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New York City schoolchildren can’t use cellphones at school because of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s ban on cellphones in schools. Many parents are opposed to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s ban on cellphones in schools by e-mail messages.
There was a 13-year-old student who was shot with a gun after school, unable to call his mother for help. There was a high school student robbed three times last year, twice in her school building. There was a girl who got a piece of glass placed in her eye during school and was saved from a possible cornea transplant (角膜移植) only because, having disobeyed the cellphone ban, she was able to call her mother and get an operation on time.
The ban has been on for years, but it set off a widespread parental outcry only in April, after some headmasters sent home letters reminding parents that cellphones are not allowed to be brought into school.
Mr Bloomberg has defended the ban, saying that cellphones are bad and often used to cheat or call in friends for fights. If something is important, he says, parents can call schools directly.
On the other hand, many of the e-mail messages from parents described the ban as “cruel and heartless”, “absurdly(荒謬地) wrong-headed”, “anti-parent”, “ridiculous”.
“We respect the fears that parents have,” David Cantor, a spokesman for Schools Minister Joel I. Klein said, “but after all the fact is that having phones in schools always leads to more problems.”

  1. 1.

    A 13-year-old student was shot with a gun after school, unable to call his mother for help, because ____

    1. A.
      his mother had no cellphone
    2. B.
      his mother wasn’t at home
    3. C.
      he didn’t take a cellphone with him
    4. D.
      he was too frightened to call
  2. 2.

    From the fifth paragraph we can see many parents _________ the ban

    1. A.
      agreed to
    2. B.
      thought highly of
    3. C.
      supported
    4. D.
      were opposed to
  3. 3.

    According to what the spokesman said, the school might _______

    1. A.
      call off the ban
    2. B.
      continue the ban
    3. C.
      thank the parents
    4. D.
      allow some students to use cellphones at school

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Sometimes you may have a strong desire to do something strange or terrible. However, chances are that you don’t act on your impulse (沖動), but let it pass instead. You know that to take the action is wrong in some way and that other people will not accept your behavior.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about the phenomenon of taboo behavior is how it can change over the years, how certain behavior and attitudes once considered taboo can become perfectly acceptable and natural at another point in time. Topics such as death, for example, were once considered so upsetting that it was a taboo to even talk about them. Now with the publication of important books such as On Death and Dying and Learning to Say Goodbye, people have become more aware of the importance of expressing feelings about death and, as a result, are more willing to talk about this taboo subject.
One of the newest taboos is the topic of fat. Unlike many other taboos, fat is a topic that people talk about constantly. It’s not taboo to talk about fat; it’s taboo to be fat. The “in” look is thin, not fat. In the work world, most companies prefer youthful-looking, slim manager to sell their image as well as their products to the public. The thin look is associated with youth, vigor, and success. The fat person, on the other hand, is thought of as lazy and lacking in energy, self-discipline and self-respect. After all, how can people permit themselves to become fat? In an image-conscious society, thin is ‘‘in”, fat is “out”.
It’ s not surprising that millions of people have become obsessed (著迷) with staying slim and “in shape”. The pursuit of a youthful physical appearance is not, however, the only reason for people’s obsession with diet and exercise. Recent research has shown the importance of diet and exercise for personal health. As in most technologically developed nations, the life-style of people has changed since last century. Modern machines do all the physical labor. Cars and buses transport us quickly from point to point. As a result of inactivity and disuse, people’s bodies can easily become weak. In an effort to avoid such a fate , millions of people are spending more of their time exercising. Parks are filled with joggers and bicyclists, and many companies are providing special exercise equipment for their employees to use during the work day

  1. 1.

    What does the word “taboo’’ refer to in the passage?

    1. A.
      A crime committed on impulse
    2. B.
      An unfavorable impression left on other people
    3. C.
      A strong desire to do something strange or terrible
    4. D.
      Behavior considered unacceptable to the society
  2. 2.

    What does the underlined phrase “in” look probably mean?

    1. A.
      The fashionable look
    2. B.
      The hidden look
    3. C.
      The usual look
    4. D.
      The inside look
  3. 3.

    According to the passage, the common belief is that______.

    1. A.
      fat people are full of energy
    2. B.
      thin people are more successful
    3. C.
      fat people prefer to have fat bosses
    4. D.
      thin people are less image-conscious
  4. 4.

    People pay more attention to diet and exercise because of______.

