Outside our hotel in Ho Chi Ming City, Vietnam, a seemingly ancient woman waited beside the door with her hand outstretched (張開的). Every day I put my hand in hers as our eyes met. She never failed to return my smile, my grasp, and my greeting.

　On the last day of our visit, I found myself alone on a busy corner across the street from our hotel. Bicycles and motorbikes rushed in front of me. As I hesitated on the sidewalk, I felt a hand on my elbow and looked down to see the smile of my small beggar friend looking up at me. She nodded her head toward the street, indicating that she would take me across. Together, we moved slowly into the chaos.

　 Then we moved on toward the sidewalk, where she pulled my face down to hers, kissed me on both cheeks, and then left, still smiling and waving back to me.

Traveling in poorer nations, I have witnessed a variety of ways to deal with beggars. The most common response of tourists faced with the poverty-stricken is to ignore them and focus their eyes elsewhere. I have seen people push away an outstretched hand in angry annoyance. A few may drop a few coins into the hand in a hurry, hoping that other ragged pursuers won’t immediately appear on the scene.

For many reasons, giving money is not the best response to an outstretched hand. Many world travelers have discovered that the greatest gift they can give is their time and respect. Everyone needs recognition, to be seen as worthy of being known, to feel appreciated and loved. And I believe that everyone is worthy and worth knowing.

31. The woman beggars helped the author go across the busy street because __________.

A．the author gave her material assistance　　　　　 B．the author treated her kindly and friendly

C．the author would help her as a reward　　　　　 D．the author was a foreigner

32. From the story, what position of the beggars in the author’s mind might be?

　　　 A．equal　 　　 B．superior　 C．lower　 D．valuable

33. In common cases, people will do the following things to the beggars EXCEPT for ________.

　　　 A．pretending to see nothing　　　　 　　　　　 　B．handing out some money

　　　 C．refusing them angrily　　　　　　 　　　　　 　D．greeting them normally

34. According to the author, the most important things beggars really need are _________.

　　　 A．mercy and pity 　　 B．money and food

C．smile and greeting　 D．a(chǎn)ttention and respect

35. The purpose of the passage is to _________.

　　　 A．show how poor the beggars are in Vietnam

　　　 B．offer some advice on dealing with begging

　　　 C．express what we should offer the beggars

　　　 D．describe an experience with a beggar

Even when you’re extremely busy, you aren’t using your time with 100% efficiency. There are gaps in everyone’s schedule where they aren’t doing anything important. Even if your schedule has no gaps, there is probably lots of time where you aren’t working as fast or as effectively as you possibly could.

Why aren’t you completely efficient? It’s because time isn’t the limiting factor. If it were the limiting factor, people could work non-stop without breaks or any unproductive distractions(消遣). Instead, people, even those who are highly productive, need to take breaks, occasionally procrastinate(拖延) and slow down on tasks throughout the day.

The real and most important limiting factor for productivity is your energy levels to pay attention. Energy levels limit your productivity because when you’re tired, you can have ample time and still not get everything done. Your attention ability is also limited, because even if there are a million things that need to be done, you can only focus on one or two at a time.

You might not be able to insert another 4-5 hours into your schedule without making some sacrifices. But even extremely busy people can add an hour or two into their schedule without cancelling anything. The reason it’s hard to “find time” isn’t a lack of time. It’s because you don’t have enough energy left to focus on something else that needs to fit into your day.

I first suspected time wasn’t the real problem during an extremely busy period in my life over a year ago. I was insanely busy, but at that time I still exercised regularly. I had daily to-do lists with over twenty items, and I still found time to exercise. However, after a few weeks off, due to illness, I stopped exercising. I was not busy by any standards, in fact, my schedule was incredibly light. Despite this free time, I found it hard to find time to exercise. It seemed to get pushed later and later into my schedule until it was gone. How can I explain this odd experience? I believe you have known it.

