Having left the town, the girl stopped the car at the landing near the entrance of the bay (海灣)She stepped into the  16  and rowed out silently. The tide was rushing to the entrance and   17   to the wild open sea. She had to row across the bay to reach 18  side. The waves struck against the side of the boat,  19  and uneven; it became  20  difficult to row. If she  21 for a moment, the tide would push the boat back towards the  22  .

      She wasn' t even halfway,  23  she was already tired and her hands  24  from pulling on  the rough wooden oars (船槳).“I'm never going to  25  it”, she thought. She rested the oars on her knees and 26  her head helplessly, then looked up as she  27  the boat shift(晃動(dòng)) against the tide.

       The east wind , which had swung(旋轉(zhuǎn)) around from the south-west,  28 her help and pushed the boat towards the mountains. It was going to be   29  . Her hands weren't so painful. Her chest didn’t feel as if it was about to burst   30  .

       The lights of the town became   31  . one of the oars banged against the side of the boat and she   32   it with a start. Had she been asleep, or just   33  ? She looked over her shoulder. She was almost on the beach. The girl gave one last   34  on the oars to ground the boat, and then lay back against the seat. She listened to the waves   35  and knew she had come home. Far across the moonlit bay the lights were no more than a sparkling chain.

16. A. car             B. boat                C. ship                        D. sail

17. A. beside          B. before                     C. behind                     D. beyond

18.A. another         B. other                       C. either                      D. the other

19. A. deep            B. calm                       C. gentle               D. rough

20. A. more           B. less                   C. as                           D. least

21. A. slept            B. continued          C. rested                D.rowed

22. A. home           B. mountains         C. south-west        D. entrance

23. A. if                B. so                           C. but                         D. since

24. A. hurt            B. ruined                      C. troubled            D. broke

25. A. get             B. make                       C. keep                 D. take

26. A. turned         B. dropped                   C. cocked              D. raised

27. A. saw            B. made                       C. heard                D. felt

28. A. got to          B. came to                    C. sent for            D. reached for

29. A. difficult       B. serious                     C. all right            D. certain enough

30. A. any more     B. still more                 C. no more           D. once more

31. A. brighter       B. bigger                      C. closer               D. smaller

32. A. destroyed     B. threw                       C. repaired            D. seized

33. A. dreaming     B. guessing            C. inventing          D. expecting

34. A. blow           B. hit                   C. pull                        D. strike

35. A. anxiously     B. happily                    C. sadly                D. carefully

Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes.  As years 36  ,the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister, a young English    37   ,began to believe be might   38  this almost magic barrier.

It was a cold afternoon on May 6th, 1954 , when Bannister knew be had a   39  chance.  Bannister had been   40  hard and was very fit, but the weather conditions were a real  41  to him.  Describing the   42   later, Bannister said,“On the way to the track the wind blew strongly.  As I  43  for the start I glanced at the flag.  It moved  44  now.  This was the moment when I made my decision. ”

“The gun fired.  My legs  45  to meet no resistance, as if I was  46  forward by some unknown force.  The noise from the faithful  47  gave me greater strength.  I felt the  48  of a lifetimes had come. ”

“I was driven on by a   49  of fear and pride.  My body had long since used up all its energy   50  it went on running just the same.  This was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards as they  51  could have done in previous years.  When I leapt at（沖向）the    52  tape, I fell, almost    53  .

“I knew I had done it, even before I  54  the time.  The announcement came.  ‘Result of the one mile…Time, three minutes…’the test was  55 in the noise of excitement. ”

36. A. passed along       B. passed down    C. went by            D. went over

37. A. coach                        B. athlete              C. captain             D. judge

38. A. defeat                       B. move               C. beat                 D. break

39. A. real                          B. lucky               C. serious             D. false

40. A. competing          B. training            C. fighting            D. attending

41. A. eagerness           B. pleasure            C. relief                D. worry

42. A. accident             B. event                C. issue                D. topic

43. A. did up                       B. made up           C. put up              D. lined up

44. A. safely                       B. heavily             C. thinly               D. gently

45. A. seemed              B. used                        C. happened              D. had

46. A. dragged             B. drawn              C. pulled             D. pushed

47. A. mass                 B. residents           C. crowd             D. team

48. A. moment                    B. period              C. while              D. date

49. A. concentration      B. collection                C. combination      D. classification

50. A. so                     B. but                     C. or                       D. as

51. A. never                B. ever                C. even                 D. still

52. A. starting             B. lasting             C. finishing           D. running

53. A. unconcerned       B. unconscious      C. unknown                 D. unnoticed

54. A. offered                     B. told                  C. announced        D. beard

55. A. stuck                 B. involved           C. lost                  D. spread

Don’t promise anything ______ you are one hundred percent sure.

