—Have you gone over what the teacher taught in class?

—Not yet.

—Better remember: _______.

A．Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched

B．A bird in hand is worth two in the bush

C．Strike while the iron is hot

D．All roads lead to Rome

Fifteen years spent in the field of education has provided me with many treasured moments. One of the most unforgettable   1   when I was teaching the second   2 , 10 years ago.

In May I decided to plan something special for the children: a Mother's Day tea. We had put our heads together to   3   ideas of how to   4 our mothers. We practiced singing songs, memorized poems and wrote cards. We decided to hold our tea the Friday before Mother's Day. I was surprised and   5   to learn that every mother was planning to attend. I   6   invited my own mother.

Finally, the big day arrived. Each child   7   up at our Classroom door, expecting the arrival of his or her mom.   8   it got closer to starting time, I looked around and my eyes quickly found Jimmy. His mother hadn’t shown up and he was looking   9  .

I took my mother by the hand and walked over to Jimmy. "Jimmy," I said, "I have a bit of problem here and l was   10   if you could keep my mother    11    while I'm busy."

My mom and Jimmy sat at a table. Jimmy    12    my mom her treats, presented her with the gift I had made, just as we had   13   the day before. Whenever I looked over, my mother and Jimmy were in deep    14   .

Now 10 years later, I work with students of all ages, educating them about the environment. Last year, I took a senior class on a field trip, and there was Jimmy, I had the students complete an outline of the day's   15   and an evaluation of our trip. Then I collected the students' booklets and checked them to see if  16   was completed. When I came   17   Jimmy's page, he had written "Remember our Mother's Day tea we had in the second grade, Mrs. Matra? I do! Thanks for all you did for me, and thank your mother, too."

I told him I really enjoyed what he had written. He looked rather embarrassed and   18   his own thanks and walked away. Suddenly he ran back and gave me a big hug. "Thanks again. No one even knew my mother didn't   19   it."

I ended my workday with a hug from a teenage boy who had  20   stopped hugging teachers years ago.

1. A．lasted                        B．happened            C．experienced                 D．described

2. A．school                 B．class              C．grade                D．lesson

3. A．pay attention to          B．look forward to      C．get on with           D．come up with

4. A．love                   B．please             C．respect                     D．admire

5. A．astonished              B．worried           C．relieved              D．interested

6. A．even                  B．ever              C．still                  D．once

7. A．followed               B．held              C．kept                 D．lined

8. A．As                   B．Although           C．While               D．Because

9. A．wild                   B．curious            C．strange              D．upset

10. A．considering          B．wondering         C．asking              D．doubting

11. A．connection           B．care               C．company             D．concern

12 A．served               B．supplied            C．assigned             D．applied

13. A．taught               B．studied             C．practiced            D．told

14. A．mind                B．thought             C．agreement           D．conversation

15. A．feeling              B．behavior           C．event               D．performance

16. A．something           B．everything          C．anything             D．nothing

17. A．by                 B．to                 C．on                  D．over

18. A．announced           B．delivered            C．stated              D．whispered

19. A．make               B．get                C．do                  D．take

20. A．probably            B．exactly             C．rarely                      D．eagerly

The unquestioned role of a student is to learn as much as possible through whatever means it takes to acquire knowledge. Teachers and professors are human beings and are therefore not perfect. No one knows the correct answer to every question even when you limit the questions to a certain field of study. Having certain skepticism （質疑） about what they are being taught can help students to make the teachers even better by correcting mistakes and misinformation.

Students certainly have a huge role in their own abilities to learn. Teachers should act more as guides along the way rather than try to force each student to learn. The best teachers in the world cannot teach an unmotivated student. If the teacher, for whatever reason, cannot motivate the student, then the student must somehow find a way to motivate himself or herself.

One method of doing this is by becoming an active rather than a passive student. The more the student involves himself or herself in the act of studying, the better he or she can learn. One of the best ways to become more active is simply to ask the teacher or professor questions. Students who passively sit in a classroom and take everything that the teacher says for granted are not fully using their mental capacities to learn.

Better education comes from teachers who are able to get their students to think about a subject rather than merely absorb a certain amount of information. Having a healthy skepticism can improve a student's ability to both think and absorb knowledge in a learning situation.

Teachers are human beings and no one is one hundred percent right all of the time, even in a classroom situation. Perhaps a teacher would simply unconsciously say the wrong word or pass on some misinformation that the teacher truly believed was correct. A student's question could prevent an entire classroom from becoming confused or misinformed.

There is of course a fine balance between a student having a healthy skepticism, and just being a downright skeptic. But with the proper attitude toward learning and a little skepticism, both the students and teachers can improve upon the learning process and maximize learning efficiency.

1. Which of the following is the author's main argument?

A．Passive learning results from passive teaching in class.

    B．A student's ability plays a huge role in the learning process.

    C．A healthy skepticism fully depends on students' motivation and ability.

    D．A healthy skepticism and proper attitude contribute to effective learning.

