way to discover and respond to our world for one simple but powerful reason: No one way can get it all.
The arts are forms of thought as powerful in what they communicate as mathematical and scientific symbols. They are ways we human beings “talk” to each other. They are the language of civilization through which we express our fears, our curiosities, our hungers, our discoveries, our hopes. The arts are ways we give form to our ideas and imagination so that they can be shared with others. When we do not give children access to an important way of expressing themselves such as music, we take away from them the meanings that music expresses.
Science and technology do not tell us what it means to be human. The arts do. Music is an important way we express human suffering, celebration, the meaning and value of peace and love.
So music education is far more necessary than people seem to realize.
小題1:According to Paragraph 1, students

A．regard music as a way of entertainment

B．disagree with their parents on education

C．view music as an overlooked subject

D．prefer the arts to science

小題2:In Paragraph 2, the author uses jazz an example to

A．compare it with rock music

B．show music identifies a society

C．introduce American musical traditions

D．prove music influences people’s lifestyles

小題3:According to the passage, the arts and science      .
A. approach the world from different angles
B. explore different phenomena of the world
C express people’s feelings in different ways
D. explain what it means to be human differently
小題4:What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Music education deserves more attention.

B．Music should be of top education priority.

C．Music is an effective communication tool.

D．Music education makes students more imaginative.