Cell phones with cameras are really a popular way to capture a moment in time, but some "clever"
students found another use-capturing tests as a way to cheat.
     The Magnolia Independent School District in Montgomery County has added camera phones to a
list of electronic devices (器具) students are banned from having at school.
     School officials said the move was made as a preventative measure to stop potential (潛在的) test
cheaters, since students could use the phones to snap pictures of test questions. Another concern was
that students might take inappropriate (不合適的) pictures of classmates to later share or post on a
website. Cell phones without cameras are allowed on campus, but must be turned off. Camera cell
phones will be taken away from students if found on campus, and disciplinary action will be taken,
officials said.
     Some students were unhappy to hear about the ban. "I'd be lost without my phone," said Kendall
Paul, a Magnolia High School student. "All my numbers are in it. I've never used it to cheat and I don't
know anyone who has at our school, so I think it's kind of stupid. " But other students said they saw it
all the time at their school.
     "You would take a picture of the test and then send it to the next person taking the test," said Melissa
Sparks, a student.
     "They would send the question and the answer, or just the number of the question and the answer. It's
quicker that way," another student said.
     Parents often provide their children with cell phones for use in emergencies(緊急情況)and to keep in
better touch with them. "My Mom wants me to have my phone with me all the time for emergency purpose. So, it goes with me wherever I go," Paul said.

1. Which of the following can probably replace the words "banned from having" in the second paragraph?

A. Forbidden to have.    
B. Allowed to have.    
C. Ordered to have.      
D. Kept having.

2. According to this passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Cell phones can't be taken into the school.
B. Students' parents are in favor of the ban.
C. Students have different opinions about the ban.
D. Students can use cell phones without camera freely at school.

3. What does the writer think of the ban?

A. The writer thinks every coin has two sides.    
B. The writer thinks that the ban is right.
C. The writer thinks schools shouldn't invade (侵犯) students' rights.  
D. The writer's opinion is not mentioned in the passage.  

4. The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 4 refers to the fact that _________.

A. some students cheat in exams    
B. some students get lost without their camera cell phones
C. the School District's ban is stupid        
D. some students cheat in exams with camera cell phones

     Recently educators have been questioning "prep school" (=preparatory school) (預(yù)科)
where barely literate (受過教育的) high school athletes get their transcripts (成績單) by
taking courses occasionally and sometimes by taking no courses at all. The athletes then go
on to famous sports universities, where they exhaust their playing years before landing back
on the streets without job opportunity or college degrees.
     The prep school scheme was meant to avoid academic qualification rules for college athletes
made years ago by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The N.C.A.A., which was
slow to recognize the seriousness of the problem, has finally adopted policies to root it out. But
those policies will not do the job unless everyone is involved, including prep schools and college
athletics departments that still recruit (招收) students who do not meet academic standard.
     The prep school scheme sends a dangerous message to poor neighborhoods, where young
people too often ignore their studies, believing that they will magically become millionaires once
the world sees their athletic talents. Even worse, it encourages students to drop out of traditional
schools before graduation-at which point their grade-point averages would be written in stone-to
sign up with fake schools that can help them rewrite their academic records.
     The N.C.A.A. has begun to check nontraditional schools for their academic programs and has
actually closed some. The organization has also stepped up to look into athletes' transcripts and
will pay special attention to athletes who attended several schools, showed sudden jumps in
grade-point average, transferred to another school late in the senior year or took an unbelievable
number of courses in one term.
     These measures are encouraging as far as they go. But the N.C.A.A. will need to go much
deeper into the problem if it hopes to break this scheme. For starters, it needs to make clear
not just what courses high school athletes need to take to become qualified for college sports,
but when they should take them. Until that happens, those who recruit young athletes will always
be tempted(受誘惑的)to make fake academic record at the last possible moment for them.

