I came to study in the US last fall. My life had been quite 　 1　　since I arrived at Andover. Although I had quite a few activities, I hadn't taken any official leadership position.

This 　 2　 changed when I received an e-mail from Ms. Griffith, my cluster (a group of dorms) dean (主任), 　 3　 that a new female DC Rep was needed. DC Rep　　4　 Discipline Committee Representative (代表). 　 5　 boarding school students break serious rules, like using 　 6　 , getting drunk or cheating in their studies. The punishments given to such students are　　7　 by a DC Rep. I was really interested in becoming DC Rep for my cluster, Pine Knoll, 　 8　 so were five other students. We had to hold　　9　 and Ms. Griffith asked us to write　　10　 to be sent to everyone in Pine Knoll.

I thought it hard to write. I didn't want to make any　　11　 , because they are difficult to keep. I didn't want to say I was experienced, because I was not. So I started my speech by explaining　　12　 I wanted to become a DC Rep. "I want to serve Pine Knoll and also learn how American boarding schools carry out discipline (紀律)," I wrote　　13　 .

I made three　　14　 that said "Vote For Teresa" and put them on every exit of my dorm so that people would 　 15　 my name when they want to vote.

Although I tried hard, I didn't win the election. I was 　 16　 , but my positive (積極的) nature did not allow me to　　17　 for very long. I actually　　18　 when my friends tried to comfort me. "Teresa, I am sorry that you didn't win the election," they would say.

"No, don't be sorry for me. I am very happy to have taken part in the election," I said.

It is true; the　　19　 is much more important than the result. I am surprised and happy to discover my hidden　　20　 .

1. A. hard B. terrible C. happy D. simple

2. A. condition B. situation C. time D. life

3. A. explaining B. writing C. saying D. talking

4. A. stands for B. asks for C. calls for D. looks for

5. A. Usually B. Sometimes C. Often D. Seldom

6. A. computers B. drugs C. cars D. mobiles

7. A. carried out B. given C. determined D. made

8. A. or B. although C. but D. therefore

9. A. a discussion B. a meeting C. an election D. a selection

10. A. articles B. speeches C. compositions D. introductions

11. A. mistakes B. movements C. promises D. requests

12. A. how B. whether C. when D. why

13. A. seriously B. easily C. fluently D. honestly

14. A. posters B. sayings C. speeches D. promises

15. A. recognize B. remember C. forget D. know

16. A. satisfied B. surprised C. disappointed D. helpless

17. A. put down B. look down C. feel down D. lie down

18. A. smiled B. cried C. laughed D. sorrowed

19. A. reason B. attitude C. process D. aim

20. A. strength B. courage C. ability D. skill

University students' monthly expenses formobile phones vary from about 20 yuan to several hundred yuan, according to students in Fudan University, Jiaotong University. Whether one has a boyfriend or girlfriend is a critical (關(guān)鍵性的) factor that determines one's payment for a mobile phone, said Ann, a student in Shanghai Finance University, who uses up a 100 yuan card every six months. By contrast, one of Ann's roommates, who studies in the same class with her boyfriend, spends more than 100 yuan every month. They have a habit of making a daily call to each other every night, according to Ann.

"In my opinion, one's outlay (開支) on mobile phone depends on whether he works for some department of the Students' Union and whether he has some part-time jobs which require frequent contact," said Zhuang Jiadong, a student in Jiaotong University, who is the monitor of his class. His average bill for his mobile phone is 200 yuan per month.

At present, the cost of a mobile call is 0.6 yuan per minute, more expensive than using 201 cards by 0.2 yuan. Therefore, some students, especially girls, use mobile phones and telephones alternatively (交替地). "But we boys tend to be lazy and will not bother to use 201 cards which require dialing a long series of numbers," said Zhuang.

8. All the following factors determine university student's bill for mobile phones except________.

A. whether one has a boyfriend or girlfriend

B. whether he or she works for the Student's Union

C. whether one has some part-time jobs

D. whether one uses mobile phones and telephones alternatively

9. We can infer from the text that________.

A. university students' monthly expenses for mobile phones are almost the same

B. boys tend to use mobile phone more frequently

C. if one has a boyfriend or girlfriend, one will use their mobile phone less frequently

D. the cost of a mobile call is less expensive than using 201 cards

10. The best title of the text is ______.

A. Expense Gap for Mobile Phone

B. The Mobile Phone Comes into Universities

C. The Mobile Phone is Replacing Telephone

D. Expense for Mobile Phones

A new study shows that large amounts of vitamins and minerals can slow the loss of sight linked to aging. The condition is called age-related macular degeneration or A-M-D. The disease is a major cause of blindness among old people. Doctors don't know what causes it.

