Compassion （同情） is a desire within us to help others．With effort, we can translate compassion into actions．An experience last weekend showed me this is true．I work part-time in a supermarket across from a building for the elderly．These old people are our main customers, and it’s not hard to lose patience over their slowness．But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson．This untidy man walked up to my register（收款機(jī)）with a box of biscuits．He said he was out of cash（現(xiàn)金）, had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards．He asked if we could let him have the food on trust．He promised to repay me the next day．

I couldn’t help staring at him．I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be like if luck had gone his way．I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world．I told him that I was sorry, but store rules didn’t allow me to do so．I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job．

Just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up．If anything, he looked more pitiable．“Charge it to me,” was all he said．

What I had been feeling was pity．Pity is soft and safe and easy．Compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action．I thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed either．Then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself．I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion．

1．The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits ______．

    A．promised to obey the store rules.

B．forgot to take any money with him.

    C．hoped to have the food first and pay later.

D．could not afford anything more expensive.

2．Which of the following best describes the old gentleman?

A．kind and lucky                                     B．poor and lonely

C．friendly and helpful                              D．hurt and disappointed

3．The writer acted upon the store rules because ______．

A．he wanted to keep his present job

B．he felt no pity for the old gentleman

C．he considered the old man dishonest

D．he expected someone else to pay for the old man

4．What does the writer learn from his experience?

A．Wealth is more important than anything else．

B．Helping others is easier said than done．

C．Experience is better gained through practice．

D．Obeying the rules means more than compassion．

King’s College Summer School

King’s College Summer School is an annual（每年的） training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English．Courses are given by the teachers of King’s College and other colleges in New York．Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized．This year’s summer school will be from July 25 to August 15．

More information is as follows:

1．You can most probably read the text in ________．

A．a(chǎn) newspaper                                              B．a(chǎn) travel guide         

C．a(chǎn) textbook                                                 D．a(chǎn) telephone book

2．Which of the following is true about King’ s College Summer School?

A．Only top students can take part in the program．

B．King’ s College Summer School is run every other year．

C．Visits to museums and culture centers are part of the program．

D．Only the teachers of King’ s College give courses．

3．If you are to live with your relatives in New York, you will have to pay the school _______．

A．$200                             B．$400                      C．$500                      D．$900

4．What information can you get from the text?

A．The program will last two months．

B．You can write to Thompson only in English．

C．As a Chinese student, you can send your application on July 14, 2009．

D．You can get in touch with the school by e-mail or by telephone．

Did you know that women’s brains are smaller than men’s? The average women’s brain weighs 10% less than men’s．Since research has shown that the bigger the brain, the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent（聰明的） than women．Right? Wrong．Men and women always score similarly on intelligence tests, despite the difference in brain size．Why? After years of study, researchers have concluded that it’s what’s inside that matters, not just the size of the brain．The brain consists of “grey matter” and “white matter”．While men have more of the latter, the amount of “thinking” brain is almost exactly the same in both sexes．

It has been suggested that smaller brain appears to work faster, perhaps because the two sides of the brain are better connected in women．This means that little girls tend to learn to speak earlier, and that women can understand sorts of information from different sources at the same time．When it comes to talking to the boss on the phone, cooking dinner and keeping an eye on the baby all at the same time, it’s women who come out on top every time．

There are other important differences between two sexes．As white matter is the key to spatial（空間的） tasks, men know better where things are in relation to other things．“A great footballer always knows where he is in relation to the other players, and he knows where to go,” says one researcher．That may explain one of life’s great mysteries: why men refuse to ask for directions … and women often need to!

The differences begin when fetuses（胎兒） are about nine weeks old, which can be seen in the action of children as young as one．A boy would try to climb a barrier （障礙物） before him or push it down while a girl would attract help from others．These brain differences also explain the fact that more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills．It may all go back to our ancestors（祖先） ,among whom women needed speech skills to take care of their babies and men needed spatial skills to hunt, according to one research．

If all this disappoints you, it shouldn’t．“The brain changes throughout our lives according to what we do with it．” says a biologist．

1．Which of the following is true according to the first paragraph?

A．Women’s brain is 10% less than men’s．

B．Grey matter plays the same role as white matter．

C．Grey matter controls thinking in the brain．

D．Both sexes have the same amount of white matter．

2．What can we infer from the second and third paragraphs?

A．Women prefer doing many things at a time．

B．Men do better dealing with directions．

C．Women do not need to tell directions．

D．Men have weaker spatial abilities．

3．Which of the following do you agree with according to the fourth paragraph?

A．Young boys may be stronger than young girls．

B．More women take up jobs requiring speech skills．

C．Women may have stronger feelings than men．

D．Our ancestors needed more spatial skills．

4．What can we infer from this passage?

A．The writer shows that he knows a lot about brains．

B．The writer finds some examples to prove the researchers’ words．

C．The writer informs readers that men should find jobs requiring speech skills．

D．The writer describes things as they are．

根據(jù)下列句子及所給漢語注釋，在句子右邊的橫線上寫出空缺出各單詞的正確形式。（每空只寫一詞）。

1．Ms Leighton will be in charge during my________．（缺席）                    1．_________

2．They have a large family to support． ______（明顯）, they need           2．_________
to find work as soon as possible．

3．After the storm there were leaves and________ （樹枝） all over the           3．_________

ground．

4．I liked the _________（當(dāng)代）paintings but the classical art displays         4．_________

bored me．

5．A new laboratory is under__________．（建設(shè)）                                     5．_________

6．After that, Babbitt went to church________．（定期）                             6．_________

7．The book is a ________（可靠） source of information．                       7．_________

8．_________（消費者） want better, safer products．                              8．_________

9．Drop in whenever it is_________（方便）to you．                                 9．_________

10．Their company is _______（坐落） at the end of the road．                  10．_________

假如你是一位新聞記者，采訪了上周六在大連閉幕（come to a close）的“拯救地球大會”（“Saving the Earth” Conference）, 會期五天。請根據(jù)以下提示寫一篇100詞左右的報道。

1．有50多個國家的專家和科學(xué)家參加了此次大會。

2．大會就三個主題進(jìn)行討論：污染、人口以及森林野生動物的保護(hù)問題。

3．會上讀了80多篇論文，有三人針對不同主題作了重要發(fā)言。

4．大會建議各國政府積極行動，采取必要措施，預(yù)防污染，控制人口，多植樹。

5．大會要求全世界人民保護(hù)地球，將其作為人類永久居住和生活的家園。

I warned them not to do it, but my warning was ________.

A. put off                     B. set aside                 C. broken up                 D. left behind

Last Saturday a large concert which was ________ by Colin Davis was held in the Poly Opera House.

A. controlled                 B. managed                   C. participated               D. conducted

Creative thinkers try to make ________ that may seem strange at first.

A. demands                  B. distinctions                 C. connections                 D. collisions

She hoped to get a job on a newspaper and ________ she worked for The Times.

A. hopefully                  B. possibly                    C. willingly                   D. eventually

A few students in our class can’t concentrate on study sometimes and are ________ to listen carefully.

A. suggested                 B. expected                 C. reminded                  D. forbidden