    1. A.
      their need to kill time
    2. B.
      their love for sports
    3. C.
      their concern for health
    4. D.
      their belief in hard work

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The south and east of the Great Lakes is famous for the huge amounts of snow it receives. When the snow starts to fall every year,　people start discussing the phrase “l(fā)ake-effect snow”.
Lake-effect snow which is influenced by the movement of cold air over the relatively warm water of the Great Lakes often comes in late autumn and early winter. Because of the at least 20 degrees’ difference between the lake water and the overrunning air, it’s easy to form huge amounts of snow.
As the cool air crosses the water of Great Lakes, the lowest levels of the atmosphere begin to warm and pick up moisture. This newly warmed atmosphere is lighter than the cold air above it, so it starts rising. As the changed air continues to climb higher and higher, it finally meets much colder atmosphere which changes the moisture into water drops and ice, forming clouds. After this course repeats a number of times, the clouds become heavier and heavier, and then they are changed into snow and fall down.
The most important point that decides the amount of snowfall is the direction of the wind. If the wind runs perpendicularly（垂直地）across the lake, there won’t be plenty of time for clouds to develop. However, if the wind runs in the opposite direction, clouds will form easily. The longer the cold air travels over the lake, the more moisture it is able to produce, which leads to a greater amount of snow.
The largest amount of the lake-effect snow was found across the U.P. of Michigan, the northwestern Pennsylvania and the far southwestern and northwestern New York, which are all along the south or east of the Great Lakes. It has been over 100 inches of snowfall in a winter season

  1. 1.

    The level of the snowfall depends on ________

    1. A.
      the size of the lake
    2. B.
      the direction of the wind
    3. C.
      the temperature of the lake
    4. D.
      the strength of the wind
  2. 2.

    From the passage, we can learn that ________

    1. A.
      clouds are easy to produce with the help of the perpendicular wind
    2. B.
      cold air always falls down and picks up moisture to form clouds
    3. C.
      the temperature of the lake water is the same as the overrunning air’s above it
    4. D.
      the longer journey of the cold atmosphere can make a grater amount of snow
  3. 3.

    The passage is mainly about ________

    1. A.
      the influences of the lake-effect snow for local people
    2. B.
      the weight between moisture and atmosphere
    3. C.
      how the phrase “l(fā)ake-effect snow” comes in New York
    4. D.
      how the lake-effect snow forms around the Great Lakes

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“Just take a deep breath.” “Don’t think about it.” “You’re more likely to die in a car wreck on the way to the airport than you are in a plane crash.” These are just some words given to people with a fear of flying. But as Tom Cruise, playing Lt. Daniel Kaffee in the movie A Few Good Men, said, “I get sick when I fly because I’m afraid of crashing into a large mountain. I don’t think Daniel will help.”
But there’s a new application that just may. Today, the VALK Foundation, a Dutch group that’s a partnership between KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and the University of Leiden, launches the app in the US. The VALK Foundation was one of the first centers for research and fear-of-flying treatment in the world and is the organizer of three world conferences on fear of flying.The foundation said the app, called Flight App VALK, is the first scientifically-developed, web-based treatment for people who suffer from mild to moderate fear of flying.
“The fear of flying application we have created aims to transfer all of the knowledge we have developed through our program into a mobile application that will help ease travelers’ fears,” said Dr. Lucas van Gerwen, director of the VALK Foundation. Dr. van Gerwen is also a psychologist and professional pilot with more than 30 years experience.
The foundation said up to 30% of adults are fearful fliers. The Flight App is designed to help relax passengers before and during flights by educating users about flight safety and turbulence. It explains the sounds and sensations they can expect during departure, flight and landing. And, if a passenger’s flight stress reaches a panic level, they press a special panic button which provides audio and written information to help decrease stress levels. Most importantly, the Flight App can be used during the flight in the airplane mode. Once downloaded, the program does not require Internet connection in the air

  1. 1.

    By saying the words at the beginning of the passage, people are expected to ______

    1. A.
      decrease their fear of flying
    2. B.
      get rid of their doubt about plane
    3. C.
      have a good time on their flight journey
    4. D.
      use some medicine to cure their fear of flying
  2. 2.

    Flight App VALK is aimed to ______

    1. A.
      help passengers experience the fear of flying
    2. B.
      help relax passengers before and during flights
    3. C.
      treat people who suffer from mild fear of flying
    4. D.
      teach people the basic knowledge of taking flight
  3. 3.