26. If someone can’t work with 100% efficiency, the most important limiting factor is ________.

A．a(chǎn) schedule without gaps                          B．breaks and distractions

C．the limited time                                  D．the limited energy

27. According to paragraph 4, everyone, including the extremely busy people, can ___________.

A．work without any rest                            B．focus on many things at a time

C．find some more time in a day                         D．do some exercise regularly

28. After a few weeks off, what was the change of the writer’s life?

A．He had a longer daily to-do lists with over twenty items.

B．He stopped doing exercise because of the lack of energy.

C．He found it hard to find time to exercise because he was busier.

D．He pushed most of the things later and later in his schedule.

29. The writer gives the example of himself in the last paragraph in order to ___________.

A．prove what the real limiting factor is                

B．show us how busily he needs to work

C．explain how important a healthy body is         

D．tell us what an odd experience he has

30. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Are You Really Lack of Time?          B．How Can You Work Efficiently?

C．What Makes Your Energy Limitedd?     D．When Should You Do Exercise?

Once upon a time, in a small country, people decided to investigate what it was that parents really liked the most. A competition was organized. It would use the 111611 (late) invention of Professor Shafte: the Gladometer (快樂測量儀).

To date, the Gladometer is the only invention ever 111711 (build) capable of measuring joy and happiness.

So, one by one, the children presented 111811 own particular talents to their parents. And the Gladometer faithfully measured their parents’ reactions.

One boy turned up 111911 a trained pig; the pig sang and danced. A girl came and played the violin like an angel. 112011 intelligent boy came and read his very big book. The parents’ happiness was easy to see.

Finally, a boy came to the Gladometer carrying 112111. Nor did he know how to do anything. When the organizers asked him what he was going to do, he 11221 (simple) said, “I am very obedient(順從的).” The machine measured such a high reading 112311 it began violently shaking, and finally 112411 (explode). The boy who had done nothing won all the prizes that day, for solving the mystery of 112511 pleases parents the most.

       Learning how to be patient with people can be challenging for some people. After all, not everybody is gifted with great 1. The good news is that it is something that can be 2 and eventually perfected.

       When the customer before you takes ages to 3 his or her groceries, you tap your foot impatiently and cough every now and then to remind the 4 to move quickly; but no, he is still not 5. It takes all of your power not to make a scene. However, if you 6  that customer to be someone you like, then you will find yourself not getting too 7, right?

So the next time you find yourself losing patience with somebody, simply think of that person to be someone you really 8 and your patience will last longer.

The second step on how to be patient with people involves whistling. When you whistle a 9 tune, you are instantly in good 10. You can hum(哼) your favorite song if you can’t whistle—it really doesn’t make a(n) 11. What’s important here is that you did something that makes you feel good. And when you feel good, you are more 12 to be patient with the people around you.

When you’re stressed, it’s almost impossible to learn how to be patient with people. You’ve got to find a way to 13 first. If you know you’re going to be in a situation where your patience will be tested, get yourself a massage(按摩) first. Remember: the more stressed you are, the 14 you’ll lose your temper.

Learning how to be patient with people is not a 15 in life. You’ve seen people who manage to survive day to day with unbelievably short tempers after all.

1. A. patience         B. generosity          C. elegance            D. strength

2. A. ignored          B. stressed                    C. rejected             D. learned

3. A. pay for         B. apply for                  C. ask for              D. care for

4. A. assistant            B. friend                C. customer           D. patient

5. A. standing up           B. hurrying up        C. getting up          D. giving up

6. A. imagine          B. allow                        C. believe              D. refer

7. A. puzzled          B. shocked                   C. amused             D. annoyed

8. A. adore                    B. hate                         C. recognize          D. know

9. A. swift                    B. happy                C. loud                  D. sad

10. A. circumstances     B. preparations              C. spirits        D. places

11. A. mistake        B. difference                 C. effort                D. scene

12. A. friendly        B. lovely                C. likely                 D. lonely

13. A. relax                   B. escape               C. reward              D. whistle

14. A. later                    B. slower               C. better                D. faster

15. A. must                   B. possibility          C. ability         D. choice

某英文報社正在舉辦 “An Unforgettable Experience” 征文比賽。假設(shè)你是李華，你班參加全校班歌比賽獲得一等獎。請根據(jù)所給提示寫一篇120詞左右的英語短文，向報社投稿。

