Can you really travel around the world for free? Li Jun, a 17-year-old girl from Shenzhen Foreign Language School, still can’t believe her 10-day free training（訓(xùn)練）camp in the Alps in Switzerland last month was true!

But how did she achieve this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?

Last October, a piece of short world news in a newspaper---“Have a chance to see the world, for free”, caught her eyes. When she asked her friends if the story was real, they laughed at her, for they thought she was day-dreaming. However, Li decided to apply（申請）online the following weekend.

“Opportunity is everywhere. I’d like to keep my eyes open and catch the chance.” she told herself. What happened next was tests on health, hobbies and awareness（意識）of environmental protection. She passed all of them very easily.

On December 14, Li Jun surprised her friends with an invitation letter from the program, the Pangaea Young Explorer Selection Camp set up by South African explorer Mike Horn.

On January 11, Li left for Switzerland, with several newly bought ski-suits in her suitcase. Over the next week, she and 15 other teenagers from around the world took part in exciting training and lessons. They took day-trips up the Alps to an altitude（緯度）of 3,200 meters, went sledging（滑雪橇）at night using modern equipment. They were also encouraged to complete difficult journeys up mountains, down hills, and through forests.

Because of her performance during the training, Li was chosen as one of the eight young explorers to join Mike Horn in the South Island of New Zealand in May. She will write for the newspaper and share her fun experiences there with readers.

63. How did Li Jun’s friends feel when Li told them the news?

A. They were surprised. B. They didn’t think it was true.

C. They all wanted to get the chance.   D. They had no idea of the news.

64. Why did Li decide to apply on the Internet?

A. She didn’t want to lose the chance. B. Her friends encouraged her to do that.

C. She received an invitation letter from the program.

D. She wanted to tell her classmates that they were wrong.

65. How long did Li receive training in Switzerland?

A. About 28 days.  B. About six months. C. About four months. D. Ten days.

Brazil and Barcelona forward Ronaldinho has been named the 50^th European Footballer of Year at great party in Paris held towards the end of 2005.

Ronaldinho, 25 years old, became the third Brazilian to win the title after Ronaldo, who won it in 1997and 2002, and Rivaldo , who won it in 1999.

“To be here with all those great players is a dream. This gives me huge encouragement to keep working and try to do well. I have the chance to do for a living what I like most in my life, and that’s playing football. I can make people happy and enjoy myself at the same time,” said Ronaldinho after receiving the golden cup at the party.

The was no way Ronaldinho cold not succeed, as he was always full of uncontrollable desire for football. He would play on the dirt , in the wood , even in his living –room-noting else staved in his mind . He began to shine on the international games when he was 17 , helping Brazil win the Under—17 World Championship(錦標(biāo)賽). He was on his way to becoming one of the world’s greatest players, with his role in Brazil’s World Cup victory in 2002. With 22 goals in his first in Barcelona, he received football’s most valuable honor in 2004: the FIFA World Player of the Year.

“He isn’t only able to win games on his own, he keeps our spirits high because he is always in a good state of feelings,” says his captain. “You can challenge him, push him , trip him and even prevent him on purpose - nothing can stop him . And it shows in his games. He’s not satisfied with moving the ball from one point to another; he has to dance it away. And with every match, Ronaldinho creates a new signature move . When noting seems possible, he can do.”

60. The nationality of Rivaldo is          .

A. French    B. English    C. Brazilian   D. Spanish

61. How old was Ronaldinho when he first joined Barcelona?

A. 17 years old B. 25 years old  C. 20 years old   D. Less than 25 years old.

62. We can conclude from the passage that the author wants to give us an introduction of

A. the great honors he received in recent years

B. a great and gifted Brazilian football player

C. a famous sportsman in the world

D. European Foot baler of Year

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

A. At the age of 17 Ronaldinho helped his country to win the World Cup.

B. Ronaldo won the title— European Footballer of Year twice.

C. He is more interested in football than in anything else.

D. His fans want to get his signature after every game

64. In the opinion of his captain, Ronaldinho        .

A. has to sign his name before every football game

B. is not satisfied with every mach he played in

C. is able to do almost everything possible

D. can make his teammates in high spirits.

Victor’s hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries, like England, Canada and China. On his birthday, can you guess what people gave him? That’s right—stamps.

Victor’s favourite stamps came from France. He had almost every stamp from 1954 to 2004. He only needed one. That was a 1974 special edition*. It was very hard to find.

He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends and relatives to help him. But nobody could find the stamp. It made Victor very sad.

 “Don’t worry. Never give up,” his father said to him. “If you have enough patience, you’ll find it one day.”

 “I hope so,” Victor said.

