Some years ago, on a hot summer day in south Florida, a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. He flew into the water, not realizing that as he swam toward the middle of the lake, an alligator (美洲鱷) was swimming toward the shore.
His father working in the yard saw the two as they got closer and closer together. In utter fear, he ran toward the water, yelling to his son as loudly as he could.
Hearing his voice, the little boy became alarmed and made a U – turn to swim to his father. It was too late. Just as he reached his father, the alligator reached him. From the dock, the father grabbed his little boy by the arms just as the alligator snatched his legs. That began an incredible tug – of – war (拔河) between the two. The alligator was much stronger than the father, but the father was much too passionate to let go. A farmer happened to drive by, took aim and shot the alligator.
Remarkably, the little boy survived. His legs were extremely scarred by the vicious attack of the animal. And, on his arms, were deep scratches where his father’s fingernails dug into his fresh in his effort to hang on to the son he loved.
The newspaper reporter who interviewed the boy asked if he would show his scars. The boy lifted his pant legs. And then, he said to the reporter, “But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my dad wouldn’t let go.”
You and I can identify with that boy. We have scars, too. No, not from an alligator, but the scars of a painful past. Some of those scars are unsightly and have caused us deep regret. But, some wounds, my friend, are because someone has refused to let go. In the midst of your struggle, someone has been there holding on to you.
If you have the scars of someone’s love on your arms, be very, very grateful. Someone in your life did not and will not ever let you go.
Never judge another person’s scars, because you don’t know how they got them.
小題1: Which of the following is the most closely related to the underlined word “passionate”?
A．determinedB．a(chǎn)nxiousC．frightenedD．courageous
小題2:When the boy told the newspaper reporter about the scars on his arms, he felt     .
A．painful and fearfulB．regretful and panic
C．proud and gratefulD．excited and thankful
小題3:In the story the writer intends to tell us that     .
A．scars always remind people of their past experiences
B．wounds in the mind are more painful than those in the body
C．a(chǎn) painful past always leaves scars on a person’s mind
D．scars do not necessarily mean pain at all times
小題4:Which of the following viewpoints will the writer most probably agree with?
A．Be grateful to a painful past, for you can always learn something from it.
B．Other people’s criticism or blame may hurt you, but if it is for your own good, you should take it thankfully.
C．The swimming hole of life is filled with danger, but you don’t need to be too serious about it as someone will never let you go.
D．If someone hurts you, be grateful to them, for they mean no harm
小題1:A小題1:C小題1:D小題1:B
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You never see him, but they're with you every time you fly. They record where you are going, how fast you're traveling and whether everything on your airplane is functioning normally. Their ability to withstand almost any disaster makes them seem like something out of a comic book. They're known as the black box.
When planes fall from the sky, as a Yemeni airliner did on its way to Comoros Islands in the India ocean June 30, 2009, the black box is the best bet for identifying what went wrong. So when a French submarine (潛水艇) detected the device's homing signal five days later, the discovery marked a huge step toward determining the cause of a tragedy in which 152 passengers were killed.
In 1958, Australian scientist David Warren developed a flight-memory recorder that would track basic information like altitude and direction. That was the first mode for a black box, which became a requirement on all U.S. commercial flights by 1960. Early models often failed to withstand crashes, however, so in 1965 the device was completely redesigned and moved to the back of the plane – the area least subject to impact – from its original position in the landing wells (起落架艙). The same year, the Federal Aviation Authority required that the boxes, which were never actually black, be painted orange or yellow to aid visibility.
Modern airplanes have two black boxes: a voice recorder, which tracks pilots' conversations, and a flight-data recorder, which monitors fuel levels, engine noises and other operating functions that help investigators reconstruct the aircraft's final moments. Placed in an insulated (隔絕的) case and surrounded by a quarter-inch-thick panels of stainless steel, the boxes can resist massive force and temperatures up to 2,000℉. When submerged, they're also able to emit signals from depths of 20,000 ft. Experts believe the boxes from Air France Flight 447, which crashed near Brazil on June 1,2009, are in water nearly that deep, but statistics say they're still likely to turn up. In the approximately 20 deep-sea crashes over the past 30 years, only one plane's black boxes were never recovered.
小題1:What does the author say about the black box?
A．It ensures the normal functioning of an airplane.
B．The idea for its design comes from a comic book.
C．Its ability to resist disasters is incredible.
D．It is an indispensable device on an airplane.
小題2: What information could be found from the black box on the Yemeni airliner?
A．Data for analyzing the cause of the crash.
B．The total number of passengers on board.
C．The scene of the crash and extent of the damage.
