--Did _______ get through the test--Challenging the Host（《挑戰(zhàn)主持人》）?

--No, _______．A few failed．

A．everybody; not all                        B．everybody; none

C．a(chǎn)nybody; not all                          D．a(chǎn)nybody; no one

You don't know what great difficulty I had _______ to get the two tickets．Is the film really worth _______ twice?

A．managing; seeing                        B．managed; seeing

C．managing; being seen                     D．managed; being seen

--Your sister nearly _______ all her spare time to her study during the three years．

--That's right, or she _______ the first place in her school in the College En-trance Examination．

A．devoted; wouldn't have taken                    B．spent; wouldn't have taken

C．hadn't devoted; hadn't taken                      D．hadn't spent; couldn't take

Have you seen today's paper? It _______ they've caught those million-pound bank robbers．

A．writes             B．tells             C．says               D．talks

--I really thought I'd win the first prize．

--Oh…, well, _______,Tom．

A．better luck next time                       B．that's all right

C．best wishes                            D．it's out of question

Richard Rice, a fast-talking man paced up and down in front of freshmen debate class,  1  us about his high expectations．We were special, he declared on our first day at Oak Park High School．But there would be no  2   to success．Only those who worked hard would shine．

Suddenly Mr. Rice  3   in mid-sentence and stared at me．"You know," he said, "you're black!" Somehow, I knew he   4   trying to hurt me．

Mr. Rice was no  5   teacher．I entered high school not  6   quite sure what debate was．I left his class four years later as an outstanding debater．Even today, I'm not sure what   7    such a great teacher of him．He always said   8   he was thinking．And he was   9  ．He'd      10   out of the classroom angrily if he thought a student was giving   11   his effort．The worst thing with us was to be taken no notice of．  12  , being torn apart by Mr. Rice in the middle of a practice debate meant you were one of his favorites．

He wasn't always  13   on us．I'll never forget the National Student Debate, at which my calm delivery and my firm grasp of the problems disappeared．The only face I could  14   in the audience was Mr. Rice's face．I could   15   I was doing terribly just by looking at him．After it was over, he came   16   to me．"Not my best   17  , " I said．He shook his head, "No," Then , to my  18  , he gave me a hug．

Mr. Rice's style didn't make him a great teacher for everyone．Many kids   19   out of the debate class after the first year．But for me four years with him was my unforgettable   20   of a lifetime．

1．A．telling               B．introducing       C．a(chǎn)nnouncing         D．explaining

2．A．means              B．methods              C．shortcuts          D．steps

3．A．rose                B．paused           C．shook             D．turned

4．A．must be             B．shouldn't be              C．might be            D．wasn't

5．A．a(chǎn)verage             B．excellent           C．special             D．usual

6．A．a(chǎn)lways             B．still                    C．even               D．ever

7．A．turned               B．made                 C．got                D．became

8．A．however            B．whenever             C．whichever          D．whatever

9．A．demanding           B．careful               C．easygoing          D．gentle

10．A．steal              B．march                     C．turn               D．leave

11．A．no                     B．a(chǎn)ll                       C．less than           D．more than

12．A．Anyhow              B．Instead              C．Therefore          D．Besides

13．A．strict            B．cruel                  C．impatient           D．hard

14．A．figure out          B．bring out           C．look out            D．make out

15．A．speak                   B．tell                   C．talk               D．recognize

16．A．over                      B．a(chǎn)cross               C．out               D．upon

17．A．mariners         B．a(chǎn)rgument                C．performance        D．behaviour

18．A．shock             B．surprise          C．regret              D．disappointment

19．A．got               B．turned           C．ran                 D．dropped

20．A．experience         B．chance                C．course            D．period

Children who were breast-fed are better at coping with stress than their bottle-fed classmates, research shows．

A study of thousands of British youngsters revealed that those who were given formula milk could be more than four times harder to deal with stressful events -such as the divorce of their parents．

It is thought that the close contact helps mother and child bond and encourages a feeling of security that enables the child to deal better with traumatic situations in later life．

Hormones found in a mother's milk may help reduce stress and the process may feed the growth of the parts of the brain crucial（關(guān)鍵的）in handling stress and anxiety．

