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       Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area．

       When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn’t    16  drive to a store and back home．He always looks    17  up and down the streets of his neighborhood．He looks for anything

          18  such as strange cars, loud noises,  19  windows, or people gathering on street comers．

       Tim    20  to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville, Indiana, USA．The neighborhood watch group   21  on the third Wednesday of every month．That’s   22  ．Tim gets together with ?about? ten of his neighbors to discuss community ?  23  ．?Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police   24     their homes, streets, and families safe．

       Tina Stedman, president of ?  25  ?neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim．“People seem to think that crime happens to other people but not   26   them．Well, it’s never happened to me,” she said,“but I don’t think anyone has the   27  to steal from other people or to make them feel   28  sitting in their own homes．”

       Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors   29  out for one another,“We 30  each other’s homes．We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends．Usually a   31    of four or five of us goes out together．If something doesn’t look right, then we call the  32  ．?For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for    33  ,or someone destroying property, we report to the police．”

      Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups ? 34  ?a lot in keeping crime down．Her husband Jim agrees,“Police are good people, but they can’t do  35  ．”

16．A．yet    B．still   C．just   D．rather

17．A．carefully　      B．clearly      C．nervously  D．coldly

18．A．familiar    B．unusual     C．expensive  D．interesting

19．A．curtained  B．open  C．old    D．broken

20．A．a(chǎn)ttends     B．belongs     C．goes  D．turns

21．A．meets       B．quarrels    C．sings D．searches

22．A．where       B．why  C．when D．how

23．A．politics     B．wealth      C．health       D．safety

24．A．keep  B．hold  C．let     D．protect

25．A．its     B．his    C．their  D．your

26．A．round       B．on     C．a(chǎn)bout D．to

27．A．right B．chance      C．courage    D．mind

28．A．unlucky    B．unsafe      C．disappointed     D．discouraged

29．A．set    B．let     C．hold  D．look

30．A．care  B．enter C．watch       D．manage

31．A．group       B．set     C．number     D．crowd

32．A．judges      B．police       C．firemen    D．doctors

33．A．work B．burden      C．service      D．trouble

34．A．produce    B．find   C．get    D．help

35．A．a(chǎn)nything   B．evening    C．harm D．wrong

 2. Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

     Parents are busy people. If they are working, they are usually not at home   48 their children return from school. Sometimes it is necessary for a parent to write   49 after-school note for their children. They sometimes put the note on the kitchen table, the refrigerator,  50 another place where their children are sure to find it. A note is often a  51 way to "talk" with a child than using the telephone. For one thing, parents have time to think about  52  they want to say before they write.   53   another, the note lists all the information in one place. It is easy to read again and again People often forget all the details that  54   hear in a telephone call. Finally, cell phones can be turned   55    or telephone calls not answered. For these reasons, after-school notes are very popular with parents.

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       Have you winterized your horse yet? Even though global warming may have made our climate more mild, many animals are still hibernating (冬眠). It’s too bad that humans can’t hibernate. In fact, as a species, we almost did.

       Apparently, at times in the past, peasants in France liked a semi-state of human hibernation. So writes Graham Robb, a British scholar who has studied the sleeping habits of the French peasants. As soon as the weather turned cold, people all over France shut themselves away and practiced the forgotten art of doing nothing at all for months on end.

       In line with this, Jeff Warren, a producer at CBC Radio’s The Current, tells us that the way we sleep has changed fundamentally since the invention of artificial（人造的）lighting and the electric bulb.

      When historians began studying texts of the Middle Ages, they noticed something referred to as “first sleep”, which was not clarified, though. Now scientists are telling us our ancestors most likely slept in separate periods. The business of eight hours’ uninterrupted sleep is a modem invention.

      In the past, without the artificial light of the city to bathe in, humans went to sleep when it became dark and then woke themselves around midnight. The late night period was known as “The Watch”. It was when people actually kept watch against wild animals, although many of them simply moved around or visited family and neighhours.

      According to some sleep researchers, a short period of insomnia (失眠) at midnight is not a disorder.  It is normal. Humans can experience another state of consciousness around their sleeping, which occurs in the brief period before we fall asleep or wake ourselves in the morning. This period can be an extraordinarily creative time for some people. The impressive inventor, Thomas Edison, used this state to hit upon many of his new ideas.

      Playing with your sleep rhythms can be adventurous, as anxiety may set in. Medical science doesn’t help  much in this case. It offers us medicines for a full night’s continuous sleep, which sounds natural; however, according to Warren’s theory, it is really the opposite of what we need.

67. The example of the French peasants shows the fact that ____________.

      A. people might become lazy as a result of too much sleep.

      B. there were signs of hibernation in human sleeping habits.

      C. people tended to sleep more peacefully in cold weather.

      D. winter was a season for people to sleep for months on end.

 68. The late night was called “The Watch” because it was a time for people ____________.

      A. to set traps to catch animals.

      B. to wake up their family and neighbours.

      C. to remind others of the time.                   

      D. to guard against possible dangers.

 69. What does the author advise people to do?

      A. Sleep in the way animals do.

      B. Consult a doctor if they can’t sleep.

       C. Follow their natural sleep rhythm.

       D. Keep to the eight-hour sleep pattern.

70. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?

     A. To give a prescription for insomnia.

     B. To urge people to sleep less.

     C. To analyze the sleep pattern of modem people.

     D. To throw new light on human sleep.

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What is eco??fashion？Eco-fashion is about making clothes that take into account the environment, the health of consumers and the working conditions of people in the fashion industry.  It is a complex phenomenon and the common use of the term covers two aspects of fashion —‘ecological’ and ‘ethical’．Ecological fashion usually refers to textile (織物) and clothing production processes and the environmental issues surrounding them；ethical fashion generally relates to the working conditions involved in the producing processes.

