How to improve our life? Many people think that they have to accept whatever life throws at them. They'll say, "This is my destiny(命運(yùn)).I cannot change it."
Of course not! You don't have to suffer needlessly. Your life depends on you, not on any other external(外部的)factor.
I know a woman who says she just accepts what life gives her because she has done everything she can to improve it. Guess what her lifestyle is? She wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes back home, relaxes, chats with people, watches TV, and then goes to sleep. Next day, the same routine cycle follows.
Huh! Is this what she calls "doing her best"? She believes she has tried her best and just accepts it in her heart that this is the life that has been intended for her and that her luck can only change if God wills it. She hasn't realized that we have to do our share of making the effort to live the life of our dreams.
Remember that you harvest what you sow. You have to get off the sofa, get your eyes off the TV screen, get your hands off the phone(unless it contributes to your success),and get your mind and body to work! Don't expect your luck to change, unless you do something about it. If something goes wrong, don't just regard it as a temporary setback; instead, learn your lesson, make the most of the situation, and do something to solve the problem. It's not enough to think positively; you also have to act positively.
If someone's life is in trouble, do you just hope and pray that things will turn out fine? Of course not! You get to do anything you can to save the person. So it is with your own life. It is not enough to hope for the best, but you have to do your best. In other words, don't just stand(or sit)there, do something to improve your life.
小題1:According to the woman mentioned in Para. 3, her life_________________.

A．doesn't need improving	B．couldn't be improved
C．will be better some day	D．will be worse in the future

小題2: What does the author think of the woman's life?

A．Positive

B．Passive

C．Colorful

D．Disturbing

小題3:Which of the following statements is the author's opinion?

A．Your temporary problem is not discouraging.

B．Your luck can be changed by your own efforts.

C．You can only achieve success when God wills it.

D．You should treat yourself in the way you treat friends.

小題4:In Para. 5, the author emphasized the importance of _______________.

A．positive thinking	B．positive action
C．hope for the best	D．intention to succeed

小題5: The text is mainly written to advise you to _________________.

A．understand yourself	B．improve your life
C．believe in yourself	D．change your normal way

The market investigation is indispensable to sales promotion. They are as closely related as the lips and teeth, so to speak. What you produce is for sale on the market. It would be impossible to succeed in selling a product without first investigating the market.
In the international market, goods on sale coming from different countries and suppliers are always facing keen competition. Under such circumstances, they will try everything possible to familiarize themselves with the market conditions. In making investigations, we ought to get information about what similar items the competitors are offering on the market, what prices they are quoting（報(bào)價(jià)）, what features their products have, who are their regular customers, etc. Then, how can we obtain such information? There are many channels that we can make use of in doing this sort of work. The commercial counselor's offices of our embassies stationed abroad can help us in making market investigations. Nowadays, our import and export corporations send their trade groups abroad every now and then. One of their purposes is to make market surveys on the spot.
Certainly, face-to-face talks with foreign businessmen are also important channels to get market information. The Chinese Export Commodities Fairs and some other fairs of similar nature as well as visits of foreign businessmen provide us with such opportunities. Of course, there are some other ways of making market investigations.
小題1:In making market investigations, one should ______.

A．get enough information concerned	B．a(chǎn)dvertise his products
C．produce high quality goods	D．none of the above

小題2:The word "indispensable" in the first line means ______.

A．impossible	B．necessary
C．a(chǎn)dvisable	D．a(chǎn)vailable

小題3: Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．The relationship between market investigation and sales promotion is just as that of the lips and teeth.

B．It is impossible to succeed in selling a product without market investigation.

C．There are various ways of making market investigation.

D．Production goes before market investigation.

小題4:All the following are channels to get market information except ________.