D．Homing signals sent by the pilot before the crash.
小題3:Why was the black box redesigned in 1965?
A．New materials became available by that time.
B．Too much space was needed for its installation.
C．The early models often got damaged in the crash.
D．The early models didn't provide the needed data.
小題4: Why did the Federal Aviation Authority require the black boxes be painted orange or yellow?
A．To distinguish them from the colour of the plane.
B．To caution people to handle them with care.
C．To make them easily identifiable.
D．To conform to international standards.
小題5:What do we know about the black boxes from Air France Flight 447?
A．There is still a good chance of their being recovered.
B．There is an urgent need for them to be reconstructed.
C．They have stopped sending homing signals.
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Directions：Read the following three passages．Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are 4 choices marked A，B，C and D．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage．
A
Hi, dear boys and girls! Do you know how to be a healthy kid? Here are some rules you should follow.
　First, eat different foods, especially fruit and vegetables. You may have a favorite food, but you'd better eat something different, if you eat different foods, you will probably get more nutrients your body needs.
　Second, drink water and milk as often as possible. When you're really thirsty, cold water is the No.l choice. Milk is a great drink that can give you more calcium your body needs to grow strong bones.
Third, listen to your body. How do you feel when you are full? When you are eating, notice how your body feels and when your stomach feels comfortably full. Eating too much will not make you feel comfortable and make you fat.
　Fourth, limit screen time. Screen time is the time you watch TV, DVDs and videos, or using computers. It is good to take more exercise such as basketball, bike riding and swimming. You can't watch TV for more than two hours a day.
　Fifth, be active. One thing you'd like to do as a kid is to find out which activity you like best. Find ways to be active every day.
　Follow these rules and you can be a healthy kid.
小題1: You should eat different foods especially ___.
A．meatB．hamburgersC．sweetsD．fruit and vegetables
小題2: Which kind of drinks can give you more calcium?
A．JuiceB．MilkC．Cold waterD．Tea
小題3: According to the passage, you should follow�。撸遰ules if you want to be healthy.
A．fiveB．nineC．fifteenD．thirteen
小題4: According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A．When you're eating, you don't have to notice how your body feels.
B．You can eat your favorite food as much as possible.
C．You can watch TV whenever you like to get more information.
D．We should try to live in an active way in our life.
小題5: Which is the best title of the passage?
A．How to make yourself important
B．How to be a healthy kid
C．How to be a popular kid
D．How to make your parents healthy

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Douglas Grace talks about his ideal city of the future.
I see the city of the future in three zones——inner， middle and outer. In the inner zone there will be no private cars. Public transport will be free and there will only be ambulances， fire engines， taxis and police cars. This inner zone will be the residential（住宅的） and recreational（娛樂的） area of the city. People will live there and go out to enjoy themselves——to cinemas and restaurants. There will be parks and open spaces， trees and lakes， schools and universities. This way， when people are at home， they can go out easily and safely.
Just outside the inner zone there will be big car parks for all private cars.
The banks and most of the shops and hospitals will be in the middle zone. These are things that people don’t need every day.
All the factories and offices will be in the outer zone. People will travel out of the center to work， and back to the center in the evenings. The inner zone will be cleaner and better to live in and there will be more space for industry on the outside.
This is my ideal city of the future—— a very beautiful place！ But I don’t really think things will ever be like that！
小題1:Where will people live and go out to enjoy themselves？
A．In the middle zone.
B．In the inner zone.
C．In the outer zone.
D．In the inner and middle zone.
小題2: Where will big car parks be？
A．Just outside the middle zone.
B．Just inside the middle zone.
C．Just outside the inner zone.
D．Just inside the inner zone.
小題3: What will be in the middle zone？
A．The banks，hospitals and schools.
B．The banks，hospitals and police stations.
C．The banks，schools and car parks.
D．The banks，hospital and most of the shops.
小題4: Where will the factories and offices be？
A．In the outer zone.
B．In the middle zone.
C．In the inner zone.
D．In the middle and inner zone.
小題5: Douglas Grace is probably     .
A．a(chǎn) painter
B．a(chǎn) builder
C．a(chǎn) town planner
D．a(chǎn) dentist

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Parents are often amazed at how fast their child grows and develops. New research has determined that the ability to quantify may develop much sooner than most parents realize.
Kristy vanMarle, professor of the University of Missouri, has determined that contrary to what previous studies have shown, infants（嬰兒）are able to quantify substances（物質(zhì)）—like sand or water—as early as 10 months. As long as the difference between the two substances is large enough, infants will choose the larger amount, especially when it comes to food.