What are the problems with fashion？A closer look at the fashion industry points out many problems that are common practices in the creation of our fashions from the field to the factory. Firstly，the production of textiles pollutes the environment heavily. Cotton??planting uses pesticides；sheep??farming and wool??cleaning contribute to global warming；synthetics??making (人造纖維生產(chǎn)) brings about waste which does harm to our environment. Secondly，every stage of clothing production has a significant effect on the environment. They all use a great deal of energy，and some also involve harmful chemicals. In addition to this，there is a lot of waste produced in the process，especially in the form of polluted water. Thirdly，growing consumption levels and our shopping habits further worsen the bad effects. We are now buying clothes in increasing quantities without realizing the scale on which it affects natural environment，and we are also quick to throw away clothes that have been worn only a couple of times.

Then，how to solve the problems? Other industries that design products are ahead of the fashion industry when it comes to choosing sustainable materials, designing for minimum waste, choosing energy efficient manufacturing and creating products for longevity. The fashion industry has been slow to adopt these changes and part of the problem is the very nature of fashion. To a large degree，it is the fashion producers that really have the power and the responsibility to shape our future. There are numerous ways in which these producers can reduce their ecological footprint，from switching to green energy and reducing energy use，through selecting sustainable materials and choosing local suppliers，to recycle and minimize waste. On the other hand，as consumers we can all make contributions by selecting environmentally friendly clothing and reducing clothing consumption.

There is some concern that eco friendly fashions are just a trend that we will eventually grow tired of but we can make sure that doesn't happen. Now many people are beginning to shop for organic food products because the benefits of eating food free of chemicals are straightforward and immediate. They relate directly to our personal health. In fact, choosing eco??fashion can also contribute to our personal health, though it is mostly done by way of keeping the health of the planet.

   Music should be taught routinely in schools because of the benefits ______ can have on the development of the brains of young children.

     A. which            B. that         C. it               D. one

   —Do you know what people are saying about you?

—Of course I know. But _____ is true, and I don’t care.

A. nothing       B. something      C. everything       D. none

------ What happened to you yesterday evening? Why didn’t you finish your work?

------____ the lights off, we could not continue our work. As a result, we had to leave.

A. Until          B. Because           C. With             D. As

D

   Indonesia is known as the country of islands. It has 17,508. But in recent years, the popular tourist destination has lost some of its shine.

   Due to rising sea levels caused by global warming, 24 Indonesian islands have gone under the sea. Scientists say 2,000 more will disappear before 2030. In the past three years, the southeast Asian nation also witnessed its islands destroyed by a tsunami(海嘯) and typhoons.

   “If no measures are taken to fight climate change, the beautiful islands will go forever.” scientists told environmental ministers from about 190 countries at a UN climate change meeting.

   This week they are meeting in Bali, an Indonesian islands. They are trying to reach a deal to cut the world’s emissions(排放) of CO₂， which makes the earth warmer.

Indonesia is not alone. This year has been more extreme weather  hit the world. Canada and US suffered heavy storms and typhoons, While Australians were caught in the heaviest drought in a century.

In China , the average temperature this year went up by 1.2℃ from last year, reaching the highest on record since 1951. From Jiangxi and Hunan in the south to Heilongjiang and Jilin in the northeast , one –third of farmland has suffered from a drought.

However, other parts of the country got too much rain. More than 700 people were killed in floods, landslides(泥石流) and storms. “These weather extreme are the more obvious effects of global warming,” said Song Lianchun, a climate expert.

Scientists say time is running out. To escape from the worst effects, global CO2 emissions need to be cut from the levels they were at in 2000 by 50 to 85 percent by 2050.

But in recent years climate change talks have been bogged down by arguments over  who will pay the bill for cleaner technology. Developing countries are worried that the cut in emissions will slow their economic development.

“China will play a responsible and constructive role in the meeting,” said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. The nation is now the world’s second largest greenhouse gas emitter(排放者) .”However, developed nations should help developing nations deal with the global issue.”

67. Which of the following is in the correct order?

   a. More and more islands are going under the sea

   b. The sea levels are continuously rising.

   c. The weather is getting warmer and warmer

   d. Emission of CO2 is increasing.

   A. a b c d             B. b c d a            C. c b a d            D. d c b a

68. What does the phrase “extreme weather” mean in the story?

   A. Temperatures are rising all over the world.

   B. Bad weather like floods, drought, and landslides happen in some countries.

   C. More and more farmland is eaten up by desert.

   D. It pours down in some places, while it doesn’t rain at all in other places.

69. Climate change talks have become bogged down because countries cannot agree on ____________.

   A. who should be responsible for causing climate change

   B. who will pay for the cleaner technology needed to tackle(處理) climate change

   C. whether developed nations should help developing nations in solving climate change

   D. whether developing nations should cut emission of CO2

70. What is China’s attitude towards dealing with problems of climate change?

   A. China will pay for the cleaner technology.

B. China will take an active part in dealing with climate change.

C. China think it is developed nations’ responsibility to deal with climate change.

D. China will depend on developed nations to help it to solve climate change.

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If David        his legs in the last training, he would join in the coming World Cup, which he has been longing to compete in.

  A. didn’t hurt  B. hadn’t been hurt

  C. wasn’t hurt    D. hadn’t hurt