A．to have commercial counsellor' s office of our embassies stationed abroad

B．to promote the quality of our own products

C．to send trade groups abroad every now and then

D．to have face-to-face talks with foreign businessmen

They leap from helicopters or speeding boats, bringing aid to swimmers who get into trouble off Italy’s popular beaches.
For these dog lifeguards, the doggie paddle （狗刨式游法）does just fine.
These “l(fā)ifedogs” tow a buoy(救生衣) that victims can grab, or a raft they can sit on to be towed back to shore, and unlike their human counterparts(與對(duì)方地位相當(dāng)?shù)娜?, they can easily jump from helicopters and speeding boats to reach swimmers in trouble.
With millions flocking(人群) to Italy’s crowded beaches each summer, the Italian Coast Guard says it rescues about 3,000 people every year — and their dog helpers are credited with saving several lives.
It takes three years for the canines to reach expert rescue status, and currently 300 dogs are fully trained for duty, said Roberto Gasbarri, who co-ordinates the Italian School of Canine Lifeguards program at a centre outside of Rome in the seaside town of Civitavecchia.
“Dogs are useful in containing the physical fatigue（疲勞） of the lifeguard, to increase the speed at which casualties（遇難者） are retrieved（找到并銜回）, to increase the security of both the casualty and of the lifeguard,” Gasbarri said.
The Civitavecchia centre is one of a dozen around the country for the school founded more than 20 years ago in the northern province of Bergamo by Ferruccio Pilenga, whose first trainee was his own Newfoundland.
The school will train any breed（品種）, as long as they weigh at least 30 kilograms, but Labradors, Newfoundlands and golden retrievers are most commonly used because of their natural instinct for swimming. Each dog works in tandem with（同 ……合作） a human lifeguard, who also acts as the animal’s trainer.
小題1:Which of the following can act as the best title fo the passage?

A．Dogs to the Rescue	B．Dogs Are Good at Doggie Paddle
C．The Wonderful Performance of Dogs	D．Dogs: Our Loyal Friends

小題2:What advantage do these life-dogs have over human lifeguards in a rescue?

A．Dog can swim very fast	B．Dogs can finish rescue work with ease.
C．Dogs can finish the great work free of charge.	D．Dogs can easily be trained

小題3: Which of the following is TRUE about the Civitavecchia center according to the text?

A．Any breed can be trained there.

B．The ones who have the gift for swimming are welcomed.

C．After a better training, the dogs can work alone.

D．It is the only place for training dog lifeguards in the school.

小題4:What does the writer want to tell us in the 4^th paragraph?

A．Without the dog lifeguards, 3,000 people would lose their lives every year.

B．The buautiful beaches attract millions of people every year.

C．Dog lifeguards play an important part in a rescue.

D．Italy is a famous place of interest.

In the long discussion of water on the Moon, a new study contradicts(與……相矛盾)) some recent reports that say the Moon had water at the time of its formation. A group of researchers reported in the journal Science that when the Moon was created, some 4.5 billion years ago, there was not much hydrogen(氫氣) on it, and therefore no water.
The researchers surveyed and evaluated this by analyzing chlorine isotopes（氯同位素） found in lunar rock samples from Apollo missions. The range of chlorine isotopes in lunar samples was 25 times that found in samples from Earth.
If the Moon had significant levels of hydrogen, as Earth did, this range would have been far less, said Zachary D Sharp, a scientist in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of new Mexico and the study’s lead authour.
The chlorine would have stuck together with hydrogen, forming compounds like hydrogen chloride, and escaped from the Moon’s surface, he said. The abundance of chlorine indicates a lack of hydrogen and water.
“ The amount of water on the Moon was too low for life to possibly have existed there,” he said.
Most scientists believe the Moon was formed when a large object stuck Earth, breaking off a chunk(a vast piece) that has since orbited Earth.
On Earth, goes one theory, water was released as steam form molten basalts(玄武巖) over time, eventually forming bodies of water.
“An understading of whether the Moon was dry or wet will help us understand how water appeared on Earth,” Dr Sharp said.
小題1: A new study indicates that _____ on the moorn.

A．there is plenty of water	B．water is unlikely to exist
C．water existed in the past	D．there is a little water now

小題2: The author would like to tell us ______ through the sixth paragraph.

A．why there is no water on the Moon	B．how the Moon was formed
C．when the Earth struck the Moon	D．where the Moon orbited

小題3:  Which is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Zachary D. Sharp, a scientist of New Mexico was in charge of the new study.
B. Chlorine isotopes in lunar samples are 25 time larger than those on the Earth.
C. The more aboundant chloride, the shorter hydrogen and water.
D. The new study is benificial to understand how water appeared on Earth.
小題4: What can we learn from the passage?