Victor also liked writing. He had a pen friend in France. They wrote to each other every month. Victor’s pen friend, Phillip, usually used new stamps to send letters. Sometimes, his mother gave him stamps to use. Once Phillip’s mother gave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. When Victor received the letter, he was very surprised. On the envelope, he looked carefully at the stamp. It was the 1974 special edition stamp. Victor was so happy. He told his sister, his mother and his father.

 “You see,” his father said. “You did find your stamp. So, it’s good to have two things in life. ”

 “What are they?” Victor asked.

 “Friends and patience.” He answered.

73. It was very difficult for Victor to find a special French stamp of _________.

A. 1954              B. 1974             C. 1994              D. 2004

74. Who owned the special edition stamp at the very beginning?

A. Phillip.  B. Phillip’s mother.  C. Victor. D. Victor’s father.

75. The passage mainly tells us that ________ is（are）important to people.

A. a happy family                          B. a good hobby

C. relatives and friendship                   D. friends and patience

When I was about 12, I had an “enemy”, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings. Week by week her list grew: I was very thin; I wasn’t a good student; I talked too much; I was too proud, and so on. I tried to bear all these as long as I could. At last, it went beyond my tolerance. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes. He listened to me quietly. Then he asked, “Sweetie, are the things she says true or not? Didn’t you ever wonder what you are really like? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and highlight the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”

I did as he told. To my surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change(like being very thin),but a good number I could and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I got a fairly clear picture of myself.

I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it. “It’s just the case for you,” he said, “you know better than anyone the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of great help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears, listen to them all, but hear the truth only and do what you know is right to do”

Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.

70. Which do you think is the best title for this passage?

A. Not an enemy, but a best friend B. My childhood

C. My father　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　 D. The best advice I’ve ever had

71.What does “week by week her list grew ” mean?

A.She found more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me

B.I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on

C.She made a list of my shortcomings and kept adding new ones to it

D.Week by week my shortcomings grew more serious

72. Why did her father listened to her quietly?

A.He was too angry at his daughter’s shortcomings to say anything

B.He believed that what her daughter’s “enemy” said was mostly true

C.He knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment

D.He wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth

At the end of a party，he invited her to have coffee with him． In a nice coffee shop， he was too nervous to say anything，and she felt uncomfortable，thinking，“Please let me go home．’’

Suddenly he asked the waiter，“Would you please give me some salt? I'd like to put it in my coffee．’’

Everybody，stared at him—so strange! His face turned red，but，still，he put the salt in his coffee and drank it．

She asked him curiously，“Why do you have this hobby?”

He replied，“When I was a little boy，I was living near the sea．I liked playing in the sea，and I could feel the taste of the sea，just like the taste of the salty coffee．Now every time I have the salty coffee，I always think of my childhood．I miss my hometown and my parents so much．’’　

She was deeply touched．A man who can tell out his-homesickness must be a man who loves home，cares about home，and has responsibility for home．

They continued to date．She found that actually he was such a good person，but she almost missed him!

Thanks to his salty coffee! Then the story went just like every beautiful love story．．．And，every time she made coffee for him，she put some salt in the coffee．

After 40 years，he passed away，leaving her a letter which said，“My dearest，please forgive my whole life lie．This was the only lie I told to you—the salty coffee．

“Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous at that time．Actually I wanted some sugar，but I said salt．It was hard for me to change，so I just went ahead．

“I tried to tell you the truth many times in my life，but I was too afraid to do that，as I have promised not to lie to you for anything．

“Now I'm dying，I'm afraid of nothing so I tell you the truth：I don’t like the salty coffee．What a strange bad taste! But I have had the salty coffee in my whole life!…”

Her tears made the letter totally wet．

Someday，someone asked her，“What’s the taste of salty coffee?” “It’s sweet?” she replied．

56．After ordering some salt to put into the coffee，the young man must have felt ．

A．excited　 　　　　 B．satisfied　 　　　　　 C．embarrassed D．displeased

57．Why did the man have salty coffee all his life?

A．To change lifestyle． B．To please his wife．

C．To keep his word． D．To remember the past．

58．What did the writer mean by saying “she almost missed him” in Paragraph ?

A．She meant to leave him on their first date�！�

B．She thought of him every now and then．

C．She nearly misunderstood his explanation．

D．She could hardly believe this simple fact．

59．It is implied in the passage that the woman　　　 when reading the letter left by her husband．

A．was confused about his behavior B．was touched by his white lie

C．felt sorry to know the truth too Late 　　　　　 D．felt angry about his dishonesty

The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children.  On the third Sunday in June, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special. 

However, the idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington.  A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909.  Having been raised by her father, Henry Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her. 

It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a selfless and loving man.  Sonora’s father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910. 

In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge declared the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day.  Roses are the Father’s Day flowers: red to be worn for a living father and white if the father has died. 