寫作內(nèi)容應(yīng)包括： 　 1. 準(zhǔn)備工作如: 選歌; 展現(xiàn)形式; 服裝

2. 簡述成功原因及個人感受

注意： 1.短文開頭語已給出，不計入總詞數(shù)。

2.短文中不要出現(xiàn)你的真實信息。

An Unforgettable Experience

I will never forget the day when our class won the first prize in the Class Theme Song Competition. ___________________

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閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)以下提示：1）漢語提示，2）首字母提示，3）語境提示，在每個空格內(nèi)填入一個適當(dāng)?shù)挠⒄Z單詞，并將該詞完整的寫在右邊相對應(yīng)的橫線上。所填單詞要求意義準(zhǔn)確，拼寫正確。

I Believe I Can Fly is a song that tells us confidence is important.

As my granny p       it, one will make it whenever he believes                    76______________

in himself. Dreams and confidence are         keep us going               77______________

on. Three years ago I was        (接納) to the present school. However,                  78______________

I was not used to the new school life so that I did b       in exams.                    79______________

      was my friends who got me to understand I would fly high                  80______________

as long as I had confidence. After several        (月) of hard work,                    81______________

I made great progress.   Now I am firmly       (相信) that our dreams               82______________

will come true if we try our best. W       old or young, lucky or                 83______________

not, never give up when faced         difficulties. Remember                     84______________

confidence is the key to       (成功).                                                               85______________

A powerful earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan at 2:46 p.m. local time on March 11th. Japan's Meteorological Agency released its first tsunami warnings just three minutes later. The country has one of the best earthquake early warning systems in the world. More than 4,000 Seismic Intensity Meters provide information within two minutes of an earthquake happening.

There are also concrete sea walls around much of the Japanese coastline. But these measures proved no match for the powerful earthquake and tsunami.

Costas Synolakis is a tsunami expert in the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He says, "Japan is one of those most well-prepared countries on earth in terms of tsunami warning. They had a warning. I think what went wrong is that they had not foreseen the size of this event."

He says there are two reasons for this. First, scientists had not expected such a large earthquake. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake was the 4th most powerful earthquake ever recorded worldwide. It was also the worst ever to hit Japan. The tsunami waves reached as high as 13 meters in some areas.

Second, Japan's concrete sea walls were not built to handle such high waves. "In Sendai, they were about three meters. At least in that area they were not expecting such a sizeable wave because they would have built a higher seawall."

A tsunami wave can travel as fast as 800 kilometers per hour. To get to higher ground people would often have to travel for many kilometers. This can take more time than a fast traveling tsunami will permit. This is especially true in cases like Japan. The tsunami waves followed almost immediately. Experts say early warning systems will continue to be limited by these facts until earthquakes and tsunamis can be predicted.  

72. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. Better equipment should have been used.                 B. A powerful earthquake hit the coast of Japan.

C. Japan can report an earthquake before it happens.          D. Japan has a good earthquake early warning system.

73. According to Costas Synolakis, ________.

A. the Japanese should have built many higher seawalls

B. the Japanese were not really prepared for such a disaster

C. Japan has experienced the worst earthquake worldwide

D. Japan had the best warning of such a serious earthquake  

74. According to the writer, people hadn’t got to higher ground because ________.

A. didn’t know there would be a tsunami                      B. tsunami didn’t leave people much time

C. they thought the seawalls were reliable                     D. higher ground couldn’t be reached at all

75. What can we learn from the last paragraph?      

A. Early warning systems are basically unreliable.  

B. Earthquakes and tsunamis will soon be predicted.

C. We have to accept the imperfect systems for the moment.

D. New warning systems will be designed to predict disasters.

When people first walked across the Bering Land Bridge thousands of years ago, dogs were by their sides, according to a study published in the journal Science.

