That state – owned chemical plant decided to        the newly – developed energy – saving measures to reduce the costs.

A．a(chǎn)dopt        B．a(chǎn)dapt        C．a(chǎn)djust       D．a(chǎn)dmit

When he was a little boy, he         sit there for hours doing nothing, but now, he is fairly active.

A．would       B．should      C．could        D．might

I, who         for the absence of the meeting, have already realized my mistake.

A．is to blame       B．is to be blamed        C．a(chǎn)m to be blamed      D．a(chǎn)m to blame

Backpacking through Africa, I always carried some food with me   1   I couldn’t find something to eat.

I was   2   through a local market one day when I chanced upon a jar of   3   jam. I could find tins of apple and strawberry in every corner store but this was the   4   time I had seen peach. I took it.

For the next few weeks, when I was   5   the need for a little treat, I would carefully   6   the lid and spoon a bit on to a biscuit. Mmm, delicious. I didn’t   7   it with anybody. It sat safely in my   8  , taken out on only special   9  .

One cold and cloudy afternoon, while I was waiting for a local bus, it started to rain. Everybody scattered for   10   and so did I. But I was already wet through so I quickly searched through my pack for some   11   clothes.

In my hurry to   12   further discomfort, I forgot that the jar of jam was   13   in my clothing. One forceful yank (猛拉) and my   14   jar of jam crashed to the concrete ground, smashing into pieces.

I was so sad that I almost cried. And then, in the corner of my eye, I   15   an old woman in rags approaching. Without hesitation, she bent down and picked up the half of the jar that still looked   16  .

Still   17  , she stuck two fingers into the jar, scooped out the   18   jam and placed it into her toothless mouth. Carefully, like fish bones, she   19   the pieces of glass. She studied the broken container   20   she was certain that there was nothing left. Then she left.

My bus arrived shortly after and, as we drove off, I wondered if the jam would taste the same to me.

1．A．in order that          B．if                        C．just in case          D．unless

2．A．looking                 B．buying                 C．getting                D．running

4．A．last                       B．best                    C．other                   D ．first

5．A．wondering             B．feeling                 C．questioning          D．imagining

6．A．remove                 B．move                  C．discover              D．uncover

7．A．divide                   B．eat                      C．share                  D．separate

8．A．pocket                  B．pack                   C．corner                 D．store

9．A． situations             B．conditions            C．a(chǎn)tmosphere          D．occasions

10．A．protection            B．shelter                 C．cover                  D．warmth

11．A．beautiful              B．rain                     C．warm                  D．dry

12．A．a(chǎn)void                  B．get into                C．defeat                 D．go over

13．A．hidden                 B．buried                 C．covered               D．locked

14．A．expensive            B．valuable               C．precious              D．priceless

15．A．realized               B．glanced               C．heard                  D．noticed

16．A．a(chǎn)ll right               B．nice                    C．broken                D．damaged

17．A．staying up                                           B．looked down upon  

       C．bent over                                            D．watching out

18．A．rest                    B．remaining            C．extra                   D．spare

19．A．swallowed           B．brought out          C．a(chǎn)te up                 D．spat out

20．A．until                  B．unless                 C．a(chǎn)fter                  D．since

When other nine – year – old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station. When other teens were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street. But she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholarship and gain entry to Harvard University. And her amazing story has inspired a movie, “Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story”, shown in late April.

Liz Murray, a 22 – year – old American girl, has been writing a real – life story of willpower and determination. Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-addicted parents. There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house. Liz was the only member of the family who had a job. Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just 15 years old. The effect of that loss became a turning point in her life. Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it.

　　Liz went back to school. She threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless. At night, she lived on the streets. “What drove me to live on had something to do with understanding, by understanding that there was a whole other way of being. I had only experienced a small part of the society,” she wrote in her book Breaking Night.

　　She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on. She used the benefits that come easily to others, such as a safe living environment, to encourage herself that “next to nothing could hold me down”. She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University. But Liz decided to leave her top university a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father, who has also developed AIDS. “I love my parents so much. They are drag addicts. But I never forget that they love me all the time.”

Liz wants moviegoers to come away with the idea that changing your life is “as simple as making a decision”.

1．In which order did the following things happen to Liz?

    a．Her mother died of AIDS.                      b．She worked at a petrol station.

       c．She gained entry to Harvard University.  d．The movie about her life was put on.

      e．She had trouble finding a place to sleep.