The disease destroys the central part of the retina (視網(wǎng)膜), the cells at the back of the eye that gather light. The first sign of A-M-D usually is a loss of visual clearness. People with the disease have trouble reading, driving and recognizing faces. They can't see clearly through the center of their eyes. They must look at things from the sides of their eyes. Over time, A-M-D can cause blindness.

The National Eye Institute carried out the six-year study. Almost 5,000 people in 11 areas of the USA took part. They were between the ages of 55 and 80. Some of the people had more severe forms of the disease than others.

The researchers tested a combination of large amounts of vitamins and minerals. Some people in the study were given the mineral zinc. Others took the vitamins C and E. A third group received both the zinc and vitamins. The remaining people took inactive substances called placebos (安慰劑).

The people in the study were in three groups. Based on the severity of their disease, the researchers compared the vision abilities and other conditions of the patients after 5 years of treatment. Their findings were published in the Archives of Ophthalmology (眼科學).

The scientists say the combination of vitamins and zinc had no effect on patients with the least severe form of A-M-D.

However, they say the vitamins and zinc helped people with more serious A-M-D.

The treatment cut the risk of developing the most severe form of A-M-D by about 25%. The vitamins and zinc also prevented some vision loss for those patients already suffering severe A-M-D. The patients tak-ing zinc and vitamins separately also were helped but not as much as those taking both. Earlier studies had shown that people who eat large amounts of fruits and vegetables containing important vitamins are at lower risk of developing the eye disease.

5. The disease of A-M-D can lead to ________.

A. blindness B. visual clearnessC. visual loss D. cataract

6. According to what they take, the scientists carried out a study and divided those people into________.

A. two groups B. three groupsC. four groups D. five groups

7. As a healthy person, we should eat more ________to prevent the disease A-M-D.

A. mineral and zinc B. vitamins C. vitamin and zincD. fresh fruits and vegetables

Take care about those who use the truth to deceive. When someone tells you something that is true, but leaves out important information that should be included, he can leave a false impression. For example, someone might say,"I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery. It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for one hundred dollars!"

This guy is a winner, right? Maybe not. We then discovered that he bought two hundred tickets, and only one was a winner. He is really a big loser! He didn't say anything that was false, but he intentionally left out important information. That's called a half-truth. Half-truths are not technically lies, but they are just as dishonest.

Untrustworthy candidates(候選人)in political campaigns often use this trick. Let's say that during Governor Smith's last term, her state lost one million jobs and gained three million jobs. Then she seeks another term. One of her opponents (對手) runs an ad saying, "During Governor Smith's term, the state lost one million jobs!" That's true. However an honest statement would have been, "During Governor Smith's term, the state had a net gain of two million jobs."

Advertisers will sometimes use half-truths. It's against the law to make false statements so they try to mislead you with the truth. An ad might boast (吹噓),"Nine out of ten doctors recommend Yucky Pills to cure nose pimples." It fails to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Corporation.

This kind of trick happens too often. It's a sad fact of life: Lies and lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.

1. Which of the following statements is true according to the article?

A. All advertisements are lies.

B. You can't trust anyone who tells the truth.

C. The truth can be used in dishonest ways.

D. Whenever people tell the truth, they are really lying.

2. What does the underlined word "deceive" probably mean?

A. tell B. explain C. cheat D. win

3. The writer suggests in this article that people should________.

A. believe in nobody B. vote for female candidates

C. stay away from political campaigns D. think carefully about what they read and hear

4. What is the best title for this article?

A. Everyone Lies at Present B. Lying with the Truth

C. Try to Be Honest to the People D. Don't Believe People Who Tell the Truth

"How did you do it, Dad? How have you managed not to take a drink for almost 20 years?" It took me almost 20 years to have the　　1　　to even ask my father this very personal question. When Dad first 　 2　 drinking, the whole family was on　　3　 and needles every time he got into a 　 4　 that, in the past, would have 　 5　 him drinking again. For a few years we were 　 6　 to bring it up 　 7　 that the drinking would begin again.

"I had this little poem that I would recite to myself at least four to five times a day." That was Dad's　　8　 to my 18-year-old unasked question. "The words were a constant (經(jīng)常的)　 9　 to me that things were　　10　 so hard that I could not deal with them," Dad said. Then he 　 11　 the poem with me. The poem's 　 12　 , yet profound(深刻的)words immediately became 　 13　 of my daily routine(日常事務) as well.

About a month after this talk with my father, I received a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of daily sayings of wisdom with one 　 14　 for each day of the year.

