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     Far more people in India have access to a mobile phone than to a toilet, according to a UN study.
     India's mobile users totaled 563.73 million at the last count, enough to serve nearly half of the
country's population.
    But just 366 million people-around a third of the population-had access to proper sanitation (衛(wèi)
生設(shè)施) in 2008, said the study published by the UN University, a UN thinktank.
     "It is a tragic irony (諷刺) to think in India, a country now wealthy enough that roughly half of the
people own phones, so many people cannot afford the basic necessity and quality of a toilet, " said
UN University director Zafar Adeel.
     Adeel heads the UN University's Institute for Water, Environment and Health, based in the
Canadian city of Hamilton, which prepared the report.
      Worldwide, an estimated 358 billion dollars is needed between now and 2015 to achieve the UN
Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving the proportion of people with inadequate (不充分的)
sanitation from 2000 levels.
     "Proper sanitation could do more to save lives, especially those of young people, improve health
and help pull India and other countries in similar circumstances out of poverty than any alternative
investment, " Adeel said.
     Poor sanitation is a major contributor to waterborne diseases (水傳播疾病), which in the past three
years alone killed an estimated 4.5 million children under the age of five worldwide, according to the
study.
    The report gave a rough cost of 300 dollars to build a toilet, including labour, and materials.The
world could expect a return of up to 34 dollars for every dollar spent on sanitation through improved
productivity and reduced poverty and health costs, said Adeel.He said improving sanitation was an
economic and humanitarian opportunity of historic proportions.
1. The population of India is about________.
A. less than 1 billion 
B. about 1.2 billion
C. 900 million  
D. 800 million
2. From Paragraph 4, we can draw a conclusion that________.
A. India is so poor that they can't afford the basic necessity and quality of a toilet
B. a mobile phone is more important than a toilet
C. it's normal in Indian that they can't attach importance to toilets
D. Zafar Adeel wasn't satisfied with the sanitary situation in India
3. Improving sanitation can play an important part in the following EXCEPT________.
A. preventing waterborne diseases
B. saving lives of young people
C. pulling developing countries out of poverty
D. improving the quality of mobile phone and getting more information
4. According to the last paragraph, if the government put into $10,000 on sanitation, they
   can get a return of________.
A. $3,000,000  
B. $10,000
C. $340,000  
D. $10,200
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　　BALTIMORE－When 15-year-old Michael Thomas left home for school last May, he couldn’t have been prouder．On his feet, thanks to his mother’s hard work, were a pair of new Air Jordans－＄100 worth of leather, rubber and status(身份)that to today’s youth are the Mercedes-Benz of athletic footwear．The next day it was James David Martin, 17，who was walking down the street in Thomas’ new sneakers, while Thomas lay dead in a field not far from his school．

　　Martin was arrested(逮捕)for murder．

　　For the Baltimore school system, Thomas’ death was the last straw．He was the third youngster to have been killed over his clothes in five years．Dozens of others had been robbed of brand-new sneakers, fashionable jogging suits, leather jackets and jewelry．

　　This fall, the school board announced a dress code preventing leather shirts and jackets, jogging suits, gold chains and other expensive items．Joseph Smith, Board President, said, “Clothes have just gotten out of control”．Across the nation, parents, school officials, psychologists and even some children agree．They say that today’s youngsters, throughout the nation, have become clothes concerned(關(guān)心)．They worry about them, compete over them, pay no attention to school for them and sometimes even rob and kill for them．

　　In many cases, students are so concerned about what they and their classmates are wearing, they forget what they come to school for, educators said．In response, many public schools, mainly in eastern cities, have used school uniforms to cut down on competition．Educators say, in the present fashion climate, dressing students alike allows them more freedom to be normal individuals．

(1)

Why was Michael so proud of himself?

[　　]

A．

He got a new car－Mercedes-Benz．

B．

He wore expensive clothes worth＄100．

C．

He was in a pair of famous brand-new shoes．

D．

He had a very hard-working mother．

(2)

Martin was arrested for ________．

[　　]

A．

stealing expensive things in a street in Baltimore

B．

robbing several students of expensive clothes

C．

killing Michael Thomas for his expensive shoes

D．

murdering another two students for their clothes

(3)

The underlined word “climate” in the last paragraph means ________．

[　　]

A．

weather

B．

popularity

C．

situation

D．

atmosphere

(4)

The main purpose to use school uniforms in public schools is to help students ________．

[　　]

A．

decrease their concern for clothes

B．

get simple-dressed

C．

become more disciplined(守紀(jì)律)