The Swedish findings follow a number of other studies which have shown that breast milk protects against infection, heart disease, diabetes and obesity．Breast-feeding may also reduce the mother's risk of having breast cancer．

The support of breast-feeding is so strong that the Department of Health recommends that mothers should feed their babies on breast milk alone for the first six months to ensure they get best start in life．

However, many women find breast-feeding difficult and claim they are made to feel guilty if they choose formula milk from a bottle．

In the latest study, researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm tracked the health of almost 9,000 boys and girls born in the UK in 1970．

When the children reached ten, researchers gauged（測量）their ability to cope with stress by looking at how they were affected by family problems．

The results showed that those who were bottle-fed were more than four times as stressed by such events than those who were breast-fed．

1．What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Which is better, formula milk or breast milk?

B．Breast-fed children cope better with stress

C．Breast-feeding is good to both mothers and babies

D．Mothers are advised to breast-feed their babies

2．Which of the following helps the growth of the parts of the brain crucial in handling stress and anxiety?

A．Hormones in a mother's milk                B．Hormones in bottle milk

C．Hormones found in formula milk                  D．Hormones in the baby's own body

3．According to the studies, breast milk protects babies against all of the following EXCEPT _______．

A．heart disease        B．diabetes               C．infection           D．breast cancer

4．After reading the passage, a mother who cannot breast-feed her baby will feel _______．

A．relieved            B．guilty                  C．pure．led            D．disappointed

5．The underlined word "traumatic" in the third paragraph can be best replaced by _______．

A．dangerous          B．unpleasant        C．stressful           D．confusing

As the US wakes up to China's rising status as an economic and strategic competitor, US parents are urging their children to learn Chinese, reports Julian Borger．

The US is being swept by a rush to learn Mandarin--from wealthy New York mothers hiring Chinese nannies（保姆）for their small children to a defense department education project in Oregon．

The forces driving Mandarin's momentum（勢頭）are parental ambition for children facing a future in which China is almost certain to be a major player, and the government is worried about that America may get left behind in that new world．

The bottleneck in the supply of teachers．Mandarin instructors are difficult to import and difficult to train．There are visa problems in bringing over teachers from China but the biggest barrier is cultural．Teaching in Asia is generally done by rote and the change to western, interactive styles of instruction can be a large leap．

On the other hand, it requires enormous firmness for westerners to learn a language like Chinese, with its thousands of written characters．According to the Asia Society in New York, all of America's teacher-training institutions turn out only a couple of dozen homegrown Mandarin teachers．

One way to ease the shortage is to find native Mandarin speakers and use fast-track methods to train them．However, the majority of Chinese-Americans grew up speaking Cantonese, the dialect spoken in Hong Kong, where their parents came from．Many are them- selves signing on as Mandarin students at the private language schools springing up on the west coast．

1．What would be the best title for the passage?

A．The rising China and its influence in the US

B．America in critical need of learning Mandarin

C．The problems facing Americans while learning Mandarin

D．Why Mandarin learning is so popular in the US?

2．Why are US parents so eager to make their children learn Mandarin?

A．They are urged by the government to do so．

B．They are afraid to be left behind by other parents．

C．They believe China will play a major role in the future world．

D．They are just carried away by Mandarin's momentum．

3．The underlined word "rote" in the 4th paragraph probably, refers to a teaching pattern which _______

A．focuses on memory work      

B．a(chǎn)llows the students to think independently

C．is centered on interactive skills

D．puts much emphasis on examinations

4．From the passage we can learn that the Americans prefer to have a Mandarin teacher _______．

A．who speak Cantonese．

B．who comes from Hong Kong．

C．who grows up in America．

D．who comes from Chinese mainland speaking Mandarin．

5．What is the main problem in the Mandarin's momentum in the US?