1. About students in "prep school", which of the following facts might NOT be true?

A. Most of them are good at different kinds of sports events.
B. They can easily be admitted to a university by cheating.
C. After they graduate from university, they will usually find promising jobs.
D. They seldom have good academic performance at high school.

2. From the passage we can infer that ____________________.                

A. High school students can change their transcripts by transferring to another school or take
a lot of courses in one term.
B. Transcripts of high school students can be very important reference for students to go to college.
C. Most High school athletes can probably be awarded a bachelor's (學(xué)士) or master's degree
after they graduate from universities.
D. Transcripts of high school students are so important that they are recorded on metal

3. We can conclude from the passage that the problems of prep school scheme might result
from__________________.

A. young people in poor neighborhoods who tend to ignore their studies
B. many prep schools that carry out poor academic programs for high school athletes
C. many college athletics departments that still recruit academically unqualified students
D. school athletes, poor management of prep schools and irresponsibility of related college
departments

4. Having recognized the seriousness of the prep school scheme, the N.C.A.A. has taken all
the measures EXCEPT____________________.          

A. investigating and checking some prep school program
B. shutting down some unqualified prep school
C. listing compulsory courses and the number of course needed to be taken in high school
D. checking some problematic transcripts

5. What might be the author's attitude towards the prep school scheme?

A. The writer thinks it a chance for high school athletes to go to college.
B. The writer thinks more practical measures are needed to break it.
C. The writer remains neutral (中立的) on this issue.
D. The writer believes poor children will have little chance to go to college if prep school
scheme is broken.

     There are two methods by which hydrogen (氫) can be used to power cars. The first way is
to use hydrogen to drive the engine, in much the same way as many cars use gas. The second
method is to use the reaction of hydrogen with oxygen in a battery, making the car a kind of
electric one.
     The dream of producing hydrogen in the car while driving along by electrolyzing (電解)water
is a long way off, so we are still at the period of batteries and filling the tank with hydrogen gas.
This is the difficulty for potential car users and producers. There are only sixteen hydrogen filling
stations in Los Angeles and none in 99% of other cities worldwide.
     Indeed, some of the big name automobile producers have pulled out of the race to put the first
practical hydrogen car on the streets. Ford and GM have announced that they are pulling out in
America and so has Renault in France.
     However, the Japanese companies are pressing on. In fact, Honda introduced its first hydrogen
fuel cell car in 1999. They are now producing second generation hydrogen car known as the
FCX Clarity. Guess where they are available for sale? In only one city because of its filling stations.
     Honda thinks that they could go into full-scale production of the FCX Clarity by 2020 if the
world is prepared for them by then.
     Then there are hydrogen-powered buses in several European cities including Amsterdam,
Barcelona, Hamburg, London, Luxembourg and Madrid. Lotus, the makers of London taxis,
have announced that they propose to manufacture hydrogen-powered taxis in time for the London
Olympics.
     So, the hydrogen vehicle is out there and the numbers will be growing fairly soon. The buses
go back to their bus station, where an electrolyzing machine changes water into fuel for them to
fill up on and the same will be the case for many of London's taxis.
Unfortunately, getting fuel is not the only difficulty for the average motorist, a number of these
vehicles cost about $300,000 each.

1.According to the text, hydrogen-powered buses _____.

A. can easily be filled up with gas.
B. are likely to sell well in the future.
C. are mainly used in the United States
D. won't be used in the London Olympics

2. What does the underlined word "them" in paragraph 5 refer to?_____.

A. Japanese companies
B. Hydrogen buses
C. The FCX Clarity
D. Filling stations

3. Where are hydrogen cars currently available for sale?_____.

A. In Barcelona
B. In Hamburg
C. In London
D. In Los Angeles

4. We can learn from the text that ______.

A. there are sixty hydrogen filling stations all over the world
B. hydrogen vehicles fueled by water will be very expensive
C. Honda will mass-produce the FCX Clarity by 2012
D. Honda produced its first hydrogen car in 1989