A．There is enough water on the Earth.

B．Hydrogen chloride easily escaped from the Moon’s surface.

C．The Earth had significant levels of hydrogen.

D．Water on the Earth is directly from molten basalts.

Adult butterflies use their senses of sight, touch, hearing, smell, and taste to survive in the world, find food and mates, lay eggs in an appropriate place, migrate, and avoid hungry predators.
Sight
Butterflies have large, compound (multifaceted) eyes, which allow them to see in all directions without turning their heads. Like most insects, butterflies are very nearsighted, so they are more attracted to a large stand of flowers rather than individual plants. Butterflies do not "see" colors such as red, green, and yellow, but sense polarized（偏振的） light, which indicates the direction the sun is shining, as well as ultraviolet light, which is present on many flowers and guides butterflies to nectar （花蜜）sources.
Smell
Butterflies have a very well-developed sense of smell, but it's not in their nose (since they don't have one). Sense receptors located in their antennae, feet, and many other parts of the body help butterflies find food (usually flower nectar), and mates (the female smells the male's pheromones).
Taste
Butterfly's feet have sense organs that can taste the sugar in nectar, letting the butterfly know if something is good to eat or not. Some females also taste host plants in order to find appropriate places to lay their eggs. Adult butterflies and moths feed using a proboscis, a long, coiled tube. Butterflies force blood into the tube to straighten it out, allowing them to feed. Butterflies get all their food from this tube.
Hearing
Butterflies don't have ears. Instead they "hear" sounds through their wings by sensing changes in sound vibrations.
Butterflies may possess senses we don't even know about yet because their anatomy is very different than ours, and therefore difficult to understand when perceived through our own human senses.
小題1:From the passage we can know that butterflies can see_____

A．thing behind them	B．thing in the distance
C．most bright colors	D．flower nectar from a distance

小題2: Butterflies can easily find food resources by using their______.

A．sense organs of sight and smell	B．sense organs of sight and taste
C．sense organs of smell and hearing	D．sense organs of smell and taste

小題3: How do butterflies feed themselves?

A．by using their feet	B．by using a tube.
C．by using sense receptors	D．by using their wings.

小題4:What is the passage mainly about?

A．The food sources of butterflies.	B．The habits of butterflies.
C．The unusual body of butterflies.	D．the sense of butterflies.

People fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944, when she starred in National Velvet-the story of Velvet Brown, a young girl who wins first place in a famous horse race, At first, the producers of the movie told Taylor that she was too small to play the part of Velvet. However, they waited for her for a few months as she exercised and trained—and added three inches to her height in four months! Her acting in National Velvet is still considered the best by a child actress.
Elizabeth Taylor was born in London in 1932. Her parents, both Americans, had moved there for business reasons. When World War II started, the Taylors moved to Beverly Hills, California, and there Elizabeth started acting in movies. After her success as a child star, Taylor had no trouble moving into adult(成人)roles and won twice for Best Actress: Butterfield 8(1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? (1966)
Taylor’s fame(名聲)and popularity gave her a lot of power with the movie industry, so she was able to demand very high pay for her movies. In 1963, she received $1 million for her part in Cleopatra—the highest pay received by any star up to that time.
Elizabeth Taylor is a legend (傳奇人物) of our time. Like Velvet Brown in National Velvet, she has been lucky, she has beauty, fame and wealth. But she is also a hard worker. Taylor seldom acts in movies any more. Instead, she puts her time and efforts into her businesses, and into helping others — several years ago, she founded an organization that has raised more than $40 million for research and education.
小題1: The producers didn’t let Taylor play the part of Velvet at first because they thought she ____.

A．was small in size	B．was too young
C．did not play well enough	D．did not show much interest

小題2: What Elizabeth Taylor and Velvet Brown had in common was that they were both _____.

A．popular all their lives	B．famous actresses
C．suecessful when very young	D．rich and kind-hearted

小題3:Taylor became Best Actress at the age of          .

