We once had a poster（海報） competition in our fifth grade art class.

     “You could win prizes, ”our teacher told us as she wrote the poster information on the blackboard. She passed out sheets of construction paper while continuing, “The first prize is ten dollars. You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster. ”

     We studied the board critically. Some of us looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard, rocking the sheets to the right or left while we conjured up our designs. Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep in thought. We had plans for that ten—dollar grand prize, each and every one of us. I'm going to spend mine on candies, one hopeful would announce, while another practiced looking serious, wise and rich.

     Everyone in the class made a poster. Some of us used parts of those fancy paper napkins, while others used nothing but colored construction paper. Some of us used big designs, and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one corner of our poster and let the space draw the viewer's attention to it. Some of us would wander past the good students’ desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness. It was yet another grown-up trick of the sort they seemed especially fond of, making all of us believe we had a fair chance, and then always—always—rewarding the same old winners.

I believe I drew a sailboat, but I can’t say that with any certainty. I made it. I admired it. I determined it to be the very best of all of the posters I had seen, and then I turned it in.

     Minutes passed.

     No one came along to give me the grand prize, and then someone distracted me, and I probably never would have thought about that poster again.

     I was still sitting at my desk, thinking, what poster? When the teacher gave me an envelope with a ten-dollar bill in it and everyone in the class applauded for me.

1. What was the teacher's requirement for the poster?

A．It must appear in time.

B．It must be done in class.

C．It must be done on a construction sheet.

D．It must include the words on the blackboard.

2. The underlined phrase in paragraph 3 most probably means _____________.

A．formed an idea for                               B．made an outline for

C．made some space for                           D．chose some colors for

3. After seeing the good students’ designs, some students _________.

A．1oved their own designs more            B．thought they had a fair chance

C．put their own designs in a corner                D．thought they would not win the prize

4. We can infer from the passage that the author ______________.

A．enjoyed grown-up tricks very much

B．loved poster competitions very much

C．felt surprised to win the competition

D．became wise and rich after the competition

Lots of parents feel they don’t have any ways to discipline their children---nothing seems to work. In fact, 30% parents say their discipline methods just don’t work.

      Angela Warren is one of those moms. Her daughter, Skai, seems immune to every method. They take away the toys, unplug （拔掉插頭） her TV and even take the TV away at times. They try their best to teach her a lesson. But it seems like nothing is working.

      In fact, the biggest problem is that, too often, parents give in to their children to stop their children from throwing a tantrum（耍性子）. Parents do it because it is easier . It is avoidable behavior, which means that they don’t want to cause problems, they don’t want the kids to go into a temper tantrum and they don’t want the night ruined. They just want things to be calm but they are teaching their children how to get results with that behavior.

      And over time, being afraid of temper tantrums means some kids will turn into spoiled children. So you are going to deal with a kid who doesn’t have a real good sense of themselves and they don’t have very good boundaries to work with. That means they are also not going to have a good sense of having boundaries with others.

      In order to avoid that future, parents should build discipline that is loving, consistent and firm. You can’t be friends with your kids if never set rules-----the kids are going to be very confused by that and will usually go against that rule. Parents should know that discipline “doesn’t mean punishment. Discipline means teaching ---you are their teacher. You are the most influential person in their lives.”

1. The second paragraph mentions Skai to______________

A．show that she is a bad student.

B．praise her for her special character

C．prove children are difficult to control now. 

D．show the situation of education is serious

2. The underline word “it”in paragraph3 refers to_______________

A．letting children escape blame         B．being angry with their children

C．keeping a quiet night                D．making children happy.

3. What is the main idea of the fourth paragraph?_______

A．Bad effects of parents’ spoiling children. 

B．Children’s bad relationship with others.

C．Children’s behavior taught by parents.

D．Reasons why children are against rules.

4. According to the author, parents should________

A．punish children against rules. 

B．teach children more knowledge

C．make friends with their children without rules.

D．make clear rules full of love for their children

Western New Bridge Library Announcement

1. To attend the annual Children’s Gathering, one has to         .

   A．buy a ticket                                        B．a(chǎn)pply in advance

C．make a reservation                              D．contact the call-down service

2. According to the passage, Enzo Monfre will        .

A．show the children around a zoo

B．tell stories to children over seven

C．be present at the science show in person 

D．lead the children to the Ellen DeGeneres Show

3. The Help Desk in this library supplies service               .

   A．only during the daytime                 B．in case of emergency

   C．till the end of the Spring Break           D．a(chǎn)fter 22:00 p. m. every day

4. We can learn from the passage that children can           .

   A．a(chǎn)ttend all the activities with their parents

B．borrow some relevant books for the activities

   C．participate in the activities from 8:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m.