     Kids won't eat their vegetables? Name them again, scientists say. In a new study, 186 four-year-old
children were given regular carrots and, on other lunch days, they were given the same vegetables which
were renamed X-ray Vision Carrots.
     The study suggests kids like vegetables with cool names better and the influence of these names might
continue to exist. Children continued to eat about 50 percent more carrots even on the days when they
were no longer called cool names.
     The research, which was funded (資助) by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, was put up at the
yearly meeting of the School Nutrition Association in Washington DC.
     "Cool names can make for cool foods," says Brian Wansink of Cornell University. "Whether it is '
power peas' or 'dinosaur broccoli trees,' giving the food a fun name gets kids to think that it will be more
fun to eat. And it seems to keep working-even on the next day," Wansink said.
     Similar results have been found with adults. A restaurant study showed that when the Seafood Filet was changed to Succulent Italian Seafood Filet, sales increased by 28 percent and the taste rating (評級)
increased by 12 percent. "The same food, but different expectations, and different experience," said
Wansink, the author of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think.
     The study was done in pre-schools (幼兒園), but the researchers believe the same tricks can work
with children                .
     "I've been using this with my kids at home," said a researcher Collin Payne. "Whatever inspires their
imagination seems to inspire their appetite (胃口)."

1.What do the scientists say about kids who don't like vegetables according to Paragraph 1? (Please
  answer within 8 words.)
                                                                     _________________________________________  

2. Why can cool names make for cool foods? (Please answer within 20 words.)
                                                                      _________________________________________

3.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 6 with proper words. (Please answer within 5 words.)
                                                                     __________________________________________ 

4.Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?
It appears that anything that can fire children's imagination can increase their appetite.
                                                                     __________________________________________ 

5. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
                                                                      __________________________________________

1. According to the passage, Dr. Scott's study ______.

A. is supported by some big employers in the USA
B. is meaningful as there haven't been many similar ones
C. examined more women than men for a long time
D. aimed to make the employees more productive

2. Women suffer more from fake happiness mainly because ______.

A. they usually turn up shy in public places
B. they should be more emotionally expressive
C. they are often treated in a terrible way
D. they like thinking of pleasant memories

3. It is implied in the passage that deep acting _____.

A. doesn't have any effect on men
B. cannot improve our moods in any case
C. harms our feelings in the long run
D. pleases people by feeling like another person

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Fake smiling makes people unhappy.
B. Women shouldn't be forced to smile.
C. An important suggestion for workers.
D. Why people don't want to work

     Nowadays everybody seems to think that they know English. Many people speak it but few speak it
really well. Practice is essential in speaking English well.
     Reading is one of the things that will help you to speak English better. Read whenever you can and
whatever you like! Read papers and visit Internet sites that you like in English every day. Gradually, you
will see that the number of known words is increasing and you are able to speak with more skills. Then you will have made the foundations (基礎(chǔ)) and a good basis of English. It is not advisable to stop and get
stuck there.
     Going to England or an English-speaking country is a good choice, but many people cannot afford it. If you cannot go, reading and speaking with your friends will also help you to practice your English.
However, I think that it is very good to visit some English-speaking country to see and test your
knowledge in everyday life. You will feel the everyday usage of the language in its natural environment.
There your level of English is going to improve even faster. Your ability to speak English is better. Nothing can match the excitement and happiness when a native speaker tells you that your English is very good!
     Finally, in order to speak English well, you must be persistent (堅持的) and do it every day. It is like
playing the piano. Pianists play it every day and so should you. Practice, practice! Read, write and improve your language skills and you are on your way when you will be able to speak it with more and more
confidence! Let it be fun and entertaining!

1. According to the text, what may make the author excited?

A. Reading papers and visiting Internet sites.        
B. Having a good basis of English.
C. Going to an English-speaking country.    
D. A native speaker's praise.

2. What does the author suggest doing about reading?

A. Trying to enlarge your vocabulary.        
B. Keeping on reading when you have time.
C. Stopping when you have a good basis of English.
D. Looking up every unknown word when reading.