    According to the passage, the VALK Foundation ______

    1. A.
      is a group focusing on psychology on the flight
    2. B.
      was the first center to do research into fear of flying
    3. C.
      organize the world conferences on fear of flying annually
    4. D.
      focuses on researching and offering treatment on fear of flying
  4. 4.

    What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?

    1. A.
      Many adults are suffering from fear of flying
    2. B.
      It’s convenient for people to use the Flight App
    3. C.
      Many planes will be installed with the Flight App
    4. D.
      The Flight App can decrease stress levels effectively
  5. 5.

    In which column of a newspaper can we read this passage?

    1. A.
      Culture
    2. B.
      Entertainment
    3. C.
      Technology
    4. D.
      Education

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Eleven top universities are joining the Open University to launch free Internet courses. King’s College London, along with the Universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Anglia, Exeter, Lancaster, Leeds, Southampton, St Andrews and Warwick, has partnered with FutureLearn, a company set up by the Open University that will offer free and non-credit bearing courses to Internet-users around the world.
The courses are modeled on the US phenomenon “Massive open online courses” ( Moocs ), which have attracted millions of users around the world and are especially popular in emerging economies.
FutureLearn will improve UK institutions for international students, said Prof Martin Bean, voice-chancellor of the Open University. “At the moment, foreign students’ perception of UK Universities is: wonderful history, great tradition, really good teaching, but a bit boring.”
Leeds University says the partnership will benefit students studying on campus. “Students will have access to a rich set of resources from both Leeds and our partners. They can also broaden their education beyond their main subject areas.”
The UK higher education industry stands among the top five export earners for Britain Moocs have grown rapidly in the US over the past year, with two providers leading the field. Coursera offers courses from 33 Universities, including Princeton, Brown, Columbia and Duke, and has reached more than 1.7 million users, EdX, a nonprofit start-up from Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology courses this autumn.
Simon Nelson, one of the key architects of BBC Online, will head FutureLearn as launch CEO. “It’s really meaningful for these universities to come together –we’ll punch much harder collectively than any other university will individually,” he said.
Partner Institutions will be responsible for their own content while the OU, which has been providing distance-learning courses since 1971, will assist with course delivery and infrastructure. Details of further universities will be revealed next year, as will the courses on offer

  1. 1.

    What does the underlined word “perception” in paragrah3 mean?

    1. A.
      expectation
    2. B.
      view
    3. C.
      dream
    4. D.
      proposal
  2. 2.

    We can learn from the passage that              

    1. A.
      Coursera, one of the two providers, leads the online courses in the US
    2. B.
      Economics is the most popular subject among these online courses
    3. C.
      FutureLearn is only set up for the Internet-users
    4. D.
      About 1,7million users are taking the free courses launched by UK
  3. 3.

    What is implied in Simon’s words?

    1. A.
      It’s really meaningful for these universities to cooperate
    2. B.
      Single university can’t do the work very well
    3. C.
      These universities will compete with each other
    4. D.
      Joint efforts by these top universities will help the program go more smoothly
  4. 4.

    All of the following statements are true except             

    1. A.
      Internet-users don’t need to get credit for the courses
    2. B.
      UK may top the list of online education one day
    3. C.
      The UK higher education industry stands among the top five export earners for England
    4. D.
      Some foreign students may think UK universities are not so satisfying
  5. 5.

    In which magazine would you most likely find this passage?

    1. A.
      Entertainment
    2. B.
      Science
    3. C.
      Education
    4. D.
      Business Week

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As a boy，Tim was much influenced by books about the sea, but in fact by the age of fifteen he had decided to become a doctor rather than a sailor. His father was a dentist and as a result Tim had the opportunity of meeting many doctors either at home or elsewhere. When he was fourteen he was already hanging around the clinic of a local doctor where he was supposed to be helping to wrap up medicine bottles，but was actually trying to listen to the conversations taking place between the doctor and his patients in the next room.
During the war Tim served in the Navy as a surgeon（外科醫(yī)生）.“That was the happiest time of my life. I was dealing with very real suffering and on the whole making a success of it .”In California he taught the country people simple facts about medicine. He saw himself as a life-saver. He had proved his skills to himself and his ability to take decisions. Thus，while he was able to tell them what to do, he could feel he was serving them. After the war, he got married and chose to be a doctor in the countryside，working under an old doctor who was popular in the area，but who hated the sight of blood and believed that the secret of medicine was faith. This gave the younger man many opportunities to go on working as a life –saver

  1. 1.

