Here is a question I have often asked at dinner parties:

   You're on an island with only one other person, your best friend. He's dying of cancer. In his final days, he tells you, "I have 100,000 dollars in a bank back home. When I die, make sure my son goes to medical school." Then he dies. But his son is a no-good playboy who has no interest in going to medical school and will waste that money away in a very short time. But your son is entering college, and he is willing to become a doctor. Which one do you give the money to for medical school?

   I've asked this question of everyone from the president of a famous university to an ordinary young soldier, and it has never failed to get a discussion going. Everyone has an opinion, most of them different, but all of them correct. Sometimes this one topic lasts the whole evening.

Which of the following is TRUE to the passage?

   A. Only the clever people can answer the question rightly.

   B. Some people refuse to answer such a silly question.

   C. Most of the people have the same answer.

   D. Everyone at the dinner party seems to be interested in the question.

What the writer often says at dinner parties is _______.

   A. a true story                       B. not a true story

   C. a strange story                   D. just a joke

Why does the writer often ask people such a question? Because ______.

A. he wants to offer people a topic in which everyone could say something

B. he is interested in such a question

C. he likes to make fun of people at parties

D. he wants to find the answer for a research

Which of the following decisions is most likely NOT correct?

A. You give the money to your friend's son.

B. You give the money to your son for medical school.

C. You keep the money for your friend's son.

D. You keep the money for your future medical care

Electronic waste, or e-waste, refers to electronic products that are no longer usable. This can include TVs, cell phones and computers and other office electronics, electronic toys and videos machines. Today, the average turnover（更換）rate for a computer in the United States is every two years, according to the environmental group, Greenpeace.

The group's Dai Yun says e-waste is a global problem. "The electronic industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. The high speed of growth in this industry means more and more electronic products are being wasted and thrown away. If no one decides to retrieve the old products and process them properly, the electronic waste will sweep over the earth like the huge wave behind me and pollute the Earth seriously."

Greenpeace works out that 20 to 50 million tons of e-waste are produced globally each year. The components（部件）in many electronic products contain harmful chemicals that pollute ground water and the environment.

At present , the U.S. has no federal law for the disposal (處理) of e-waste although a few states have e-waste recycling programs in place, but there is no law. The U.S. exports much of its e-waste to third world countries, such as India and China, where workers took apart computers for valuable parts, hoping to sell them for money. But harmful wastes expert, Dr. Bakul Rao, says that's a dangerous practice. "From now on, the recyclers are not very educated. All they know is they can retrieve copper or gold out of it. So, the easiest way to do that is leach (過(guò)濾) it out in an acid or burn it off to retrieve it. So, that's where they don't know how to deal with it, neither do they have any health systems in place. So, their exposure is more."

What does the underlined word "retrieve" (paragraph 2) probably mean?

A. look into   B. take apart   C. get back   D. throw away

What of the following statements is true according to the passage？

A. The U.S. has strict national laws for dealing with e-waste.

B. Third world countries import e-waste to get valuable parts, which is a safe and easy way to make money.

C. The way uneducated workers deal with old computers does great harm to the environment as well as to their own health.

D. More and more electronic waste is being wasted and thrown away mainly because of people's bad habits.

What is the purpose of writing the passage?

A. To attract more people's attention to e-waste.

B. To call on people not to throw away e-waste anywhere.

C. To tell people what e-waste is and how to deal with it well.

D. To warn people to break away from the electronic industry.

The next paragraph probably concerns ___.

A. how to deal with e-waste properly

B. how to protect ourselves from harm by e-waste

C. How to slow down the development in the electronic industry

D. how to make full use of e-waste

下表是對(duì)某中學(xué)高二（1）班50個(gè)學(xué)生健康問(wèn)題的調(diào)查表。請(qǐng)根據(jù)表格內(nèi)容，綜述學(xué)生當(dāng)前存在的健康問(wèn)題，并就中學(xué)生如何保持身心健康提出自己的建議。

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Diego Maradona is always considered as a ___ figure. On the one hand, he is one of the greatest football star looked up to by youngsters in the history. On the other hand, he is always a troublemaker.

A. conventional   B. controversial   C. contemporary   D. consistent

The students discussed the experiment that they would like to see ____ next year.

 A. carry out    B. carrying out     C. carried out    D. to carry out

________eastward,________ you’ll pass mountains and thousands of lakes and forests.

A. Going;\        B. If you go, and         C. Going; and         D. To; and

--- Beg your pardon, but I didn’t follow you．

     --- Oh, I ______ myself．

       A．would talk to   B．talked to C．had talked to    D．was talking to

His parents never approve of_____ he plans to do, which always annoys him．

     A. whatever  B. no matter what  C. no matter when  D．whenever

---- Mr Gordon asked me to remind you of the meeting this afternoon. Don’t forget it!

   ---- OK, I ______________.

A. won’t          B. don’t         C. will            D. do

Despite the fact that it has never been seen almost everyone is familiar with the legendary unicorn(獨(dú)角獸). Descriptions of unicorns have been found dating from ancient times. The great philosopher Aristotle theorized that there were two types of unicorn--- the so-called Indian Ass and the Oryx, a kind of antelope. Unicorns are often used in the logo of a noble family, town council or university as their special sign. Even Scotland is represented by a unicorn.

   According to the legend, anyone attempting to catch a unicorn had to be extremely careful as it was very fierce and dangerous. A clever trick suggested by unicorn-trappers, in order to catch this amazing animal without being hurt by its horn, was for the hunter to stand in front of a tree and then to move quickly behind it as the unicorn dashed angrily. Hopefully, the creature could then be caught when its horn was stuck in the tree.

    When hollowed out and used as a drinking-cup, the unicorn’s horn was said to have the power to offer protection against person. It was believed that nobody could be harmed-by drinking the contents of a unicorn’s horn. Right up until the French Revolution in 1789, the French court was said to have used cups made of “unicorn” horn in order to protect the king. In addition, the horn was said to have medicinal value, so much so that it could be sold for more than ten times the price of the same weight of gold. What, then, was “unicorn” horn? We know at times the rhino(犀牛) was confused with this legendary creature. A drinking-cup supposedly made of “unicorn” horn was discovered to be made of the horn of a rhino.

Which of the following is TRUE of the unicorn?

   A. It was not historically recorded       

   B. Its horn was first used in France

   C. It was similar to the Indian Ass and the Oryx         

   D. It could be the symbol of a university

To catch a unicorn, the unicorn-trappers had to try all of the following EXCEPT ____.

  A. attracting the unicorn to attack         

  B. making use of the tree as a defense

  C. hiding quickly behind the unicorn        

  D. having the unicorn horn stuck in the tree

The last paragraph is mainly about ____.

  A. the functions of the unicorn horn         

  B. the users of the unicorn horn

  C. the price of the unicorn horn        

  D. the comparison between the unicorn horn and the rhino horn