It has been my experience that when you get something with days of the year on it, you naturally turn to the page that lists your own 　 15　 .

I 　 16　 opened the book to November 10 to see 　 17　 words of wisdom this book had in store for me. The moment I glanced at the page, tears of　　18　 and appreciation　　19　 down my face. There, on my birthday, was the exact same poem that had 　 20　 my father for all these years! It is called the Serenity (平靜) Prayer:God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

1. A. chance B. courage C. ability D. right

2. A. gave up B. took up C. started D. continued

3. A. thread B. duty C. fire D. pins

4. A. situation B. habit C. condition D. house

5. A. stopped B. made C. started D. asked

6. A. sure B. uncertain C. afraid D. eager

7. A. on condition B. for fear C. in case D. providing

8. A. reply B. words C. excuse D. explanation

9. A. fear B. imagination C. thought D. reminder

10. A. never B. seldom C. always D. ever

11. A. discussed B. shared C. offered D. talked

12. A. simple B. long C. wonderful D. boring

13. A. all B. that C. any D. part

14. A. listed B. included C. read D. said

15. A. character B. birthday C. qualities D. favorites

16. A. doubtfully B. carefully C. happily D. hurriedly

17. A. where B. whether C. what D. how

18. A. disbelief B. anger C. sorrow D. regret

19. A. hung B. pulled C. rolled D. pushed

20. A. troubled B. disturbed C. pleased D. helped

CARDIFF, Wales-Poets, singers and musicians from across the globe gathered in Wales to celebrate the tradition(傳統(tǒng)) of storytelling.

"It might seem strange that people still want to listen in age of watching television, but this is an unusual art form whose time has come again," said David Ambrose, director of Beyond the Border, an international storytelling festival in Wales.

"Some of the tales, like those of the Inuit from Canada, are thousands of years old. So our story-tellers have come from distant lands to connect us with the distance of time," he said early this month.

Two Inuit women, both in their mid 60s, are among the few remaining who can do Kntadjait, or throat singing, which has few words and much sound.

Their art is governed by the cold of their surroundings, forcing them to say little but listen attentively.

Ambrose started the festival in 1993, after several years of working with those reviving (使復興) storytelling in Wales.

"It came out of a group of people who wanted to reconnect with traditions and as all the Welsh are story-tellers, it is in good hands here," Ambrose said.

84. Ambrose believes that the art of story-telling ________ .

A. will be more popular than TV

B. will be popular again

C. started in Wales

D. are in the hands of some old people

85. From the tales told by the Inuit, people can learn ________ .

A. about their life as early as thousands of years ago

B. why they tell the stories in a throat-singing way

C. how cold it has been where the Inuit live

D. how difficult it is to understand the Inuit

86. According to the writer, which of the following is NOT true?

A. Storytelling once stopped in Wales.

B. Storytelling has a long history in Wales.

C. Storytelling is always well received in Wales.

D. Storytelling did not come back until 1993 in Wales.

87. By saying"it is in good hands here" in the last paragraph, Ambrose meant ________ .

A. the festival was controlled by rich people

B. storytelling was grasped by good storytellers

C. the festival would be taken good care of

D. the festival would be protected by kind people

Earplugs have been the simple but effective way to stop noise affecting your mind, but their shortcoming is that they also block out sounds you may want or need to hear, such as music or someone talking to you.

The answer to this problem is "active noise cancellation(抵消)"-headphones that are made up of a microphone and electronics(電子裝置) that take all background low-frequency (低頻率) noise, turn the sound waves upside down and rebroadcast them into your ear.

The result is that all the unwanted noises around are blocked out.

In effect, one set of electronically produced sound wave has sucked away the unwanted sound waves of noise.

Stand next to a busy road wearing the noise cancellation headphones and the traffic noise disappears. Sit in an airplane and the engine noise dies away. In a noisy office, the noise of office equipment, people and air-conditioning is gone. You can still, however, hear music or talk with people because that sound does not have a regular pattern and so the device(裝置) does not block it.

81. What is the best way to keep out the unwanted noise?

A. To wear an earplug.

B. To wear a headphone.

C. To wear a microphone.

D. To wear electronics.

82. Which of the following gives a general idea on how the above device works?

A. By producing low-frequency sound waves and rebroadcast them.

B. By producing new sound waves to suck away the unwanted sound waves.

C. By changing all background low-frequency noise into an irregular pattern.

D. By sucking away all the low- frequency sound waves turned upside down.

83. Suppose you are driving your friend to the airport and the car radio is on, what can't you hear if you wear a headphone?