A. whether      B. after     C. how     D. unless

    An ichthyologist is a scientist who studies fish. Most people who do this job say they love their work because it is very rewarding and varied. They work not only inside a laboratory, but also out in the field. Fieldwork includes traveling to rivers, oceans and lakes in order to collect information and specimens（樣本）, Reading, writing and speaking are also very important to the job. Fish scientists need to read the research of other scientists. They must he able to write up their own research clearly so that others can follow it. They also need to be able to give lectures about their findings, so that they can spread knowledge.

      Ichthyologists who wish to specialize can choose any one of three areas of study. The first area is aquaculture  (水產(chǎn)養(yǎng)殖). This involves the study and practice of fish farming and management. Because it is a rather new study, there are very few job opportunities available. However, as there is so much to discover, many see it as an exciting area for a new ichthyologist to enter. The second area is fisheries science, which means working with a team of scientists to find out more about different fish species. The third area is about the protection of natural fish populations. This is very important today, given that many fish species are in danger of dying out because of the actions of humans.

     To become a successful fish scientist, you need to have a curious mind and be able to work on your own. You also need to be able to handle equipment and perform experiments; but most importantly, you must love fish. To become an ichthyologist, you will need to train at a university to pass a Bachelor of Science degree. For this, you will need to be good at mathematics, physical science and biology. Then, you will need to study for another year to complete an honours degree in ichthyology. This honours degree contains coursework about all aspects of fish. You also need to complete a research paper.

68. What makes the jobs of ichthyologists so varied?

   A. They study fish habits and collect information.

   B. They have to study science and mathematics.

   C. They work in fields as well as in laboratories.

   D. They read research papers written by others.

69. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

   A. An ichthyologist has an interesting and varied profession.

    B. Aquaculture is the study of fish protection.

    C. The life of an ichthyologist can involve lots of travel.

    D. A fish scientist needs to be independent and curious about things.

 70. Who is most likely to become an ichthyologist?

    A. Tom, because he likes fishing and outdoor sports.

    B. Jack, because he likes to travel and read adventure books.

    C. Jenny, because she likes science, mathematics and reading about dinosaurs.

    D. Jane, because she likes mathematics, science, biology and searching rock-pools.

 71. The passage is probably written for         .

    A. university students                        B. science researchers

    C. fisheries experts                          D. fish farmers

In meditation(冥想)，people sit quietly and focus their attention on their breath . As they breathe in and out , they attend to their feelings . As thoughts go through their minds. they let them go. Breathe . Let go . Breathe . Let go

According to a recent study at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. Three months of training in this kind of meditation causes a market change in how the brain allocates(分配) attention. It appears that the ability to let go thoughts that come into mind frees the brain to attend to more rapidly changing things and events in the outside world. Expert mediators are better than other people at catching such fast-changing stimuli( 刺激), like facial expressions.

The study provides evidence for changes in the workings of the brain with mental training. People can learn and improve abilities of all sorts with practice. everything from driving to playing the piano. The study has shown that meditation is good for the brain, It appears to reduce pressure and promote a sense of well-being.

In an experiment , 17 volunteers with no meditation experience in the experimental group spent three months meditating 10 to 12 hours a day . A control group also with no meditation experience meditated for 20 minutes a day over the same period . Both groups were then given the tests with two numbers in a group of letters. As both group looked for the numbers , their brain activity was recorded.

Everyone could catch the first number. But the brain recordings showed that the less experienced mediators tended to grasp the first number and hang onto it, so they missed the second number . Those with more experience gave less attention to the first number . as if letting it go , which led to an increased ability to grasp the second number , This shows that attention can change with practice.