When children can’t visit their fathers or take them out to dinner, they send a greeting card.  Traditionally, fathers prefer greeting cards that are not too sentimental.  Most greeting cards are too special so fathers laugh when they open them.  Some give heartfelt thanks for being there whenever the child needed Dad. 

46. The United States is special in Father’s Day because ______. 

A. many people celebrate the day         B.  only America celebrates the day

C. America makes it an official day       D.  all men are honored in America

47. At first, Father’s Day was fixed on June 19th because ______. 

A. Sonora honored her father on her father’s birthday

B. Sonora’s birthday was June 19

C. it was decided by the president at that time

D. her mother died on June 19

48.  How many years has passed before Father’s Day became an official day since the father’s day was celebrated?

A.  4     B.  10        C.  14       D.  24

49.  According to the passage, on Father’s Day,  ______. 

A. people will wear the same flowers to honor their fathers

B. only daughters wear red flowers to honor their fathers

C. children must go home to honor their fathers

D. fathers are often honored in different ways

50. According to the passage, we can infer that Henry Jackson Smart ______. 

A. was very kind to anyone

B. did a lot for his daughter

C. was the first father honored in 1924

D. always help others by giving money

In Canada and the United States, there is a new group of children called “satellite kids”, who live in one place but whose parents live in another place.

Asians are immigrating to Canada and the United States in larger numbers than ever before. Most Asians immigrate because they believe that they can give their children a better education in the West. In Asia, especially in China, Japan, and Korea, it is difficult to go to university. Students must first pass the strict national examination. However, in Canada and the United States, it is easy to go to university, and anyone who wants to go can go. As a result, Asian parents decide to leave their countries so that their children can go to university.

The problem is that when Asians arrive, they discover that finding a job and making money are more difficult in the West than in the East. Also, they find that they are very lonely, and that they miss their homes. Because of these two reasons, most Asian parents decide to go back to work while their children study in the West. Therefore, these children become “satellite kids”, and most of their parents do not know how sad it is to be a “satellite kid”.

Only until now are Canadians and Americans discovering the “satellite kid” problem. Because these children do not speak English and because their parents are not there to take care of them. They are often absent from school. To be a “satellite kid” means growing up in a country where you know you are different and where you cannot make friends because you do not speak English well. Also, it means growing up lonely, because your parents are elsewhere. What these “satellite kids” will probably say to their parents is that it’s better to have parents around than to have a university education.

63. Some Asian parents send their kids abroad because ________.

A. they hope their children may easily find a job there

B. the kids may not be accepted by universities in their own countries

C. all foreign universities are better than the ones in their own countries

D. the kids want to improve their English and make foreign friends

64. “Satellite kids” refer to Asian kids ________.

A. without patents

B. living abroad alone

C. with university education

D. speaking no English

65. Some Asian immigrant children become “satellite kids” because their parents ________.

A. want to leave their own country

B. want them to go to university

C. return to their country to work

D. want them to be independent

66. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Parents want better education for their kids.

B. Parents feel lonely and miss their families.

C. Canadians and Americans begin to notice the “satellite kids” problem.

D. Kids in foreign countries alone are badly in need of care from family.

    Most Americans would have a difficult time telling you, specifically, what the values are which Americans live by. They have never given the matter any thought.

     Over the years I have introduced thousands of international visitors to life in the United States. This has caused me to try to look at Americans through the eyes of foreign visitors, I am confident that the values listed in this booklet describe most (but not all )Americans, and that understanding these values can help you, the international visitor, understand Americans.

     It is my belief that if foreign visitors really understand how deeply these 13 values are ingrained in Americans, they will then be able to understand 95% of American actions —actions which might otherwise appear “strange,”“ confusing,” or “unbelievable” when evaluated from the perspective (aspect) of the foreigner's own society and its values.

     The different behaviors of a people or a culture make sense only when seen through the basic beliefs, assumptions and values of that particular group. When you encounter (meet) an action, or hear a statement in the United States which surprises you, try to see it as an expression of one or more of the values listed in this booklet.

44. An ordinary American can’t tell you his / her value system because          .

   A. this is something an American lives by

   B. everyone will have his/her own system

 C. he/she has never thought about it

   D. values are something often in their thought

45.The author lists 13 values in his booklet to          .

   A .invite foreigners to visit America

   B. look at Americans through the eyes of foreign visitors

   C. describe the confusing actions of most Americans

   D. help international visitors understand Americans

46.The underlined word “ingrained” in Line 2, Paragraph 3 most probably means        .

   A. rooted in the minds                            B. found in the grains

   C. planted for food                                 D. prepared with grain

47.Visitors sometimes find Americans behave in a strange, confusing or unbelievable way, probably because           .