A．12

B．28

C．31

D．34

小題4:In her later life , Elizabeth Taylor devoted herself to             .

A．doing business and helping others	B．turning herself into a legend
C．collecting money for the poor	D．going about research and education work

How to make friends with people from a different culture? The rules are as follows:
Appreciate the Person.
Most Americans like to be recognized as individuals as someone special with unique personalities. Therefore, never say, “You’re from America so I want to be your friend.” Also don’t imply that the reason why you approached them is that you wanted someone to practice your English with. That turns people off. Instead try saying,” You seem like a real nice and interesting person and I would like to get to know you better.” This way, they are much more inclined to be friendly because you see them as a three dimensional person and appreciate them for who they are in the inside. And by doing so, you not only learn about Americans and practice your English, but also gain a real friend in the process.
Quit Calling Us Foreigners.
Please avoid calling a foreigner a foreigner especially in his face. The word makes people feel like an outsider, and even unwelcome, suggesting separation and insurmountable differences, widening an already existing gap in the situation. When Americans travel, they rarely say, “ I’m foreign to your place.” They tend to say, “ I’m new in town. I’m new here.” The reason is because new and unfamiliar things can become old and familiar. But can foreign things become native? Aha? You catch my drift.
Just Do It.
Some students like to be told about American culture but are less interested in spending the time and the effort to actually experience it. As Americans always say, “ Get your hands dirty.” You should have first hand and hands on experience, or you’ll never really know anything.
Find that Common Language.
Now I must stress the importance of finding a common language. By that I don’t mean English, Chinese, German, French, etc. I mean finding something you have in common with another person on a spiritual and philosophical level: likes, dislikes, worldviews, ways of thinking , and attitudes toward life. And to start, you must first enhance your knowledge of the particular culture from which your potential new friend comes form.
小題1:The underlined sentence “ Get your hands dirty” means    .

A．get involved	B．start with dirty work
C．talk about American culture	D．don’t wash your hands too often

小題2: Americans prefer to make friends with those who    .

A．a(chǎn)void talking about their homeland

B．recognize their personalities

C．obey rules of communicating with friends

D．needn’t practice English while playing together

小題3:According to the passage, which of the following is friendly?

A．I am longing to make friends with an American.

B．This is my friend Tom, who is a foreigner.

C．There must be a gap between us in many things.

D．You’ve got a great personality.

小題4:

It is a hot summer day，and you feel thirsty．A friend gives you a glass of cold lemonade．How do you feel when you see the glass? Will you describe your feeling as happiness or as pleasure? I believe you will say it is a feeling of pleasure．There is a connection between these two kinds of feelings，and sometimes one causes the other，but they are not the same．Pleasure is a more dependent on the five senses while happiness is independent of them．   
When you are happy，little unpleasant events usuallv do not disturb you．When you are unhappy，you feel as if everything is against you．You may compensate for it by eating chocolate and sweets because this gives you pleasure，yet you stay unhappy．A person may smoke cigarettes because it gives him pleasure，yet this does not make him happier，especiallv if he knows the fact that it is not good for his heahh．   
The physical world is always in a changing state．At each moment a new thing is being created，changed，transformed and then destroyed．This is the normal state of things and no one  can change it．If we stay still in a certain state，we are sure to experience unhappiness sooner or later．0n the other hand, if
we adjust to the environment，nothing can influence our moods．Then outer events have nothing to do with our inner joy of mind．  
The room of the mind is filled with worry or fear．If you are free of thinking about them，the room has been emptied，and  then you will see what is happening and experience it．When your mind stays quiet，you will see that happiness comes from the inside．   
小題1:What does the underlined phrase”compensate for“in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?  

A．to make a suitable payment for

B．to let out your anger for

C．to provide with a balancing effect for

D．to solve the problems for

小題2:According to the passage，in which of the following situations can you feel happy?  