Just ask Daniel Levision , who meditated for three months as part of the study . ”I am a much better listener, ” he said. “ I do not get lost in my own personal reaction to what people are saying. ”

48. The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 1 refers to    

A. feelings        B. minds              C. people         D. thoughts

49. Meditations manage their daily tasks better because they      

A. are given less pressure            B. allocate their attention better

C. have more stimuli for life               D. practice them more frequently

50. In the experiment, volunteers doing meditation for longer hours    

A. were more likely to catch both of the members     

B. were used to memorizing numbers in groups

C. usually ignored the first number observed

D. paid more attention to numbers than to letters

51. The study proves that      

A. meditation improves one’s health    B. brain activity can be recorded

C. human attention can be trained        D. mediators have a good sense of hearing

     From the moment that an animal is born it has to make decisions. It has to decide which of the things around it are for eating, and which are to be avoided; when to attack and when to run away. The animal is , in fact , playing a very dangerous game with its environment , a game in which it must make decision—a matter of life or death .

      Animals’ ability to act reasonably is believed to come partly from what we may call “genetic (遺傳性的)learning” , which is different from the individual (個(gè)體的) learning that an animal does in the course of its own lifetime . Genetic learning is learning by a

species —animals of the same kind—as a whole , and it is achieved by selection of those members of each generation that happen to act in the right way . However, the role of genetic learning depends upon how similar the future environment is to the past. The more important individual experience is likely to be, the less important is genetic learning as a means of getting over the problems of the survival game. Because most animals live in ever changing environments from one generation to the next, it is not surprising to find that very few species indeed depend wholly upon genetic learning.

      In the great majority of animals , their particular ways of acting in a new environment are a compound (復(fù)合體) of individual experience added to the action patterns animals are born with .That is why animals can survive.

72．The animal’s life will come to an end         .

       A．if the animal makes a wrong decision         B．if the animal plays a dangerous game

       C．when the animal attacks its enemy              D．when the animal runs too slowly

73．Very few species depend entirely on genetic learning because         .

       A．each generation has its own way of learning

       B．their environments change all the time

       C．they can act reasonably on their own   

    D．it takes their whole life to learn

74．When the environment doesn’t change much,         .

       A．a(chǎn)nimals cannot act in a right way       

    B．genetic learning is less important for animals

       C．individual learning plays a less important role

       D．a(chǎn)nimals cannot get over problems on their on their own

75．Animals’ living on generation after generation depends on         .

       A．their natural action pattern with their own experience

       B．the lessons they have learnt during their lifetime

       C．their experience in particular environments

       D．the knowledge passed on by their parents

The head office of the bank is in Beijing, but it has _________ all over the country.

A．companies         B．branches  C．organizations     D．businesses

Childish Voice

When I was a young child, my parents often told me that it was time to teach a man everything. I didn’t understand and wondered why   36   had such a big influence   37   a person. I thought I could grow up quickly to find it out as an adult．But now,   38   I come to knock at the door of adulthood, I feel   39   to express my own   40    on this saying. I know that I’m just a high school student with very   41   experiences. There are still many things   42   me in the future, yet I would like to express myself in a childish voice.  

I once read this sentence: “To make this world a happy place to live, you’d better   43   youreself and your heart , instead of the whole world.” I was shocked. It made me think about life   44   . There are so many things around us that    45    our will. We can’t force life    46    our wishes.The earth won’t stop turning no matter whether we   47   it or not. What we can do is just to make ourselves  48   the world. I think we should learn to accept   49   life gives us, no matter whether it’s the spring sunlight or the winter snowfall, and try to be happy.

Deeply moved by the pop song Grandmother (by Jay Chou), I always try to   50   every pleasant thing in my life, but now I see I don’t catch most of the pleasant moments. It is more   51   that they slip by and leave you feeling   52   . I realize that I’m not just living   53   myself and that there are the others around me I should think of .They all pay attention to my growing up, even if it’s just a little progress.  

Everyone has his or her own attitude towards life, be it positive or   54    . It doesn’t matter, I think. There is one   55   that should be obeyed—and that’s to make this world better.