　 Robert Wayne of the University of California, Los Angeles, and Jennifer Leonard of the Smithsonian Institute, used DNA material—some of it unearthed by miners in Alaska—to conclude that today’s domestic dog originated in Asia and accompanied the first humans to the New World about 10,000 to 15,000 years ago. Wayne suggests that man’s best friend may have enabled the tough journey from Asia into North America. “Dogs may have been the reason people made it across the land bridge,” said Wayne. “They can pull things, carry things, defend you from fierce animals, and they’re useful to eat.”

　 Dog remains from a Fairbanks-area gold mine helped the scientists reach their conclusion. Leonard, an evolutionary biologist, collected DNA from 11 bones of ancient dogs that were locked in permafrost(永凍層) until Fairbanks miners uncovered them in the 1920s. The miners donated the preserved bones to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, where they remained untouched for more than 70 years. After borrowing the bones from the museum, Leonard and her colleagues used radiocarbon techniques to find the age of the Alaska dogs. They found the dogs all lived between the years of 1450 and 1675 A.D., before Vitus Bering and Aleksey Chirikov who were the first known Europeans to view Alaska in 1741. The bones of dogs that wandered the Fairbanks area centuries ago should therefore be the remains of “pure native American dogs,” Leonard said. The DNA of the Fairbanks dogs would also expose whether they were the descendents of wolves from North America.

　 Leonard and Wayne’s study suggests that dogs joined the first humans that made the adventure across the Bering Land Bridge to slowly populate the Americas. Wayne thinks the dogs that made the trip must have provided some excellent service to their human companions or they would not have been brought along. “Dogs must have been useful because they were expensive to keep,” Wayne said. “They didn’t feed on mice; they fed on meat, which was a very guarded resource.”

68. The first humans into the New World brought dogs along with them because dogs　　　　 .

　 A. kept people company B. were easy to stay alive

C. helped protect the supplies D. offered excellent service

69. The underlined word “remains” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to 　　　　　.

　 A. dead bodies B. animal waste　　 　 C. leftover food　 　　 D. living environment

70. According to the study described in Paragraph 3, we can learn that 　　　　　.

　 A. ancient dogs entered North America between 1450 and 1675 AD

　 B. the 11 bones of ancient dogs are not from native American dogs

　 C. the bones studied were not from dogs brought by Europeans

D. the bones found by the gold miners were from American wolves

71. The passage mainly talks about 　　　　　.

　 A. the DNA study of dogs in NorthAmerica 　

B. the origin of the North American dogs

C. why ancient people brought dogs to America 　

D. the difference between Asian and American dogs

School Groups: $10.00 per person

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The Miami Planetarium(天文館) opened its doors to the public on November 4, 1966 and has entertained and educated children of all ages about astronomy and the wonders of the night sky ever since. The planetarium houses a 65-foot diameter doomed projection screen with 231 seats.

At the heart of the Planetarium is a SPITZ “Space Transit Planetarium” star projector(放映機), which is capable of accurately reproducing the stars and planets as seen from anywhere on Earth at any time during the year. Shows daily except Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Unlike any other in South Florida, the Planetarium is a unique setting for bringing the stars and planets indoors in animated live star shows and music filled laser light shows.

The Weintraub Observatory（天文臺） houses two powerful telescopes. Observatory hours are from 8:00p.m. to 10:00p.m. Look through the telescope to view the planets, the four moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn and deep sky objects such as galaxies, nebulas and double stars.

　　　　 Deposit: A $ 75 deposit must be received 10 days ahead of the visit date to guarantee your visit.

　　　　 Cancellation Policy：The museum requires 48 hours advance notice prior to any cancellation or other changes to a reservation. Without prior notification the original total will be expected upon arrival.