A. The radio music and the car engine noise.

B. The noise of the planes passing overhead and what your friend says.

C. The radio music and what your friend says.

D. The noise of the car and the planes passing overhead.

This is News on the Hour, Ed Wilson reporting. The president and First Lady will visit Africa on a goodwill tour in May. They plan to visit eight African countries.

Reports from China say the Chinese want closer ties between China and the U. S. and Western Europe. A group of top Chinese scientists starts its ten-nation tour next month.

Here in Miami, the mayor is still meeting with the leaders of the teachers' union to try to find a way to end the strike. City schools are still closed after two weeks.

In news about health, scientists in California report findings of a relationship between the drinking of coffee and the increase of heart disease among women. According to the report in the American Medical Journal, the five-year study shows this: women who drink more than two cups of coffee a day have a greater chance of having heart disease than women who do not.

In sports, the Chargers lost again last night. The BBS beat them 1 to nothing. The Wingers had better results. They beat the Rifles 7 to 3. It was their first win in their last five matches.

That's the news of the Hour. And now back to more easy listening with Jan Singer.

76. Who has the news on the Hour?

A. The mayor in Miami.

B. Ed Wilson.

C. Scientists in California.

D. Jan Singer.

77. To improve the ties between China and the U.S. and Western Europe, China ________ .

A. will send a group of scientists to visit the U.S. and the Western Europe

B. will send some scientists to visit the U.S. only

C. has expressed its strong wishes

D. has given many reports to improve the ties

78. From the news in Miami we knew ________ .

A. a peaceful way will soon be found

B. the teachers' strike will last long

C. students haven't been to school for two weeks

D. students can't go into the school because the classrooms are locked

79. The news about health tells us that ________ .

A. no heart disease will be found if people don't drink coffee

B. no one should drink more than two cups of coffee a day

C. the more coffee people drink, the more chance they'll get to have heart disease

D. women's heart disease has something to do with their drinking coffee

80. From the last news, we do not know ________ .

A. the results of the two matches

B. the number of the teams which played last night

C. how many wins the BBS has had altogether

D. the Wingers had four wins and one defeats

How lucky we are today that we can protect ourselves　　56　 many　 57　 that once 　 58　 death to thousands of people. This is because of work of a famous French scientist who suffered a great deal in his own life so that others might　　59　 .

Louis Pasteur was a bright boy,　　60　 his teachers said he was　　61　 . The reason for this was simple. Louis was very　 62　 with everything he did. He wanted to understand all and he asked many questions."Listen," shouted an angry teacher one day. "You are supposed to answer the question　　63　 asking them!"

However, he never stopped asking questions. There was one 　 64　 question he asked:　　65　 what was illness caused? In time he discovered the answers that have helped men　　66　 since ever. He worked very hard to keep　　67　 going on. When the silkworms began　　68　 ,France's silk-makers 　 69　 money. They turned to Pasteur for 　 70　 .

He found out the answer: certain tiny living things called germs attacked the silkworm eggs. Pasteur found a way of 　 71　 these germs, or　　72　 like them. The whole country 　 73　 , but during his years of work three　 74　 died. Even　　75　 he believed that other children's lives could be saved if he could stop germs from spreading.

56. A. against B. through C. without D. away

57. A. enemies B. illnesses C. wars D. dangers

58. A. permitted B. suffered C. meant D. took

59. A. live B. work C. suffer D. die

60. A. even B. though C. and D. so

6１. A. slow B. fool C. foolishly D. clever

62. A. careless B. careful C. satisfied D. unsatisfied

63. A. instead of B. but C. not D. and

64. A. common B. simple C. funny D. special

65. A. from B. by C. since D. though

66. A. to live longer B. to be saved from death C. never to die D. to live

67. A. life B. lives C. persons D. animals

68. A. losing B. dead C. die D. dying

69. A. got B. spent C. made D. lost

70. A. money B. silkworms C. living D. help

71. A. getting rid of B. completing C. separating D. ending

72. A. something B. thing C. creatures D. ones

73. A. were sad B. were silent C. was thankful D. was sorry

74. A. children of the country B. children of his own C. silk-makers D. silkworm eggs

75. A. in the trouble B. in anger C. in his sorrow D. in his joy

HOW TO BOOK

Bookings open for Beckett Shorts(a collection of short plays) on 8 September.

BY TELEPHONE

For credit card(信用卡)bookings. Calls are answered.

BOX OFFICE

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Booking opens for all other plays on 19 September.

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CHEQUES

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4. In which of the following ways of booking does one have to pay extra money?

A. In person. B. By telephone.

C. By fax. D. By post.

5. What is a useful number to call at 11 am Sunday?

A. 01789 295623.

B. 05412 541051.

C. 01789 261974.

D. 01862 387765.