D．

become normal persons

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For Senior 3 students, choosing which college to attend can be the most exciting and thrilling time in their entire school lives. This is also true for an American girl named Melanie in the film, College Road Trip, which was released in the US on March 7.
Melanie’s dad, James Porter, is the chief of police for a Chicago suburb. Incredibly security obsessed（困擾）, he wants Melanie to attend nearby Northwestern University, where she’s already been accepted. But Melanie, 17, really wants to go to Georgetown in Washington, D.C., where she’s been wait-listed.
When she gets an unexpected interview, she decides to take a road trip with a few close female friends. Melanie believes it is her first step toward adulthood.
But despite the fact that this trip is “girls only”, James isn’t comfortable with the prospect of his little princess exploring the world without him. He wants to protect her.
James joins the girls and hopes he can convince her to go to Northwestern. While Melanie’s father only has the best of intentions, his presence leads to an endless series of comic encounters.
After following their faulty GPS device deep into the backwoods, James and Melanie discover her little brother and his pet pig have been hiding in the spare tire compartment（隔間）. What should be a simple tire change results in the expensive car rolling down a mountain, forcing them to hike to a nearby hotel. There the pig ruins an outdoor wedding reception after eating an entire bag of coffee beans.
All these disasters add spice to their trip while along the way a father and a daughter finally get the chance to really talk to each other.
The film explores the parent-child relationship in a comic way: The discrepancy（不同） between how close James thinks he is to Melanie and how little he actually knows of her plans makes us laugh first and then think. 
All parents, whether they have college students or not, can relate to the bittersweet realization that their kids are growing up. Like what Melanie and James have done in the film, we all can find the delicate balance between staying connected and letting go.
51．According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A．It’s unclear whether Melanie could be accepted by Northwestern University.
B．Northwestern University isn’t so famous as the university in Washington D.C..
C．There is no hope that Melanie will be accepted by the university in Georgetown.
D．Melanie’s father prefers her to stay not too far away from him.
52．We can infer from the passage that ________.
A．their car rolled down the mountain, ruining the wedding reception
B．a(chǎn) hotel was destroyed by Melanie’s brother and his pet pig
C．Melanie and her father got to understand each other better after so many encounters
D．the girls had to give up their trip because of the incidents on the way
53．What does the underlined word “released” mean?
A. set free                    B. known              C. shown               D. developed
54．The main purpose of the passage is to _______.
A．introduce the newly-released film
B．call on parents to learn to balance the relationship with their children
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Police in the Russian city of St. Petersburg were today searching for a rare missing leopard which was stolen yesterday when thieves attacked a TV producer and drove off in his luxury Mercedes 4×4.

The amur leopard, which was in the boot, is one of the world’s most highly endangered species, with fewer than 45 left in the wild in Russia’s remote far east. About 300 others are captive in zoos around the world.

According to its owner, Mikhail Barakin, the thieves were wearing masks. They attacked him and his driver, throwing both of them out of the vehicle, shortly after they drove to St. Petersburg with leopard from Moscow.

“She’s a female leopard cub and she’s incredibly tame,” Barakin told the Guardian this morning. “She’s just over a month old. The leopard was brought up in captivity.”

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36. We can infer from the passage that the three assailants ______.

A. probably came for the leopard                                             B. would return the leopard safely

C. didn’t know there was a leopard in the car                      D. were known to Mikhail Barakin

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A. it was already tamed                                                        B. it could be kept as a pet

C. it would be used in TV commercials                             D. it was an endangered species

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A. put her in a bigger place                                                  B. use it in TV commercials

C. put her in better care                                                       D. keep her in the zoo

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A. send them to prison                                                          B. give them a reward

C. give them the car as a reward                                       D. not charge them

40. The underlined word “boot” in Paragraph 2 probably refers to ______.

A. a special cage                                                                     B. a type of shoe

C. the trunk of a car                                                               D. a kind of camera

 

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     Far more people in India have access to a mobile phone than to a toilet,according to a UN study.
     India's mobile users totaled 563.73 million at the last count,enough to serve nearly half of the country's population.
     But just 366 million people-around a third of the population-had access to proper sanitation (衛(wèi)生設(shè)施) in 2008,said the study published by the UN University,a UN thinktank.
     "It is a tragic irony (諷刺) to think in India,a country now wealthy enough that roughly half of the
people own phones,so many people cannot afford the basic necessity and quality of a toilet," said UN
University director Zafar Adeel.
     Adeel heads the UN University's Institute for Water,Environment and Health,based in the Canadian
city of Hamilton,which prepared the report.
     Worldwide,an estimated 358 billion dollars is needed between now and 2015 to achieve the UN
Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving the proportion of people with inadequate (不充分的)
sanitation from 2000 levels.
     "Proper sanitation could do more to save lives,especially those of young people,improve health and
help pull India and other countries in similar circumstances out of poverty than any alternative investment," Adeel said.
     Poor sanitation is a major contributor to waterborne diseases (水傳播疾病),which in the past three
years alone killed an estimated 4.5 million children under the age of five worldwide,according to the study.
     The report gave a rough cost of 300 dollars to build a toilet,including labour,and materials.The world
could expect a return of up to 34 dollars for every dollar spent on sanitation through improved productivity and reduced poverty and health costs,said Adeel.He said improving sanitation was an economic and
humanitarian opportunity of historic proportions.

1. The population of India is about________.

A. less than 1 billion  
B. about 1.2 billion
C. 900 million  
D. 800 million

2. From Paragraph 4,we can draw a conclusion that________.

A. India is so poor that they can't afford the basic necessity and quality of a toilet
B. a mobile phone is more important than a toilet
C. it's normal in Indian that they can't attach importance to toilets
D. Zafar Adeel wasn't satisfied with the sanitary situation in India

3. Improving sanitation can play an important part in the following EXCEPT________.

A. preventing waterborne diseases
B. saving lives of young people
C. pulling developing countries out of poverty
D. improving the quality of mobile phone and getting more information

4. According to the last paragraph,if the government put into $10,000 on sanitation,they can get
    a return of________.

A. $3,000,000  
B. $10,000
C. $340,000  
D. $10,200

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