2. Being passive learners, the students _______________.

    A．use little of their mental ability while studying

    B．seldom involve themselves completely in learning

    C．can hardly tell the right from the wrong in class

    D．simply ask their teachers questions without thinking

3. According to the passage, a good teacher should _________.

A．help the unmotivated students patiently

B．instruct students in the learning process

C．make no mistakes in the teaching process

D．answer all the questions raised by students

4 The author will most probably agree that ___________.

A．keeping skepticism to a certain degree is important

B．having a good attitude can ensure the learning process

C．taking everything for granted makes a student learn nothing

D．a teacher's ability can be improved by encouraging doubts

The world hasn’t seen a pandemic （流行疾�。� in 41 years，when the “Hong Kong” flu crossed the globe and killed about one million people worldwide．If H1N1 flu reaches pandemic levels，what would happen next?

The outbreak of SARS in 2003 rang alarm bells as potential pandemics．Although it jumped

the “animal-to-human” barrier，neither disease changed enough to enable human-to-human infection．Strictly speaking，SARS did not become pandemics because it was too good at killing their hosts．For a pandemic，it needs to be able to maintain human-to-human contact without killing its host off．

H1N1 flu is already a man-to-man disease，which makes it much more difficult to manage．And H1N1 flu appears much more infectious than SARS．

But the WHO warns，it cannot say whether or not it will indeed cause a pandemic．According to experts，here’s what the world might see if there is another pandemic，based on past experience．

    The disease would skip from city to city over an 18-to-24 month period，infecting more than a third of the population．World Health Organization officials believe as many as 1.5 billion people around the globe would seek medical care and nearly 30 million would seek hospitalization．Based on the last pandemic and current world population，as many as 7 million people could die．Hospitals will become overcrowded；schools will close；businesses will close；airports will be empty．Business will become very bad，as people avoid as much social contact as possible．

    Health facilities will become overrun with patients and there would be less-than-adequate staffing，as medical health professionals fall ill themselves and that would result in higher deaths．

    The very young and very old will likely be the most susceptible （易受感染的） to the illness．Experts warn，much is still unknown about the current H1N1 flu virus and its severity and it is too early to say whether it will lead to a pandemic．Right now，the focus is on finding answers and controlling the spread．

1. How many kinds of disease is mentioned in the passage?

   A．Two           B．Three               C．Four                D．Five

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

   A．SARS didn’t change enough to enable sustained （持續(xù)的） human-to-human infection．

   B．SARS was very good at killing its carriers．

   C．A man with H1N1 flu can not infect another man easily．

   D．Comparing SARS and H1N1 flu，SARS is not as infectious．

3. What can we know about the “Hong Kong” flu from the passage?

   A．It spread all around the globe and killed lots of people．

  B．It killed about millions of people．

   C．It killed about one million people in Hong Kong．

   D．Not the old but the young were susceptible to it and got killed．

4. What can be inferred from the passage?

   A．The H1N1 flu will skip from city to city over an 18-to-24 month period．

   B．Doctors and nurses will fall ill themselves，which will result in many more deaths．

  C．Every country is taking measures to stop the H1N1 flu from leading to a pandemic．

   D．The WHO and experts have known much about the current H1N1 flu virus．

Are there fastest ways to lose weight? Yes, there are! This is no magic trick or miracle. It just needs sensible actions.

●Drink water

     No, you don’t have to fill up like a tub, but ensure that you drink 8 to 10 glasses of water every day. Don’t substitute for juice. With adequate water intake your body will be able to metabolize（新陳代謝）fat more effectively. And if you have a glass of water 10-15 minutes before your meal, you will feel full once you start eating. Another fun fact, did you know that you can lose 62 calories by drinking ice cold water?

●Eat 5 times a day

Start with breakfast. The more you eat for breakfast, the less food you will want to eat at night. Please don’t skip this meal as you’ll end up swallowing everything in sight for the rest of the day. You don’t need to gobble up 5 large meals. Eat sensibly so your body doesn’t crave for food.

●Use weights

Needless to say, exercise is crucial to weight loss. You can’t expect to sit on the sofa all day, sip water and lose weight. Join a good gym that lets you work with weights. It will help you build muscle and your metabolism rate will increase. You’ll soon see the fat come off and in its place muscle will develop.

●Smaller bowls

It’s better to substitute the huge bowls you usually use for small ones – when food starts to fall off, you’ll know it’s enough. Try to get these new bowls in dark colors. Dark blue will be your best choice since it is the number one color that fights off the appetite. Avoid red/orange/yellow colors in your dining area – they are the ones making your appetite go sky high.

●Read between lines

Food and drink products are all out to get you. They scream “Buy me! Buy me!” They could be “fat free” but they could still have a lot of calories. You need to analyze the nutrition label on the cover. Find out what’s good for you and what isn’t. Knowing in advance can help you stay away from products that are calorie-enriched.

●Don’t punish yourself

Go easy on yourself at least one day in a week. If you begin to dislike your diet then there’s something wrong. Find a diet that suits your body type and your lifestyle.

1. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

   A．If you are on a diet, you should always keep to your diet.

