－Do __________ you think is right, ____________ others say.

－Yes, I ____________.

A．a(chǎn)s; what; do                                               B．a(chǎn)s; whatever; will

C．what; what; can                                                D．what; whatever; will

Near the table __________ a poor dog, which desired to satisfy his hunger with _________ fell from the table.

A．lay; what  B．lay; that    C．laid; that   D．laid; something

－I have just had my bike repaired.

－How much did they ______________ for it?

A．spend       B．pay    C．charge      D．cost

It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn’t healed(痊愈) from a (n)   1   injury. I had   2   whether or not I should attend the meet. But there I was   3   for the 3,000-meter run.

“Ready…set…” The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed   4   me. I felt 5   as I fell farther and farther behind.

“Hooray!” shouted the crowd. It was the loudest   6   I had ever heard at a meet. The first-place runner was two laps(圈) ahead of me when she crossed the finished line. “Maybe I should   7  ,” I thought as I moved on.   8  . I decided to keep going. During the last two laps, I ran   9   and decided not to   10   in track next year. It wouldn’t be worth it,   11   my foot did heal.

When I finished, I heard a cheer－  12   than the one I’d heard earlier. I turned around and 13  , the boys were preparing for their race. “They must be cheering for the boys.”

I was leaving   14   several girls came up to me. “Wow, you’ve got courage!” one of them told me.

“Courage? I just   15   a race!” I thought. “I would have given up on the first lap,” said another girl. “We were cheering for you. Did you hear us?”

Suddenly I regained   16  . I decided to   17   track next year. I realized strength and courage aren’t always   18   in medals and victories, but in the   19   we overcome. The strongest people are not always the people who win,   20   the people who don’t give up when they lose.

1．A．slighter                 B．worse                 C．earlier                 D．heavier

2．A．expected               B．supposed             C．imagined             D．doubted

3．A．late                       B．eager                   C．ready                  D．thirsty

5．A．a(chǎn)shamed               B．a(chǎn)stonished           C．excited                D．frightened

6．A．cheer                    B．shout                  C．cry                     D．noise

7．A．slow down            B．drop out              C．go on                  D．speed up

8．A．Therefore              B．Otherwise            C．Besides               D．However

9．A．with delight           B．with fear             C．in pain                 D．in advance

10．A．play                    B．a(chǎn)rrive                  C．race                    D．a(chǎn)ttend

11．A．even if                 B．only if                 C．unless                 D．until

12．A．weaker                B．longer                 C．lower                  D．louder

13．A．well enough                                        B．sure enough        

       C．surprisingly enough                              D．strangely enough

14．A．while                  B．when                  C．a(chǎn)s                       D．since

15．A．finished               B．won                    C．passed                D．lost

16．A．cheer                  B．hope                   C．interest                D．experience

17．A．hold on               B．turn to                 C．begin with           D．stick with

18．A．measured            B．praised                C．tested                  D．increased

19．A．sadness               B．struggles             C．diseases              D．tiredness

20．A．or                     B．nor                     C．a(chǎn)nd                   D．but

American grade 3 student Linda Brown had to walk a long way through a railway yard to get to her school in Topeka, Kansas. There was another school closer to home－but Linda was black and this school was for white children only.

Then her father made a decision that ended in a court case which changed US society forever. It celebrated its 50th anniversary last Monday.

The decision was simple: Linda was to study in the nearby all-white school. After the school refused her, Mr. Brown filed a lawsuit against the local board of education.

The case, now known as “Brown versus the Board of Education”, made it all the Way to the US Supreme Court. On May 17, 1954, the court declared that “Separate educational facilities are unequal.” This historic ruling ended racial segregation(隔離) by allowing black children to go to the same schools as white children.

The court said that the US Constitution guaranteed “equal protection of the laws”, and this meant equal treatment for backs and whims. This overturned a 19th century ruling that permitted “separate but equal” racial segregation.

Thanks to the Brown ruling, from the late 1950s segregation was ended on a much wider scale. Buses, beaches, jobs, housing, voting－black people had equal rights to white people in most areas of society. The ruling also helped improved rights for women and the disabled.

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton said: “Brown was the most important court decision in US history.” In other countries, these problems may have been solved through violence, she added.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the Brown decision, a museum was opened at Linda Brown’s old school. Visitors get to walk through the “Tunnel of Courage”, in which they are surrounded by photos of shouting crowds and barking dogs. This gives them a taste of the hardships that Brown faced at the whites-only school.

1．Mr. Brown decided to sent her daughter to the whites-only school because __________.

       A．he hated the board of education             B．it is unfair for their black kids

       C．the school is close to his home              D．he wanted to change US society

2．The first step to create the equal society in the US was to _________.

       A．revise the Constitution of the USA

       B．get rid of the racial Constitution completely

       C．a(chǎn)llow black people to have the right of voting

       D．a(chǎn)llow back children to attend the schools for whites

3．According to the passage, during the court case Mr. Brown __________.

       A．was run a after by barking dogs of whites

       B．was beaten by the shouting crowds of whites

       C．decided to build a museum to remember the hardship

       D．experienced many hardships facing the whites

4．Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?

       A．Brown ruling                                       B．A freedom fighter

       C．A good ending         D．A non-violence struggle

To help a 7-year-old very come bedwetting, Dr. Howard Bennett reaches for red water balloons and a superhero named Bladderman. Bedwetting is a problem for many children age 6 or older.

Alarms and medicines are available, but understanding how their bodies work for many kids is the key to staying dry. Bennett published a book that’s aimed directly at children, not just their parents to help understand bedwetting so that children understand accidents aren’t their fault－it’s not a matter of willpower but of biology－and to outline research-backed steps they can take to help stay dry.