With the assistance of her team researchers, vanMarle tested the quantifying skills of babies by presenting them with two cups: one containing a small amount of food, and one containing a larger amount. Consistently, the babies chose the larger amount.
“Several studies throughout the last 15 years have shown that infants are very good at telling how many objects they see; however, infants don’t seem to count things like water or sand,” vanMarle said. “What we’re saying is that they can quantify substances; it’s just much harder. The infants can see how much food goes into each cup and compare that in their memories. They decide which amount is larger, and they almost always select the larger one.”
This information further refutes（駁斥）the long-held idea that babies “know nothing of the world,” vanMarle said.
“Since psychologists have begun studying infants with sensitive measures, we’ve discovered a lot of early abilities. I think for parents, it should be exciting to know that there’s somebody in there that has some fundamental and basic knowledge of the world, and that knowledge is guiding their development,” vanMarle said.
In the future, vanMarle says this kind of study could be linked to a child’s progress in math-related skills, although programs marketed to increase those abilities, such as “Baby Einstein,” still have mixed reviews when it comes to academic study.
小題1:The quantifying ability refers to the ability to     .
A．choose between different substances
B．get much knowledge of the world
C．describe the quantity of something
D．obtain math-related skills
小題2: What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 4?
A．The process of doing research.
B．The scientific findings.
C．The final choice of infants.]
D．The observation of infants’ behavior.
小題3:Babies choose the larger amount of food     .
A．by saying numbersB．with the help of parents
C．on personal preferenceD．through their natural abilities
小題4:We can learn from the text that     .
A．some parents don’t care about their kids
B．people used to think the world is known to babies
C．little research has been done on infants
D．scholars disagree on baby-training programs
小題5: What’s the best title of the text?
A．Breakthrough in Baby Studies
B．Amazing Baby-training Ideas
C．Early Human Abilities
D．Unique Quantifying Methods

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The result is that skin lightening has become very common across Africa, Asia and other areas of the world and more people with dark skin are using skin-lighting products, even if it means they may face health risks. They believe that having whiter skin will improve the quality of their lives. Many people think they will have a better family. Or they want to look like what their society generally considers beautiful.
Some beauty care（美容） products and soaps contain chemicals that make skin lighter. However, some of the chemicals are extremely dangerous. The chemicals in the products block and break down the natural barrier(障礙) to protect against sunlight. Then the skin can become thick and discolored. Usually the person will use more of the product in an effort to correct the problem, which just makes things even worse. Doctor Ly says some chemicals are so dangerous that they may lead to blackened fingernails, infections(感染) and serious skin damage.
And these are not the only problems. Experts say some people who change their skin color suffer emotional damage. They feel regretful and sad. They feel that instead of risking their health, they should have learned to live and accept their skin color as it was.
小題1: What’s the result of the wrong understanding of darker skin?
A．Many people with dark skin try to make their skin whiter.
B．Many people with whiter skin live a better life than others.
C．People with darker skin try to marry people with light skin.
D．People with darker skin try to protect themselves against social pressures.
小題2: The third paragraph is about         .
A．some medical effects that skin-lightening products have brought about
B．the mental damage that skin-lightening products have caused
C．the physical damage that skin-lightening products have caused
D．the causes why skin-lightening products can make skin whiter
小題3: Why are chemicals in beauty care products dangerous?
A. They can damage the skin’s color producing progress.
B. They can control people’s emotions and feelings.
C. They can make the fingernails and skin black.
D. They make more people decide to change their skin colors.
ACAB What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Different Colors of Skin              B. The Dark Side of Skin Lightening
C. What Is Beauty?                     D. Light Skin or Dark Skin?

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If we observe carefully, we van find that most of the flowers in nature are red, orange and yellow. If we have seen a black flower, it’s a chance in million. People have made a census(普查)to colours of more than four thousand kinds of flowers and discovered that only eight of them are black. Why?
As we know, sunlight is formed by seven different kinds of coloured light. The wave length of each light changes, so the quantity of heat in each light changes, too. Flowers, especially their petals(花瓣), are very delicate(纖弱) and prone(易于) to the harm caused by high temperature. Black flowers can take in all the light waves, which cause the flowers to dry up in a high temperature. So black flowers can rarely survive sunlight. But red flowers, orange flowers and yellow flowers can protect themselves from sunlight by reflecting the red light, orange light and yellow light, each of which has a large quantity of heat.
That is why red, orange and yellow flowers are very common in nature while black flowers are so rare.
小題1:We can hardly find black flowers because  _____.
A．they are so weak that it’s difficult for them to grow up
B．there are no black flowers in the world.