   D．choose only one of the activities according to their interest

Hawaii has planned to be the first U.S. state to roll out （正式推出） electric car stations statewide — a move towards weaning the islands off oil .

    Hawaii，which is far away from the U．S mainland，imports foreign oil for almost 90 percent of its energy needs．One -third of that oil is used to power cars and buses on island streets．This move will help Hawaii meet its goal of reducing fossil fuel use by 70 percent by 2030

Better Place, a Palo Alto，California-based company，will build the car recharging stations and provide recharged batteries for electric cars．The company will purchase renewable energy——such as wind power——from Hawaiian Electric Co．

    Better P1ace picked Hawaii for the first statewide rollout in part because the islands are a contained environment，with few vehicles（車輛）coming in and out．Better Place would need to build a bigger network across several states to serve some mainland markets．Hawaii also has abundant renewable energy resources，including wind , solar and wave power．This is important because Better P1ace won’t use oil．Better Place plans to recharge its batteries at night with power from Hawaii’s wind farms．That power normally goes unused because of Hawaii’s low nighttime energy needs． 

    Hawaii is an ideal place to show off Better Place technology because the state welcomes over five million tourists each year from the U．S mainland，Japan , Canada and the rest of the world．“If we can get them into electric cars when they rent，we do two great things，”Shai Agassi，Better Place’s founder and chief executive officer，said．“One，we avoid emissions（排放物）；two，we use the opportunity to educate them，to teach them in Hawaii how it needs to be done in the rest of world .”

   However，Hawaii doesn’t expect to spend any money to facilitate（使便利）the network. Maybe it needs to offer tax breaks or other ways to encourage people to buy electric vehicles when they are first offered．

1．The underlined part  “weaning the islands off oil”（in Paragraph 1）probably means     ．

A．exploring the islands for oil  

B．stopping Hawaii’s dependence on oil gradually

C．importing more oil from other islands 

D．increasing the amount of oil used there

2．Why is Hawaii chosen to be the first state where car recharging stations will be built statewide?

   a．There are few cars in Hawaii．

b．Hawaii can provide environmentally friendly energy．

 c．Plenty of oil has been found in Hawaii．

d. Hawaii is separated from the mainland with few vehicles coming in and out．

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

3．When visitors to Hawaii rent electric cars, they _______.

A．will be taught it is necessary to do as Hawaiians do to protect the earth

B．will be offered tax breaks

C．need to be told what should be done before travelling

D．should be given the chance to try two things before driving

4．We can infer from the passage that        ．

    A．Better Place is a company producing electric cars .

    B．people are not encouraged to buy electric cars

 C．electric cars will be recharged with power from renewable resources.

 D．Hawaii now has reduced the use of oil by 90 percent.

Since 1989, Dave Thomas, who died at age 69, was one of the most recognizable faces on TV.  He appeared in more than 800 commercials（商業(yè)廠告）for the hamburger chain named for his daughter. “As long as it works," he said in 1991, I'll continue to do those commercials.”

   Even though he was successful, Thomas remained troubled by his childhood. "He still won’t let anyone see his feet, which are out of shape because he never had proper fitting shoes," Wendy said in 1993.  Born to a single mother, he was adopted as a baby by Rex and Auleva Thomas of Kalamazoo in Michigan. After Auleva died when he was 5, Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around seeking construction work. "He fed me,” Thomas said, "and if I got out of line, he’d beat me.”

   Moving out on his own at 15, Thomas worked , first as a waiter, in many restaurants. But he had something much better in mind. "I thought, if I owned a restaurant,” he said, "I could eat for free.” A 1956 meeting with Harland Sanders led Thomas to a career as the manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant that made him a millionaire in 1968.

   In 1969, after breaking with Sanders, Thomas started the first Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers, in Columbus, Ohio, which set itself apart by serving made-to-order burgers. With 6,000 restaurants worldwide, the chain now makes $6 billion a year in sales.

   Although troubled by his own experience with adoption, Thomas, married since 1954 to Lorraine, 66, and with four grown kids besides Wendy, felt it could offer a future for other children. He started the Dave Thomas Foundation（基金會）for Adoption in 1992.

   In 1993, Thomas, who had left school at 15, graduated from Coconut Greek High School in Florida. He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party. The kids voted him Most Likely to Succeed

   “The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave,” says friend Pat Williams. “He wasn’t a great actor or a great speaker. He was just Joe Everybody”.

1.What is the article mainly about?

A．The life of Dave Thomas.

B．The dream of Dave Thomas

C．The schooling of Dave Thomas

D．The growth of Dave Thomas’s business

2. What do we know about his childhood?

    A．He lived a poor life.                            B．He had caring parents.

C．He stayed in one place.                        D．He didn’t go to school.