A．The lack of qualified teachers

B．The cultural barrier between the east and west

C．The Americans' lack of firmness

D．The many written Chinese characters

I am a good mother to three children．I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent．

I no longer consider myself the center of the universe．I show up．I listen．I try to laugh．I am a good friend to my husband．I have tried to make marriage vows（誓約）mean what they say．I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me．Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today．

So here's what I wanted to tell you today：Get a life-- a real life, not a desire of the next promotion（提升）, the bigger paycheck, or the larger house．

Get a life in which you are not alone．Find people you love, and．who love you．And remember that love is not leisure, it is work．Pick up the phone．Send an e-mail．Write a letter．And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted．

It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes．It is so easy to exist instead of to live．I learned to live．many years ago．Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in some ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all．And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all．

I learned to love the journey, not the destination．I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally．And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned．

Tell them this：Read in the backyard with the sunshine on your face．Learn to be happy．And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion（激情）as it ought to be lived．

1．The best rifle of this passage probably is _______．

A．Love Your Friends                       B．Live a Real life

C．Don't Waste Time                        D．Be a Good Mother and Wife

2．How did the author form her view of life?

A．Through social experience                 B．By learning from her friends．

C．Through her own experience               D．From her children and husband

3．By the underlined sentence "It is so easy to exist instead of to live" in the fifth paragraph, the author really means that people tend to _______．

A．make a living rather than live a real life          B．work rather than enjoy life

C．waste a lot in life                                        D．forget the most important lesson in life

4．What's the author's attitude toward work?

A．Do it well to serve others．

B．To earn enough money to make life better．

C．Try your best to get higher position and pay．

D．Don't let it affect your real life．

5．It can be inferred from the passage that _______．

A．the author is a success in personal life

B．the author doesn't try her best to work well

C．the author spends all her time caring for her children

D．the author likes traveling very much

Ask Steveland Morris and he'll tell you that blindness is not necessarily disabling．Steveland was born prematurely and tot01ly without sight in 1950．He became Stevie Wonder- a composer, singer, and pianist．As the winner of ten Grammy awards, Stevie is widely acclaimed for his outstanding contributions to the music world．

As a child, Stevie learned not to think about the things he could not do, but to concentrate on the things that he could do．His parents encouraged him to join his sighted brothers in as many activities as possible．They also helped him to sharpen his sense of hearing, the sense upon which the visually disabled are so dependent．

Because sound was so important to him, Stevie began at an early age to experiment with different kinds of sound．He Would bang things together and then imitate the sound with his voice．Often relying on sound for entertainment, he sang, beat on toy drums, played a toy harmonica, and listened to the radio．

Stevie soon graduated from toy instruments to real instruments．He first learned to play the drums．He then mastered the harmonica and the piano．He became a member of the junior church choir and a lead singer．In the evenings and on weekends, Stevie would play different instruments and sing popular rhythm and blues tunes on the front porches of his neighbors' homes．

One of Stevie's sessions was overheard by Ronnie White, a member of a popular singing group called The Miracles．Ronnie immediately recognized Stevie's talent and took him to audition（試演，試唱）for Berry Gordy, the president of Hitsville USA, a large recording company now known as Motown．Stevie recorded his first smash hit "Fingertips" in 1962 at age12, and the rest of Stevie's story is music history．

1．This passage could be entitled _______．

A．The Music World                        B．Stevie Wonder

C．A Great Musician                         D．Blind People

2．Which of the following is NOT true about Stevie's childhood?

A．Stevie often tells people that a blind person is not necessarily disabled

B．He learnt to concentrate on things that he could do

C．He played as often as possible with his brothers, who had normal sight

D．He tried very hard to train his sense of heating

3．By saying "Stevie soon graduated from toy instruments to real instruments", the author means that _______．

A．Stevie finished his study at a toy instruments school

B．Stevie began to study in a real instruments school

C．Stevie gave up all his toy instruments and began to buy many real instruments

D．Stevie started to play real instruments

4．The author mentions all the following facts EXCEPT that _______．

A．Stevie's neighbors could often enjoy his playing and singing

B．it was Ronnie White that recognized Stevie's talent trod led him to a successful career

C．Berry Cordy helped him to set up his own recording company

D．Stevie's parents played a very important part in training his sense of hearing

5．The "Fingertips" _______．

A．recorded Stevie's musical performance that won him instant fame

B．was a record that turned out to be a great success

C．carried the message that the blind could work miracles with their fingertips

D．a(chǎn)ll of the above