C．the petals of black flowers are very delicate
D．they can take in the light of all wave lengths, which make the flowers dry up
小題2: Sunlight is formed by _____.
A．many different kinds of coloured light
B．three different kinds of coloured light—red, orange and yellow
C．seven different kinds of coloured light
D．four thousand kinds of coloured light
小題3:The red, orange or yellow light contains _____.
A．less heat than the other lightsB．more heat than the other lights
C．a(chǎn) great deal of heatD．a(chǎn) little heat
小題4:“It is a chance in a million” means_____________
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The holiday's upon us. Finally, after months of study, you have some time to yourself. so, why not read a book? Well, some people will say, "Why bother with books? We have the Internet and other media that offer a lot more colorful entertainment. Books are history!" But don't be fooled. There's still a lot to be said for reading.
One clear reason is that a well-chosen book is a wonderful source of vocabulary, so long as you have a good dictionary, of course. Believe me, it's far easier to get new English words and phrases from a book or article than it is from the TV or the Internet.
But an even more important point is that books give you something that modern media simply can not. The average webpage is picture-heavy and the text is often designed to make it as easy to read as possible. While "easy" may be attractive, unfortunately it's little use for many long-term development of reading skills and the general language level. For that, there's still no substitute (替代品）of a book.
But perhaps the best single reason is that simply choosing what you read and doing it independently means that it's something you do by yourself. You can choose what you want to read. It's hard work, but something down the line, you will find that what once seemed like a duty is now a pleasure. We asked three bookworms -- an English teacher, a book editor and a film critic - to pick some favorite reads for you.
小題1: How many reasons for reading a book does the author mention in the passage?
A．OneB．TwoC．ThreeD．Four
小題2: According to this passage, we basically need a ______ in reading.
A．computerB．dictionaryC．notebookD．pencil
小題3:In the author's opinion, reading on the Internet may ________
A．develop long-term reading skillsB．improve the general language ability
C．not take the place of reading booksD．be an effective way of reading
小題4: The passage is written mainly to ____________.
A．share the pleasure of reading booksB．a(chǎn)dvise readers to read books
C．stress the importance of reading online.D．help readers to choose good books.

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Many college-bound freshmen are worrying about more than just who their roommates will be this fall. They may also be nervous about the well-known fact that they are likely to gain weight this school year. Or will they? While many of us remember the extra weight that showed up right around the start of our college careers, we are not always clear on how much weight we realize gained or why.
Many nutrition experts and psychologists think that it is the change in environment and the stress of a new beginning that cause the typical college freshmen to gain extra pounds. As students start a new stage of their lives, many eat to deal with the stress of change or loneliness. Often, college students are making meals or choosing foods independently for the first time in their lives. If they live in the college dormitory, they have a wide variety of foods to select from that may be higher in calories and fatter than the foods they consumed living at home. In addition, college social events usually center around food. I clearly remember sitting in my dorm cafeteria for two or three hours on a Saturday morning socializing with my new friends. Instead of eating only one meal, we would start with breakfast, eat throughout the duration of our socializing, and finish with lunch. Food also makes an appearance after late-night parties, as part of a school day, or simply to break the monotony(單調(diào) ).
So will this year's typical freshmen really gain 15 pounds? According to a 2006 Tufts University study, students enrolling in college this fall will gain weight, but maybe not the assumed 15 pounds. Based on the students surveyed, the study found that men can expect to gain an average of 6 pounds and women an average of 4.5 pounds during the freshman year.
小題1:According to the passage, it is obvious that __________.
A．the foods the freshmen had at home may be healthier than those in the dorm cafeteria
B．to break the monotony, the students should start with breakfast, and finish with lunch
C．the students should eat to deal with the stress of change or loneliness in new situations
D．the boys may gain less pounds than the girls during the first year in the college
小題2: Nutrition experts and psychologists think that __________.
A．students should get used to the stress of change through foods they had at home
B．the new environment and the stress have something to do with the students' extra pounds
C．students should know in what way they gain so much weight
D．choosing foods independently can make people lose weight naturally
小題3:From the writer's experience, the writer thinks that ____________.
A．foods in the dorm cafeteria are all higher in calories and fatter
B．the best way to break the monotony is through breakfast, lunch and supper
C．students in college will gain an average of about 5.25 pounds every fall
D．social events in the college are usually celebrated around food
小題4:This passage is mainly about ______________.
A how and why the freshmen gain extra pounds  
B. the experience of the freshmen in the college
C. the freshmen with trouble in a new environment
D. the views of the nutrition experts and psychologists about gaining weight

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