3. Choose the right time order of the following events in Thomas’s life.

   a. graduated from high school  b. started his own business

 c. became a millionaire       d. started a foundation

e. met Harland sanders

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

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

4. “He was just Joe Everybody” in the last paragraph means____________.

 A．Dave was famous                                     B．Dave was ordinary

C．Dave was showy                                      D．Dave was shy

5. What’s the name of Dave Thomas’s business?

A．Thomas’s            B．Wendy’s       C．Lorraine’s           D．Rex’s

Have you ever wondered what you would look like if you were an Asian, Middle Eastern, black, white or Indian person? By stepping into the Human Race Machine, you can find out. When you sit inside it, the machine creates a digital image （數(shù)字影像） of your face. After pushing certain buttons, the machine uses various photos of people of a certain ethnic group mixed with your own facial features. From this, it can come up with an image showing how you would look as a member of a different race.

The machine is part of a traveling retrospective （回顧展） called “ Seeing and Believing: The Art of Nancy Burson.” Burson is a famous American photographer and inventor. The show of 100 photos and multimedia works was on view at the Grey ArtGallery in New York on April 20.

“ It is a strange feeling, just like stepping into someone else^’s skin.” Said Hathy Zajchenko, a museum visitor from Pennsylvania, US. As soon as she sat down, she tried out a range of ethnic groups. The Middle Eastern image worked pretty well for me,” she said with a smile.

According to Burson, the machine is a prayer for unity. It is about seeing through differences to find the things we all share in common. Burson added the database （資料庫） of Middle Eastern faces, both Arab and Jewish, after the terrorist attacks （恐怖襲擊） on September 11. “I have always wanted to allow people to see differently. I am a photographer. I am recording the unseen, because what we can not see is so much more interesting than what we can see,” Burson said.

For those who missed the show, the Human Race machine will be on view at the New York Hall of Science in the Queens district full-time as of June.

1. The Human Race Machine can ____ .

A．tell you what you would look like if you were a member of another ethnic group .

B．create a digital image of your face and change it .

C．turn your pray into reality .

D．let people step into someone else’s skin .

2. The phrase “ come up with” in the first paragraph means ____.

A．get nearer           B．produce       C．come out                   D．change

3. When Kathy Zajchenko said that the Middle Eastern image worked well for her, she meant that ____ .

A．she would like to change her face

B．she had a strange feeling

C．she was satisfied with what she looked like as a Middle Eastern person

D．she could buy the Human Race machine

4. The sentence “ The machine is a pray for unity . ” means _____ .

A．the Human Race machine can unite the facial feature of a different ethnic group with your own .

B．the machine shows that no matter what race people are , there are some things we all have in common .

C．one can pray before the machine .

D．if you want, the machine can change your face .

5. Burson added the database of Middle Eastern faces after the September 11 attack because ____.

A．she wanted to show people what terrorists look like .

B．she wanted to record what people can not see .

C．she wanted to be famous as a photographer .

D．she wanted to let people see the foreign people .

此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤。對標有題號的每一行做出判斷；如有錯誤，在該行右邊橫線上畫一個勾；如有錯誤（每行只有一個錯誤），則按下列情況改正:

此行多一個詞；把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。

此行缺一個詞：在卻此處加一個漏字符號（∧），在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

此行錯一個詞：在錯的詞下畫一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正後的詞。

I like riding my bike. Though it is not very new, but it is                1.___________

my best friend. I find very convenient to go anywhere with a            2.___________

bike. Ride gives me not only exercise but also pleasure. I                  3.___________

use my bike mostly on summer when the weather is warm               4.___________

and dry. It can very unpleasant in winter when it is cold and                    5.___________

rain is pouring down. It can also be very danger. Of course                     6.___________

I will be very careful on my bike. In facts, accidents are not                    7.___________

the only problem. One day I went to school and come back                     8.___________

to find his front wheel was missing. It was a long walk to                9.___________

the repairer’s shop. Now I have two strong locks.                                  10.__________

假設(shè)你是李華，你在報上看到北京華夏大學將于2009年7月6日舉辦為期一周的“中國語言文化夏令營”活動。 你的美國朋友Mike計劃來中國旅行并了解中國文化，請你寫信介紹夏令營活動并建議他參加。

注意：詞數(shù)：100左右。

參考詞匯：中國語言文化夏令營  Chinese Language and Culture Summer Camp

故宮the Forbidden City,  天壇the Temple of Heaven

Dear Mike,

Yours,

                                                       LiPing

_____ , she is the sort of woman to spread sunshine to people through her smile.

A．Shy and cautious                  B．Sensitive and thoughtful

C．Honest and confident             D．Light-hearted and optimistic

They can't be working now. It's time they ________ the office.

A．have left          B．would leave           C．could leave              D．left