    Tim decided to become a doctor at fifteen mainly because

    1. A.
      hisfather wanted him to be so
    2. B.
      his father was a surgeon himself
    3. C.
      e had read many books about medicine
    4. D.
      e had chances to meet many doctors through his father
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is true according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Tim got married to the old doctor’s daughter
    2. B.
      Tim continued working as a surgeon after the war
    3. C.
      Before the war，Tim worked as a doctor at a local clinic．
    4. D.
      While working in California，Tim taught life-saving to the patients
  3. 3.

    From the passage we can infer that Tim

    1. A.
      was sent to Europe during the war
    2. B.
      worked as a surgeon during the war
    3. C.
      was satisfied with his career as a surgeon
    4. D.
      decided to give up medicine for faith
  4. 4.

    The passage is mainly about

    1. A.
      Tim’s life story
    2. B.
      Tim’s dream
    3. C.
      Tim’s marriage
    4. D.
      Tim’ s patients

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WASHINGTON—More than one in 10 of the nation’s airline pilots are cleared to carry a handgun while flying, and the number will continue to grow, according to a Transportation Security Administration projection.
The Federal Air Marshal Service, a TSA agency that runs the armed-pilots program, reports that 85,000 to 90,000 pilots and crewmembers flying domestic passengers and cargo planes are eligible(符合條件的) to carry a gun. That puts the number of armed pilots at about 9,500.
The TSA projects the program to grow to 16.5% of eligible pilots by the year 2011. Aviation experts were surprised and alarmed that so many pilots are toting guns in the sky.
“That’s a big number compared to what I thought it would be,” said aviation-security consultant Rich Roth, who said he had predicted there would be fewer than 1,000 armed pilots. The 5-year-old program trains pilots for one week and arms them with 40-caliber semiautomatic pistols.
“That’s a scary number,” said Joseph Gutheinz, a former Transportation Department special agent and aviation attorney in Houston. “By allowing so many pilots the opportunity to fly armed, we’re giving terrorists opportunity to identify somebody who has a gun and overpower him.”
Capt. Bob Hesselbein, head of security for the Air Line Pilots Association, said the number of armed pilots is “a tremendous deterrent(威懾)” to hijackings. “The challenge of an organized terrorist team is to take control of the cabin, then the flight deck.”
Armed pilots have come under scrutiny(審查) since March 22 when the gun of a US Airways pilot fired in the cockpit(駕駛座) of Flight 1536 as it approached Charlotte from Denver. No one was hurt, and the plane landed safely after the bullet pierced(穿透) the fuselage

  1. 1.

    The best title for this passage is “_____”

    1. A.
      More than 10% of pilots allowed to fly armed
    2. B.
      Less than 10% of pilots allowed to fly armed
    3. C.
      More than 16.5% of pilots allowed to fly armed
    4. D.
      No chances for terrorists to hurt pilots
  2. 2.

    From this passage we can infer that about 9,500 pilots in the USA are allowed to carry _____ while flying

    1. A.
      shotguns
    2. B.
      40-caliber automatic pistols
    3. C.
      handguns
    4. D.
      all the above
  3. 3.

    Joseph Gutheinz’s attitude towards pilots’ carrying guns while flying is _____

    1. A.
      positive
    2. B.
      negative
    3. C.
      angry
    4. D.
      surprised
  4. 4.

    Why did the US Airways pilot fire his gun in the cockpit of Flight 1536 as it approached Charlotte from Denver?

    1. A.
      To kill the terrorists who tried to hijack the plane
    2. B.
      To escape from the hijackings
    3. C.
      To tell the hijackers that he had a gun
    4. D.
      The passage doesn’t give the reason

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There is a small village named Bugu in the mountains of Shanglin County, Guangxi. The place is so small that it can’t be found in the map of the county of Shanglin. However, the place has strongly interested experts(專家) both at home and abroad.
There are altogether 81 families in the village with more than 540 people. Among them as many as 156 villagers have a university education. Take this year’s college entrance examination for example. Six out of nine students from the village who took the examination were taken into universities.
Going to school has been a great thing for the whole village. To encourage children to study hard and become useful people, the village has set up a special group made up of four old villagers. Every day, the four villagers go round the village. If they find any child who is not going to school, the child’s parents will be punished（懲罰）.
When university students come back to the village for the Spring Festival,the old villagers of the special group always ask them to make up test papers and let the children take the special “Village Test”. Those who are taken into university can receive money from the village’s education fund. The whole village also helps the poor families send their children to school

  1. 1.