Bedwetting is hard on youngsters’ self-esteem(自尊). They may decline sleepovers or feel anxious about camp, such as doing their own laundry, to hide the problem. Bennett even had a 9-yar-old patient whose younger brother discovered his bedwetting and used it blackmail.

Children usually get nighttime bladder control between ages 3 and 5. the brain and bladder must learn to work together: First, the bladder signals the brain that it’s filling. The brain then either signals back for the bladder to relax and hold more overnight, or signals the child to awaken. Boys are twice as likely as girls to experience delays in nighttime bladder control.

For children who don’t want to wait it out, there are ways to help. Most common are alarms that make a sound when they sense wetness. The alarms, which cost from $ 60 to $ 200, can help train children to wake up. “But the education is important,” stresses Dr. Patrick McKenna. Good training in how the bladder works and how to control it can meet the devices’ effect.

1．The passage mainly tries to tell readers that __________.

       A．bedwetting is a common thing for children

       B．boys are easier to have bedwetting

       C．children’s bedwetting can be overcome

       D．bedwetting is a matter of biology

2．According to the passage, bedwetting happens mainly because _________.

       A．brain doesn’t signal them to awaken

       B．these children’s bladders are smaller

       C．they are too young to control themselves

       D．they have too much water before sleep

3．The contents that follow the last paragraph of the passage will be _________.

       A．how the alarms work in treating bedwetting

       B．how to educate children to avoid bedwetting

       C．how bedwetting words for the children

       D．how to build youngsters’ self-esteem

1．Which of the following is NOT included in a starter pack?

       A．One hundred used stamps and hinges and album pages.

       B．The Collectors Club Guide to Collecting and badge and stickers.

       C．The latest Collectors Club magazine and membership card.

       D．Royal Mail Stamp Calendar and Collectors Corner supplement.

2．This advertisement is written for people who want to _______.

       A．make money through collecting stamps

       B．develop stamp collection as a hobby

       C．get something free from the club

       D．find out where the club is located

3．From the advertisement we can learn _____________.

       A．Collectors Club is among the biggest clubs in this country

       B．how much you must pay to become a member of the club

       C．today is the last day for stamp collectors to join the club

       D．members may receive a set of album pages every month

4．Where is this advertisement most probably found?

       A．In a newspaper                                    B．On a web page

       C．In a magazine.         D．On a TV program.

If there is one thing I’m sure about, it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapers. It is not that newspapers are a necessity. Even now some people get most of their news from television or radio. Many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday. But for most people a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation.

The nature of what is news may change. What basically makes news is what affects our lives-and the big political stories, the coverage of the wars, earthquakes and other disasters, will continue much the same. I think there will be more coverage of scientific research, though. It’s already happening in areas that may directly affect our lives, like genetic engineering. In the future, I think there will be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do－as we develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings really are.

It’s quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted electronically from the Fleet Street and printed out in our own home. In fact, I’m pretty sure how it will happen in future. You will probably be able to choose from a menu, making up your own newspaper by picking out the things you want to read-say, sports and international news.

I think people have got it wrong when they talk about competition between the different media. They actually feed off each other. Some people once foresee that television would kill of newspapers, but that hasn’t happened. What is read on the printed page lasts longer than pictures on a screen or sound lost in the air. And as for the Internet, it’s never really pleasant to read something just on a screen. And they will rely on each other.

1．In the writer’s opinion, in the future ___________.

       A．more big political affairs, wars and disasters will make news

       B．newspapers will not be printed in publishing houses any longer

       C．newspapers will cover less scientific research.

       D．more and more people will read newspapers

2．What will probably be on in the newspaper made by yourself?

       A．Sports and international news.

       B．A menu of all the news.

       C．The most important news.

       D．What you are interested in.

3．From the text, we can infer __________.

       A．newspapers will win the competition among the different media

       B．newspapers will stay with us together with other media

       C．television will take the place of newspaper

       D．the writer believe some media will die out

4．The underlined phrase “feed off” in the last paragraph means __________.

       A．depend on B．live on      C．fight with  D．kill

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Third-generation mobile phones, known as 3G, are the next big step for the telecom industry. Date speed in 3G networks is much quicker than that in present technology. This means users can have high-speed Internet access and enjoy video and CD-quality music on their phones.

“Mobile data is not a dream; it’s not an option but a requirement,” said Len Lauer, head of a US communications company, Sprint PCS, at a 3G conference in Bangkok earlier this month.

With 3G, you can forget about text messages telling you yesterday’s news; a 3G phone can receive video news programs, updated four times a day. Internet access will also be much quicker, making it easier to surf the Web on your phone than on your computer at home.

Face-to-face video calls

Don’t worry about getting lost, 3G phones offer map services so you can find a new restaurant just by pressing a few keys on your handset.

However, the most impressive part of 3G technology is video calling. With live two-way video communication, you can have face-to-face talks with friends and family on your mobile phone.

Many European countries have already launched the service. In May 2000 the US Government issued five license to run 3G wireless services, while the first 3G phones arrived in Italy in March this year.

International telecom companies can’t wait to sell 3G in China, the world’s largest mobile telecommunications market. But they will have to be patient. At the moment, China is busy testing its 3G-based technologies, networks and services. This will be followed by a trial period before the phones can finally hit the shops.

“We need to create a pool of 3G customers before the large-scale commercial launch of the service,” said Fan Yunjun, marketing manager for Beijing Mobile. “We expect that the 3G licenses will be issued late next year.”

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Nowadays a lot of schools keep their students in school all day long.