      A．b, a, e, c, d          B．a(chǎn), b, c, e, d          C．e, d, b, a, c          D．b, e, a, d, c

2．The main idea of the passage is ________.

　　A．how Liz managed to enter Harvard University

　　B．what a hard time Liz had in her childhood

　　C．why Liz loved her parents so much

　　D．how Liz struggled to change her life

3．What actually made her go towards her goal?

　　A．Envy and encouragement.　　　　       B．Willpower and determination.

　　C．Decisions and understanding.　　        D．Love and respect for her parents.

4．When she wrote “What drove me to live on...I had only experienced a small part of the society”, she meant that ________.

　　A．she had little experience of social life

　　B．she could hardly understand the society

　　C．she would do something for her own life

D．she needed to travel more around the world

Getting paid to talk about the World Cup is a great job. I’m not a football commentator (評論員), though – just an English teacher in Japan.

I came to Japan two years ago, and didn’t think I would stay, but Japan has that effect on you. People often end up living here longer than they planned. I think it’s best to teach in a bigger city where there are other foreigners to mix with, rather than a small town where English teachers often complain of feeling like a goldfish in a bowl. Many people choose to live in Tokyo, of course, which is good for the nightlife factor. But I’d say that for general quality of living, cities of neither too large nor too small, like Sapporo where I live, are better choices.

I teach English privately, which means I’m my own boss. If you want to devote yourself to private teaching, it’s well worth doing a TEFL course first, because your lessons will be much better for it. The problem with private teaching is finding students; it took me a year to build up a full schedule of private lessons, so I started out teaching in schools part – time.

Most of my foreign friends here work full – time for big English conversation schools. The salary is fine to live on, but whether you can save money depends on how much going out and traveling you do here.

The schools are reluctant to take time off – even teachers with tickets for the England – Argentina game had trouble getting the day off.

1．From the passage we know in Japan the write likes to live in          .

       A．Tokyo                                                B．a(chǎn) small town

       C．a(chǎn) city of middle size                             D．a(chǎn) big city

2．According to the writer, one had better         first to do private teaching better.

       A．take a TEFL course                              B．decide his or her own lessons

       C．find students                                       D．build up a full schedule

3．The underlined sentence in the second paragraph implies that          .

       A．there are many foreigners in Japan

       B．Japan is good for nightlife

       C．they can teach English privately in Japan

       D．Japan has something more attractive than expected

4．The underlined word “reluctant” in the passage may probably mean         .

      A．kind  B．unwilling   C．free   D．careless

As skies are filled with millions of migrating birds, European scientists say the seasonal wonder appears to be strange: The fatter the bird, the better it flies.

    The results of their study led to a theory opposite to a central one of aerodynamics (空氣動力學(xué)), which says that the power needed to fly increases with weight.

    For birds, obviously, the cost of flying with heavy fat is much smaller than we used to think. Researchers found that red knot wading birds double their normal body weight of 100 grams before making their twice – a – year nonstop flight between the British Isles and the Russian Arctic. Distance: 5,000 kilometers.

    Another study in the magazine Nature measured the advantage of flying in an aerodynamic group which allows birds to save energy by flying smoothly and quietly in the lead bird' s air stream.

    Flying in groups, their heart rates were 14.5 percent lower than flying alone, according to Henri, a French scientist. The findings help explain how birds complete difficult migrations. Researchers had thought that thinner, stronger birds would have the best chance to survive.

    The first study suggests that building up fat to be burnt as fuel during the migration is worth more than the energy it takes to carry the additional weight.

In the study, researchers said their team studied the birds flown at different body weights during 28 simulated (模擬的) flights. They forced a small amount of special water into the birds' bodies so that they could measure the amount of energy burnt during the flight.

1．A red knot wading bird of 100 grams will probably weigh ________ before making its nonstop migrating flight.

      A．50 grams                                         B．100 grams          

       C．150 grams                                          D．200 grams

2．A ________ red knot wading bird has a better chance to survive during its migrating flight.

      A．stronger          B．weaker           C．thinner           D．fatter

3．The best title for this passage may probably be ________.

       A．Birds Thin Down For Journey       

       B．Birds Fatten Up For Journey

       C．How Birds Build Up Fat For Journey  

       D．How Birds Burn Energy For Journey

    For the person keeping a diary, whatever he experiences and wants to think about, he can write it down. But to get it down on paper begins another adventure. For he has to focus on what he has experienced, and to be able to say what, in fact, the experience is. What of it is new? What of it is remarkable? Is it a good or bad thing to have happened? And why, specifically (特別的,具體的)? The questions add to themselves quickly. As one tries to find the words that are best for this experience, the experience becomes even more clear in its shape and meaning.