    The main idea of the news story is ______.

    1. A.
      how Bugu villagers get education
    2. B.
      how Bugu villagers pay attention to education
    3. C.
      how many students go to university in Bugu village
    4. D.
      how Bugu villagers encourage children to study hard
  2. 2.

    The four old villagers’ job is______.

    1. A.
      to collect the children together in the village
    2. B.
      to go around the village to keep it safe
    3. C.
      to take care of children’s education
    4. D.
      to solve family problems in the village
  3. 3.

    If a child who is not going to school is found by the four villagers,______.

    1. A.
      his parents are punished
    2. B.
      the child is punished
    3. C.
      the four old villagers are punished
    4. D.
      the child’s whole family members are punished
  4. 4.

    We can infer from the last paragraph that______.

    1. A.
      The villagers respect those with knowledge
    2. B.
      The villagers are rich enough in this village
    3. C.
      All the children prefer to go to university
    4. D.
      Poor families are supported by the other villagers

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Most people want to know how things are made. They honestly admit, however, that they hardly know a thing when it comes to understanding how a piece of music is made. Where a composer begins, how he manages to keep going – in fact, how and when he learns his trade – all are covered in complete darkness. The composer, in short, is a man of mystery .
One of the first things the common man wants to know about is the part inspiration plays in a composer’s work. He finds it difficult to believe that composers are not much interested in that question. Writing music is as natural for the composer as eating or sleeping for all. Music is something that the composer happens to have been born for.
The composer, therefore, does not say to himself: “Do I feel inspired?” He says to himself: “Do I feel like working today?” And if he feels like working, he does. It is more or less like saying to himself: “Do I feel sleepy?” If you feel sleepy, you go to sleep. If you don’t feel sleepy, you stay up. If the composer doesn’t feel like working, he doesn’t work. It’s as simple as that

  1. 1.

    What would be the best title for the text?

    1. A.
      Composer: a man of mystery
    2. B.
      Practice makes good music
    3. C.
      Relation between sleeping and music
    4. D.
      Music: product of nature
  2. 2.

    Most people seem to think that a composer ______.

    1. A.
      finds it difficult to write music
    2. B.
      considers it important to have a good rest
    3. C.
      should like to talk about inspiration
    4. D.
      never asks himself very simple questions
  3. 3.

    The author will most probably agree that composers ______.

    1. A.
      are born with a gift for music
    2. B.
      are people full of mystery
    3. C.
      work late at night for their music
    4. D.
      know a lot about eating and sleeping

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There was simply too much news and too much information freely available on the net．But was it accurate? Whose opinion should we trust? A survey found that 60% of UK adults think it is worth paying for a "good newspaper", and most of those said they believed more of what they read in the paid-for newspapers．
Here was something newspapers understood—here was what they could offer: news plus comment and opinion．
And the Internet now offered opportunities．A newspaper was just that: news printed on paper．But the Internet now offered newspapers different places to print, and in different media．
This may explain why the readership of newspapers online in the UK is very different from people who read printed newspapers．
The most popular newspaper in the UK is The Sun and is also the most popular newspaper in the world．The "mid—market" audience mainly reads The Daily Mail．Of the "quality" newspapers, the most popular is the Daily Telegraph．
Online, it’s a different story．The most popular site is The Mail, which has 2．3 million "browsers" every day．And the next most popular site is The Guardian

  1. 1.

    ’Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Printed newspapers are disappearing．
    2. B.
      The most popular newspapers has the most popular newspaper website as well．
    3. C.
      People from other countries also enjoy reading British newspapers．
    4. D.
      The free news on the Internet makes people unwilling to buy newspapers．
  2. 2.

    What conclusion can we draw from the passage?

    1. A.
      People no longer believe what the Internet tells them．
    2. B.
      Printed newspapers are out of date．
    3. C.
      Different readers may have their various reading taste．
    4. D.
      Printed newspapers can not deal with the challenge from the Internet．
  3. 3.

    What is the main idea of the passage?

    1. A.
      The UK has the most popular printed newspapers in the world．
    2. B.
      The condition of British newspapers in the information age．
    3. C.
      Printed newspapers face a sever challenge．
    4. D.
      The latest developments in online news sites．
  4. 4.

    From the survey we can see that the British are generally_____ to the news on the Net．

    1. A.
      traditional
    2. B.
      conservative
    3. C.
      cautious
    4. D.
      carefree

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