   B．Use smaller bowls can help you eat less food.

   C．Skipping breakfast is not a wise way to lose weight.

   D．Reading the nutrition label on drink and food products is helpful.

2. If you are going to run a restaurant, which colors will you choose to paint the dining area?

   A．black and yellow                              B．gray and white

   C．red and orange                               D．blue and purple

3. Which of the following belongs to “weights” mentioned in the text?

   A．beam                  B．shot           C．barbell                D．badminton

4. In order to lose weight quickly, you can do the following except_____.

   A．drinking juice instead of water

   B．working with weights to build muscle

   C．buying products that are not calorie-enriched

   D．eating proper amount of food

請認真閱讀下列短文，并根據所讀內容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一個最恰當的單詞。  注意：每空格1個單詞。

       Michel became hooked on headphones in his early teens. He walked in the streets of Brooklyn day after day with his favorite music blasting directly into his ears. By his early 20s, Michel had lost much of his upper-range hearing.

       The Children’s Hearing Institute reports that hearing loss among children and young adults is rising in the United States, and that one third of the damage is caused by noise.

Surrounded By Noise

       We live in a noisy world. Young and old alike are beset by sounds over which we may have little or no control: power mowers, leaf blowers, snow blowers, cars and house alarms, sirens, motorcycles, Jet Skis, loudspeakers, even movie previews.

       We attend rock concerts, weddings, parties and sports events at which the music is so loud you can hardly hear the person sitting next to you. At home, televisions, stereos and computer games are often turned up so loud that listeners can not hear a doorbell or telephone. Many “modern ” restaurants have chosen noise enhancement instead of abatement（減輕）. Any time you need to shout to be heard by someone near you, your hearing is most likely to be in a decibel（分貝） danger zone.

       As if environmental noise were not enough, now we surround children with noisy toys and personal listening devices that can permanently damage their hearing. Toys that meet the safety standards of the American Society for Testing and Materials can produce sound up to 138 decibels, as loud as a jet plane taking off. Yet workplace rules require hearing protection for those exposed to noise above 85 decibels.

Protecting Young Ears

       Before buying noisemaking toys, parents would do well to listen to how loud they are. If the toy comes with a volume control, monitor its use to make sure it is kept near the lowest level. Consider returning gifts that make loud noises, disable the noise-making function. Or limit the use of noisy toys to outside play areas.

       Children who play computer games and stereo equipment should be warned to keep the volume down. Time spent in video arcades, where the noise level can be over 110 decibels, should be strictly limited. Most iPods have a control that allow parents to set a maximum volume.

       Don’t take children to loud action movies. If you do go and the sound seems deafening, ask the manager to turn down the volume or insist on your money back. Children who play in bands and teenagers who use power tools, gardening equipment or guns should be made to wear hearing protection, available at sporting goods stores.

The League for the Hard of Hearing urges parents to encourage participation in quiet activities, like reading, watching family-oriented films, doing puzzles, making things with construction toys, playing educational computer games, drawing and painting, and visiting librarians and museums.

All That noise is damaging Children’s Hearing

漢譯英，在下列句子中每個空格處填入一個確當的單詞補全句子。

1.他有一個很小的房間，一架鋼琴就占去了大部分空間。

He has a very small room and most of the space is ________ ________ by a piano.

2.你們一月二十八日在中國日報上刊登廣告招聘秘書，我現(xiàn)在寫信應征。

I’m writing ________ ________ to your advertisement in China Daily of January 28 for a secretary.

3. 政府已采取了一系列環(huán)保措施，由此在全國各地涌現(xiàn)了許多公園和公共綠地。

  The government has ________ a series of environmental protection measures. As a result, many parks and public green areas have ________ up all over the country.

4. 他在辦公室做的工作很少，實際上如果他不來也沒什么。

He does so little work in the office that it would make ______ _____ if he does not come.

5. 世界各國的文明有歷史長短之分,但并無優(yōu)劣之別。

While civilizations in the world ________ from one another in their length of history, none of them is ________ to any other.

假如你的名字是李華，最近你聽到有關我國部分地區(qū)許多希望學校被荒廢的新聞報道后，很是傷心。于是，你決定向一家英文報社寫一封信，表達你的看法，內容包括：

◆希望學校自創(chuàng)辦以來對我國教育的貢獻；

◆荒廢的原因：缺乏規(guī)劃和預測、社會的發(fā)展、人口的變化等；

◆提出如何處理荒廢的學校的建議。（不少于2點）

注意：1．詞數150左右；

     2．應該適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫充實；

     3．文章的開頭與結尾已經給出（不包括在詞數內）。

Dear Sir／Madam，

  Recently I have heard about some news that many Hope Schools in many areas have been deserted．    ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sincerely yours，

Li Hua

The girl is on ____ diet now because the job interview is just around ____ corner.

A．a; a           B．a; the            C．the; the            D．the; a

--- I’m so sorry to have made you wait for so long.

--- _______ Bad traffic always happens!

A．How come you were late?                    B．What if you were me?

C．Don’t give it another thought!              D．Give me a break!