Beyond the value of the diary as a record, there is the value of the training it gives. The diary keeper begins to pay closer attention to what happens to and around himself. He develops and sharpens his skills of observation. He learns the usefulness of languages as a means of showing what he sees, and gains skill and certainty in the expression of his experiences. To have given up one’s experience to words is to have begun marking out the limits and its possible meaning. In the journal that meaning is developed and becomes clear.

1．The writer thinks of keeping a journal as _____.

       A．a(chǎn)n ordinary habit                                  B．a(chǎn)n adventure   

       C．a(chǎn) discovery                                     D．a(chǎn)n observation

2．When one keeps a journal, he has to _____.

       A．consider the others’ experience    

       B．sharpen his ability to find the best words

       C．focus on his experience           

       D．write a paper

3．According to the writer, keeping a journal is good for _____.

       A．observation and expression                B．certainty and training

       C．experience and adventure                  D．consideration and development

4．By keeping a journal, one can _____.

       A．develop the usefulness of language    

       B．develop his memory

       C．make what he thinks about clear to everyone

       D．have a good understanding of his experience

5．The passage is mainly about _____.

       A．how to write a journal                   B．the expressions of a journal

       C．the values of keeping a journal      D．how to solve the problems in a journal

Never go into a supermarket hungry! This is a good piece of advice. If you go shopping for food before lunchtime, you’ll probably buy more than you plan to. Unfortunately, however, just this advice isn’t enough for consumers these days. Modern shoppers need and education in how and how not to buy things at the store. First, you check the weekly newspaper ads. Find out the items that are on sale and decide if you really need these things. In other words, don’t buy anything just because it’s cheaper than usual! “New and Improved!” or “All Natural” on the front of a package influence you. Instead, read the list of ingredients (contents) on the back. Third, compare prices: that is, you should examine the prices of both different brands and different sizes of the same brand.

Another suggestion for consumers is to buy ordinary items instead of famous brands. Ordinary items in supermarkets come in plain packages. These products are cheaper because producers don’t spend much money on packing or advertising. The quality, however, is usually as good as the quality of well-known name brands. In the same way, in buying clothes, you can often find high quality and low prices in brands that are not famous. Shopping in discount clothing stores can help you save a lot of money. Although these stores aren’t very attractive, and they usually do not have individual dressing rooms, not only are the prices low, but you can often find the same famous brands that you find in high-priced department stores.

Wise consumers read magazine ads and watch TV commercials, but they do this with one advantage: knowledge of the psychology behind the ads. In other words, well-informed consumers watch for information and check for misinformation. They ask themselves questions: Is the advertiser hiding something in small print at the bottom of the page? Is there any real information in the commercial, or is the advertiser simply showing an attractive image? With the answers to these questions, consumers can make a wise choice.

1．All the following statements are true about the phrase “ordinary items” in Paragraph 2 except ___      _.

       A．ordinary items never say “New and Improved” or “All Natural”

       B．ordinary products are usually cheaper than famous brands

       C．producers spend less money on packaging of ordinary items

       D．the quality of ordinary items is usually as good as that of famous brands

2．What does the writer think about ads?

       A．They are believable.                             B．They are attractive.

       C．They are full of misinformation.            D．They are helpful to consumers.

3．One of the author’s suggestions to consumers is ____     .

       A．to make use of ads

       B．not to buy items with words like “New and Improved” or “All Natural”

       C．to buy high quality items such as famous brands after lunch

       D．to buy any ordinary items instead of famous brands

4．The author implies that ___      _.

       A．going into the supermarket hungry, you may buy more than you plan to

       B．the quality of ordinary items is usually high and the prices are relatively low

       C．discount clothing stores are good places to go to

       D．a(chǎn)ds sometimes don’t tell the truth

You can find all kinds information in just                                           1．       

a few minute on the Internet. It’s like going to a                                  2．     

huge library without have to walk around to find                                 3．     

your books. Recently, therefore, many people                                    4．     

have been discussing the dangers of the Internet.                                5．     

They have been reports in America about people                                                         6．     

trying to steal person information for bad purposes.                             7．     

Finding information on the Net is easily. But not all                              8．     

information are good to society. For example, you                              9．     

can find such information like how to kill people                                 10．     

The problem will become more serious in the future.