3. In the author's eyes, the essential way to improve your speaking skill is      .

A. practicing  
B. going abroad
C. reading  
D. writing

4. What does speaking English have common with playing the piano?

A. Both need much practice.          
B. Both are fun and entertaining.
C. Both need great confidence.        
D. Both need good teachers.

5. Which of the following could be the best title of the text?

A. How to improve your language skills
B. How to speak English well
C. Speaking English      
D. Practice, practice!

     English is a very interesting language. It has borrowed words from many other languages. Immigrants(移民) coming into the United States have contributed many words to the language, which have kept
their original pronunciation. "Coolie" and "kowtow" were taken from the Chinese language, "kamikaze
from the Japanese, "shampoo" from India, "blitz" from German, "amigo" and "Los Angeles" from Spanish
and so on.
     Many students have studied English for years, some as many as eight. However, some students still
have difficulty in speaking fluent English. Some know many words but are unable to discern them when
native speakers use them. In our Oral English classes we will focus on speaking and listening to native
English speakers. For this reason, because we are trying to train your ears to hear English and your
mouths to speak intelligible (易理解的) English, we will have a rule that ONLY ENGLISH will be
spoken in our English classes. Anyone speaking Chinese in class will be required to pay a fine in order to
encourage the speaking and understanding of English. If teachers enter a classroom and discover that
anyone is speaking Chinese, they will require everyone in the room to pay the fine. It is everyone's job to
enforce the English-Only rule. It is for your benefit. It is because we want to accustom (使習(xí)慣于) your
ears to hearing English.
     Other subjects may be learned solely from books but the only way to learn a foreign language is to
SPEAK IT! Students are often nervous about speaking in class at first but we hope to make the classes
fun, so you will forget your nervousness and learn to speak out. Enjoy your classes.

1.The first paragraph is mainly about________.

A. the difficulty of learning English.
B. how interesting and various English is
C. different words in different languages
D. the immigrants' contributions to America

2.The underlined word "discern" in Para 2 can be replaced by___________.

A. understand
B. notice
C. hear
D. speak

3. In the author's opinion , the only way to learn a language well is to__________.

A. listen to it on the radio
B. learn it from books
C. play games with it
D. speak it often

4.The article is probably aimed at________.

A. Japanese students
B. German students
C. Chinese students
D. Indian students

     When people advise your children to"get an education", they tell you only half the truth. What they
really mean is to get just enough education to give manpower for your society.
      Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you are occupationally dead, unless your name
happens to be George Washingon or Thomas Edison and you can successfully stop study in primary
school.
Get a college degree, if possible.With a BA, you should start to find a job. You have to put on the
brakes now. If you do go for a master's degree, make sure it is an MBA and only from a first-class
university. Otherwise, the famous law of diminishing (報酬遞減率) begins to work.
Do you know, for example, that long-distance truck drivers make more money a year than full professors?  Yes, each driver was paid $28,000 in 1997 while a full professor managed to get $27,930.
     A PhD is the highest degree you can get, but except in a few specialized fields such as physics or
chemistry, where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial aim, you are facing a not
very bright future. There are more PhDs unemployed in this country than in any other part of the  world
by far.
     If you became a PhD in English or history or political sience or languages or-in philosophy, you take
the risk of becoming over-educated for our national demands.
     Thousands of PhDs ars selling shoes, driving taxis, waiting on tables and filling out applications month
after month, and then may be taking a job in some high school or college with the pay much less than a
door-keeper makes.

1. According to the writer, society expects education to turn out people who will       .     

A. raise their payment                    
B. get employed 
C. become specialized in some field        
D. meet the demands as a source of manpower

2. Long-distance truck driver make more money a year than full professors because     .      

A. the famous law of diminishing functions 
B. long-distance truck drivers only get a high school diploma
C. full professors are PhDs in English or history 
D. long-distance truck drivers work harder than full professors

3.The underlined phrase "put on the brakes" in the 3rd paragraph means "     ".     