A．A friend gives you a glass of cold lemonade when you feel thirsty．

B．You eat chocolate and sweets when you feel as if everything is against you．

C．Smoke cigarettes even though you know the fact that it is not good for your health．

D．You are free from worry or fear when your mind stays quiet．

小題3:We call learn from the passage   

A．happiness is more dependent on the five senses

B．pleasure sometimes arouses happiness

C．you feel happy when nothing around you changes in a certain state

D．you feel unhappy because you have to adjust to the environment

小題4:Which can be the best title for the passage?    ]

A．Pleasure Leads to Happiness

B．Happiness Changes Us

C．Happiness Is Within Us

D．Stay a Quiet Mind

Members of the working class have blue-collar jobs. They are construction workers, truck drivers, mechanican, steel workers, electricians, and the like. What makes this class differ from the lower class is, first, longer periods of employment—and therefore, more fixed incomes—and , second, employment in skilled or semi-skilled occupations, not unskilled ones. Although unemployment hits all levels of the American economy, including those of skilled and semi-skilled workers, it is most common at the bottom of the class structure and increasingly less common at each level upward. They consider themselves to be respectable and hard-working and they look down upon members of the “l(fā)ow” class, whom they often consider to be lazy, dishonest, and too ready to exploit public assistance.
Most people in the working class have at least high school education. Many have some experience of college(especially community college), though few are college graduates. Unionization has helped the working class, but a rapidly changing economy and frequent periods of high unemployment make it difficult for most of its members to be able to increase their savings greatly. Purchasing a house for people in this class is extremely difficult, although a certain percentage may receive houses from their parents. (Home-owning rises with social class.)
A greater number of the members of the working class take relatively little satisfaction in their jobs, because much of their work is ordinary and boring. As a result, many seek their main satisfaction in recreational activities. Many members of this class would like to earn enough money to leave their jobs and start their own businesses, though few make it. Many place their expectations on their children, hoping that they at least will rise in the ladder of success.
小題1: Which of the following is true about the working class?

A．They are often offered jobs with high incomes.

B．They are employed as skilled and semi-skilled workers.

C．They are often considered lazy and dishonest.

D．They are often exploited by the public.

小題2: The word “hit” in paragraph one roughly means__________.

A．have bad effects on	B．break up
C．beat	D．strike with a blow

小題3: Most people in the working class ________.

A．have at least some experience of college

B．receive houses from their parents

C．buy houses by themselves

D．have difficulty increasing their savings greatly

小題4: Many members from the working class are not satisfied with their jobs because _____.

A．they are not interested in their jobs.

B．they could not earn much money

C．they are not their own bosses

D．they could not rise in the ladder of success

  What time is it? Most people are pretty accurate in their answer. And if you don’t know for sure, it’s very likely that you can find out. There may be a watch on your wrist; there may be a clock on the wall, desk, or computer screen; or maybe you’re riding in a car that has a clock in the dashboard(儀表板).
Even if you don’t have a timepiece of some sort nearby, your body keeps its own beat. Humans have an internal clock that regulates(調(diào)節(jié)) the beating of our heart, the pace of our breathing, the discharge(排出) of chemicals within our bloodstream, and many other bodily functions.
Time is something from which we can’t escape. Even if we ignore it, it’s still going by, ticking away, second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. So the main issue in using your time well is, “Who’s in charge?” We can allow time to slip by and let it be our enemy. Or we can take control of it and make it our ally. 
By taking control of how you spend your time, you’ll increase your chances of becoming a more successful student. Perhaps more importantly, the better you are at managing the time you devote to your studies, the more time you will have to spend on your outside interests.
The aim of time management is not to schedule every moment so we become slaves of a timetable that governs every waking moment of the day. Instead, the aim is to permit us to make informed choices as to how we use our time. Rather than letting the day go by, largely without our awareness, what we are going to discuss next can make us better able to control time for our own purposes.
小題1: The underlined word “ally” in Para.3 most likely means somebody or something that is ___.

A．your supporter and helps you	B．under your control and obeys you
C．under your influence and follows you	D．your slave and serves you

小題2: The author intends to tell you that time __________.

A．could be managed by the internal clock of human bodies

B．should be well managed for our own interest

C．should be saved for outside interests

D．could be regulated by a timepiece such as a clock or a watch

小題3: In the next part, the author would most probably discuss with you _________.

A．how to make up for lost time	B．how to have a good time
C．how to make good use of time	D．how to keep up with the times