36．A．man                B．time                       C．thing                      D．parent

37．A．a(chǎn)bout              B．with                       C．on                          D．in

38．A．before             B．a(chǎn)fter                       C．a(chǎn)s                           D．when

39．A．a(chǎn)nxious           B．worried                  C．tired                       D．glad

40．A．beliefs             B．opinions                 C．confidences             D．expressions

41．A．a(chǎn) few                     B．little                       C．few                        D．a(chǎn) little

42．A．waiting for      B．sticking with           C．dealing with            D．doing with

43．A．a(chǎn)sk                  B．change                    C．exchange                D．force

44．A．myself             B．itself                      C．oneself                   D．themselves

45．A．go with           B．go along                 C．go ahead                 D．go against

46．A．being followed B．to be followed         C．to be following        D．to follow

47．A．receive            B．a(chǎn)ccept                     C．refuse                     D．a(chǎn)pprove

48．A．fit                   B．suit                        C．beat                        D．match

49．A．what               B．whatever                 C．which                     D．why

50．A．miss                B．catch                      C．escape                    D．lose

51．A．probably          B．likely                     C．possibly                  D．unlikely

52．A．regretful        B．a(chǎn)wful                     C．seccessful                D．terrible

53．A．for                  B．by                          C．on                          D．with

54．A．wrong             B．false                       C．negative                  D．true

55．A．point               B．rule                        C．thing                      D．word

1. What does the underlined word “blending” in the first hook introduction mean_________.

A. ruin                         B. break                     C. combine                  D. attempt

2. What happened to the survivors on the life boat according to the introduction?

A. Pi managed to kill those animals and finally survived

B. They worked hand in hand to get through the sea

C. They had to fight against one another in order to survive

D. Richard Parker killed other animals but was killed by Pi.

3. Five People You Meet in Heaven tells an old man’s experience in Heaven in order to reveal___.

A. the existence of Heave                          B. the mystery of death

C. human’s future life                               D. the true meaning of life

4. Who is Grogan most probably according to the introduction?

A. The author of Marley＆Me                    B. A friend of John and Jenny

C. An expert taming dogs.                         D. The previous owner of the dog

For many of us, printed books are satisfying in ways beyond the words they contain. Billions of printed books have been published, read and saved in the 600 years since movable type was invented, so why mess with a good things?

       Sony Electronics is doing just that, betting that readers will be won over by the convenience of readability of its new electronic book devices. Sony's reader, the PRS-505, can hold 160 books in its fixed memory, enough to line the shelves on a good-sized wall in the average American home. The $299 device is about the size of a paperback book, but a half-inch thick and weighs less than a pound.

The Sony book reader is revolutionary not only in its storage capacity. The font（字體） is highly readable and adjustable by size. Unlike laptop computers, you can put the Sony in your purse, read it in direct sunlight and even bookmark the pages. And you can connect it to your PC to download books.

Surprisingly, though the reader has liberated the book from paper, electronic books aren't always a bargain. For example, David Baldacci's "Stone Cold" download retails（零售） for $15.19 at the Sony site, while Amazon（卓越網(wǎng)） will deliver a hard copy to your mailbox for $16.19.

The Sony reader also lets you store and play or display music. So what's not to like about the Sony? Well, for many bibliophiles, a lot. Book lovers like to have, hold and keep their volumes, which don't need charging. You can write notes in the margins, and enjoy the ambience they provide on your book shelves.

The need for electronic reading devices is likely to grow as more people worried about the billions of tons of paper used for printed material. Many believe the time will come when devices like the Sony reader are as common as printed newspapers and magazines today.

1．What would be the best title for the passage?

       A. The age of the electronic book reader is coming

       B. Printed books are out of date

       C. The Sony reader meets many readers’ needs

       D. The revolution in book readers

2．According to the passage, the Sony book reader _________.

       A. is as light as a laptop computer               B. can hold more than 200 books

       C. is convenient to carry around                  D. cannot be connected to a PC

3．What is the author’s point when he mentions “Stone Cold”?

       A. Amazon’s printed books are very cheap

       B. “Stone Cold” can be got from the Sony site and Amazon

       C. The Sony book reader is not very cheap to use

       D. The Sony book reader can benefit its buyers a lot

4．The underlined word “bibliophiles” in Paragraph 5 refers to “__________”.

       A. music lovers                                             B. book lovers

       C. electronic reading devices                      D. Sony readers

5．According to the author, what’s the future for the electronic reading devices?

       A. They’ll replace printed newspapers and magazines

       B. They’ll still be more expensive than printed newspapers

       C. They’ll become a must in people’s daily life

       D. They’ll become more popular as time goes on