A. stop learning for a higher degree
B. take up a master's degree at once
C. go on studying in a first-class university
D. find an interesting job

4.What can we know from the passage?      

A. The higher education you get, the more money you will earn.
B. Neither George Washington nor Edison received formal education.
C. There are more PhDs than the society demands.
D. If you are specialized in physics, you can't get a good job easily.

[1]If you think English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange
pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven't you noticed that you have become smarter since you
started to learn a language?
[2]According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to
an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes
grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way
that exercise builds muscles.
[3]The researchers also found the effect is greater on the younger people who learn a second
language.
[4]A team led by Dr. Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of
Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of "early bilinguals(通兩種
語言的人)", who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of
later learners.
[5]Scans showed that grey matter density(密度)in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people
without_________. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller
the difference was.
[6] "Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning
a second language," said the scientists.
[7]It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.
[8]Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between
bilingualism and maths skills. Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and
makes the brain more flexible," he said, "You are actually going beyond language and have a
better understanding of different ideas."

1. What is the best title for this passage? (no more than 10 words)
___________________________________________________________________________
2. Complete the following statement with proper words.( no more than 4 words)
Mastering two languages can broaden your views in the world and makes
___________________________________________________________________________
3. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words. (no more than 4 words)
____________________________________________________________________________
4. What do you think of English learning after you read this passage?
(no more than 10 words)
_____________________________________________________________________________
5. What does the word "they" (Line2, Paragraph4) probably refer to? (no more than 5 words)
_____________________________________________________________________________

     Each new school year brings fresh reminders of what educators call the summer learning gap. Some
call it the summer learning setback. Simply speaking,it means the longer kids are out of 'school,the more
they forget. The only thing they might gain is weight.
     Most American schools follow a traditional nine-month calendar with winter and spring breaks and
about ten weeks of summer vacation. Some schools follow a year-round calendar. They hold classes for
about eight weeks at a time,with a few weeks off in between. The National Association for Year-Round
Education says there were fewer than 3,000 such schools at last count. They were spread among forty-six of the fifty states.
     But many experts point out that the number of class days in a year-round school is generally the same
as in a traditional school. Lead researcher Paul von Hippel said,"Year-round schools don't really solve the problem of the summer learning setback. They simply spread it out across the year.
     Across the country,research shows that students from poor families fall farther behind over the summer than other students. Experts say this can be prevented. They note that many schools and local governments offer programs that can help.
     But calling them "summer school" could be a problem. The director of the summer learning center at
Johns Hopkins,Ron Fairchild,said research with groups of different parents in Chicago and Baltimore
found that almost all strongly disliked the term "summer school". In American culture,the idea of summer
vacation is connected to beliefs about freedom and the joys of childhood. The parents welcomed other
terms like "summer camp," "extra time" and "hands-on learning. "

1. According to the first paragraph,the summer learning gap ____

A. helps children to gain weight        
B. leads children to work harder
C. improves children's memories      
D. affects children's regular studies

2. Compared to traditional schools,students in the year-round ones _____

A. perform better and have more learning gains
B. have much less time for relaxation every year
C. have generally the same number of class days                      
D. hold more classes with more free weeks off

3. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Students from poor families often fall behind after the vocation.
B. Year-round schools can solve the problem of the learning gap.
C. There are schools in each state following a year-round calendar.      
D. Nothing can help the students who fall behind after the vocation.

4. Why did almost all parents dislike the term "summer school"?

A. They cherish the children's rights of freedom very much.
B. They are worried about the quality of the "summer school".    
C. They want their children to be forced to make up the gap.
D. They can't afford to the further study during the vacation.

5. What would be the best title of this passage?    

A. Opening Summer Camps
B. Forbidding Summer Schools
C. Spreading Year-Round Education
D. Minding the Summer Learning Cap