　　　　 Payment Policy: The balance of the admission fee is due upon arrival at the museum on your visit day.

　　　　 Upon arrival: The leading teacher should check in at the box office with payment for the correct head count of students and teachers. Visitors should remain on the bus until a museum interpreter show you around the museum.

　　　　 Museum Etiquette: We ask that all groups remain together and orderly. Teachers are asked to help maintain order with their groups. We reserve the right to refuse service to any group or individual not obeying the museum policies.

　　　　 Bus procedures: The museum will provide parking for buses in our parking lot. Upon arrival, bus drivers will be directed by the museum staff to the appropriate places to park. It is recommended that buses remain on the spots throughout the group’s entire museum visit.

For more information & reservations call: (305)646-4222.

64. In the Miami Planetarium, group visitors can 　　　　　.

A. enjoy the beauty of the night sky on December 25

B. watch animated live star shows most days in a year

C. walk around the museum alone rather than in a group

B. look through the telescope to view the Mars at 11 p.m　

65. If twenty students are to visit the Miami Planetarium together with five teachers, they will have to pay ________.

A. $230　　　 　　　　　 B. $250 　　　　　　　 C. $150　　　　 　　　　　　　 D. $200

66. To make sure that you can visit the Miami Planetarium on time, you must 　　　　　.

A. pay the total admission fees in advance 　

B. pay some of the admission fees in advance

C. rent the bus owned by the planetarium　 　　

D. book the visit five days before the visit date

67. We can infer from the passage that 　　　　　.

A. the Miami Planetarium has a history of over 60 years　

B. the Miami Planetarium is very popular among moviegoers

C. the Weintraub Observatory is located in South Miami

D. the Observatory is not open to visitors in the daytime

Josie Robinson, who appeared on a so-called wall of shame at her school in south Manchester, was in tears. Her father has hit out at the "Victorian" methods.

Chorlton High School put up pictures of Year 10 pupils who teachers believed hadn’t behaved well. Children singled out for praise were placed on the wall of fame. Its head teacher said the scheme (策劃) was designed to motivate pupils.

Carlo Robinson, whose daughter Josie was put on the wall after missing lessons, wants to make a complaint. The teenager had been missing school and turning up late because she was upset that her mother was ill. She said, " I thought it was embarrassing."

Mr. Robinson added, "She was in tears. She couldn't tell me at first - it took her about an hour- because she wasn't sure what I would think of it. When she told me I was really shocked. I contacted at least 20 friends and they all agreed it was wrong - it's like Victorian times."

Head teacher Andy Park said, "We've successfully used a similar scheme in the past with Year 11 students to incentivise pupils and it really did make a difference - pupils took it in the right spirit and were motivated by it to improve their performance. Obviously this latest scheme wasn't intended to cause offence to pupils. It was actually developed to praise the students moving forwards successfully and to support pupils who needed to make improvements. No parents have complained directly to the school and I'd be very happy to meet with any parents to discuss further."

Mr. Robinson told the reporter he had contacted the school for a meeting with the head teacher.

60. What does Mr. Robinson mean by saying “this is the ‘Victorian’ methods”?

A. The methods have a long history. 　　　　　　　　

B. The methods ignore women’s rights.

C. The methods are totally out of time. 　　 　　

D. The methods worked well in the past.

61. According to her father, Josie had been missing school because __________.

　 A. She got up late. B. She hated the wall of shame.

　 C. She wasn’t on the wall of fame. D. Her mother was not well.

62. The underlined word “incentivise” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to __________.

　 A. encourage 　　　　　　 　　　 B. exchange 　　　　　　　 C. hurt 　　　　　　　 　　　 D. force

63. What can we learn from the passage?

A. The school has apologized to Mr. Robinson. 　

B.The scheme proved quite successful before.

C. Twenty other parents have similar complaints. 　

D. Most students didn’t think highly of the scheme.