   A. Americans are hard to understand

   B. Americans have values which are entirely different from their own

   C. they view Americans according to the values in their own society

   D. it is difficult to understand any people when you first encounter them

Americans wear black for mourning Chinese wear white. Westerners think of dragons as monsters. Chinese honor them as symbols of God. Chinese civilization has often shown such polarities（極性） with the West, as though each stands at extreme ends of a global string. Now in the University of California, Berkeley, psychologist has discovered deeper polarities between Chinese and American cultures—polarities that go to the heart of how we reason and discover truth.

His findings go far toward explaining why American cultures seem to contentious and Chinese cultures so passive, when compared to each other. More importantly, the research opens the way for the peoples of the East and the West to learn from each other in fundamental ways. The Chinese could learn much from Western methods for determining scientific truth, said Kaiping Peng, a former Beijing Scholar, who is now a UC Berkeley assistant professor of psychology. And Americans could profit enormously from the Chinese tolerance for accepting contradictions in social and personal life, he said.

“Americans have a terrible need to find out who is right in an argument,” said Peng. “The problem is that at the interpersonal level you really don’t need to find the truth, or maybe there isn’t any.” Chinese people, said Peng, are far more content to think that both sides have flaws and virtues, because they have a holistic awareness that life is full of contradictions. They do far less blaming of the individual than do Americans, he added.

In studies of interpersonal argument, for example, when subjects were asked to deal with contradictory information stemming from conflict between a mother and a daughter or a student and a school, Peng found that Americans were “non-compromising, blaming one side—usually the mother—for the causes of the problems, demanding changes from one side to attain a solution and offering no compromise” in dealing with the conflict. Compared to this angry, blaming American stance, the Chinese were paragons（模范）of compromise, finding fault on both sides and looking for solutions that moved both sides to the middle.

41. In Paragraph 1, the author sets examples in order to _____.

A. expose the contradiction between Chinese and Americans

B. show the differences between Chinese culture and American culture

C. find the reason for the differences

D. generalize the main idea of the passage

42. The underlined word “contentious” in Paragraph 2 probably means _____.

A. conservative       B. aggressive              C. objective                D. optimistic

43. Compared with Americans, Chinese are _____.

A. likely to find the truth in life

B. reluctant to admit their own failure

C. reluctant to have a general idea of things

D. likely to know advantages and disadvantages of things

44. The studies show that _____.

A. an American treats his or her mother badly

B. different ideas of treating the aged

C. different personality of Chinese and American

D. different conflicts of Americans and Chinese

45. The main idea of the passage is _____.

A. polarities between American and Chinese culture

B. priorities of American culture to Chinese

C. different attitudes towards the aged

D. different manners in social occasions

Some houses are designed to be smart. Others have smart designs. An example of the second type of house won a Prize of Excellence from the American Club of Architects (建筑師)。

On the shore of Sullivan’s Island off the coast of South Carolina, the prize—winning beach house was built to replace one destroyed to pieces by Hurricane Hugo 10 years ago. In September 1989. Hugo struck South Carolina, killing 18 people and damaging or pulling down 36, 000 homes in the state.

Before Hugo, many new house built along the shore were poorly constructed, and the instructions for building were not strict, according to architect Ray huff, who created the cleverly-designed beach house. All new houses are required to follow stricter instructions after the terrible experience in Hugo. The new houses on this land should be able to stand a terrible hurricane with the strongest wind 179 to 209 kilometers per hour.

At first sight, the house on the island look anything but hurricane-proof. Its redwood roof makes it look like “a large bright ball” at night, according to one observer. But looks can be not true. The wooden formation of the house is supported with long steel sticks to give it huge strength. To further protect the house from hurricane damage, Huff raised it 2.7 meters off the ground on wood pilings, part of which were buried in the sand. In fact, they are strong enough to bear the weight of the house. They also lift the house above the sea water brought by the hurricane. The pilings allow the sea water to run under the house instead of running into it. “These waves of water come ashore at treat speed and cause most of the damage done to the beach-front buildings,” said Huff.

65. After the disaster caused by Hurricane Hugo , new houses built along South Carolina’s shore line are required       .

A. to be easily constructed

B. to look smarter in design

C. to meet strict building standards

D. to be designed in the shape of lamp

66. Huff raised the house 2.7 meters off the ground on wood pilings in order to

A. put stronger pilings in the sand

B. break huge sea waves in to small ones

C. stand the strong wind of about 200km/hr

D. prevent water from rushing into the house

67. According to the passage , which statement CANNOT be true?

A. The report above was written in 1999, ten years after Hugo.

B. The house designed by Ray Huff lay on the coast of South Carolina.

C. When a hurricane strikes ,waves of water come ashore at a great speed.

D. The formation of the new house can make it stand a terrible hurricane.