One day a student went to see his teacher. He had been given an important position and now was coming to say goodbye to his teacher. The old man asked him how he would live among high officials. The student answered, “ I will be all right. I have prepared a hundred high hats, one for each official I will meet. I am sure I will succeed.” The teacher got angry on hearing this.  “What?” he cried. “Is this what ten years of my teaching has made of you? Nothing but flatterer(拍馬屁的人)?” “Excuse me, honored(尊敬的) master,” the student rose to his feet and apologized hurriedly. “But you have always been absorbed in your studies and don’t know how vulgar(庸俗的) the world has come to be. There are few men in the world who are above flatterers like you.” “There is something true in what you said,” the teacher nodded, smiling with one of the student’s “high hats” on.

1.The student came to say goodbye to his teacher because_____________________. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.

A. he had got hundred hats to sell

B. he had got a fairly high position in society

C. he wanted to see his parents in his home town

D. he moved away to another city

2.The student would live among high officials by___________________. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.

A. selling hats to them     B. making a hundred hats for them

C. flattering them          D. serving them

3.The teacher was angry with__________________. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.

A. himself    B .the society    C. his student   D. high officials

4.The phrase “rose to his feet” means________________. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.

A. stood up             B. kicked with his feet

C. became quite excited     D. raised his feet

5.The teacher____________________. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.

A. liked to be flattered as well

B. really knew nothing about the vulgar world

C . was in need of a high hat

D. was satisfied with the new hat

Middle school teachers in the United States are noticing a new generation of errors coming into their pupils’ essays, Associated  Press has reported.

An increasing number of students hand in classwork containing words that may confuse adults. For example, they wrote “I WUNT TUBAROXTR” for “I want to be a rock star” and “DLERES PCNU” for “delicious pumpkin”. Middle school teachers say they most frequently encounter “b/c” for “because”, “w/o” for “without” and “4-ever” for “forever”.

Those simple abbreviations (縮略詞) and phonetic spellings are known as “instant messaging-speak” (即時消息式語言) or “IM-speak”. Today these words have become so common in children’s social lives that they are finding their way into essays and other writing assignments.

However, the rise of informal communication through e-mail, Internet blogs and cell phone text messaging has not stopped school teachers from telling students the importance of spelling.

“We’ve got a strict policy so they can be penalized for that―we don’t allow it. We talk about the four levels of the language: slang (俚語), colloquial (口語), informal and formal, which apply to both spoken and written language,” said Beverly Arnold, chairwoman of the English and language arts department at Owasso High School, Oklahoma.

“I think it’s critically important―for both formal and informal communication. We teach kids that they need to learn to exist in a world outside their social networks, and that requires them to use proper grammar and spelling when they speak and write,” said Marsha Edmonds, director of curriculum in the Tulsa Public Schools, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Teachers use different strategies to teach spelling than they did 20 years ago, Edmonds explained. Instead of giving students random (隨意的) lists of words to master, teachers now draw on vocabulary from the literature their classes are studying or subject matter being covered in science and social studies.

But some educators, like David Warlick, 54, of Raleigh, North Carolina, see the growing young band of instant messengers as a phenomenon that should be celebrated. Teachers should credit their students with inventing a new language ideal for communicating in a high-tech world, said Warlick, who has written three books on technology in the classroom.

72．Many adults feel        when seeing the “IM-speak” like “b/c”, “w/o” and “4-ever”.

       A、interested         B、puzzled            C、worried           D、disappointed

73．According to Marsha Edmonds,       .

       A、spelling is only important for formal communication

B、students need to learn to live in their social networks

C、we have four levels of the language: slang, colloquial, informal and formal

D、students should use proper grammar and spelling when they speak and write

74．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

       A、“IM-speak” is becoming increasingly popular in teenagers’ lives.

B、Students in the past spent less time in memorizing the new words.

C、Beverly Arnold is very strict with her students.

D、Teachers used to give students random lists of words to remember.

75．It can be inferred from the passage that        .

       A、all the teachers say “NO” to “IM-speak”

B、school teachers don’t do enough to stop students from using “IM-speak”

C、teachers still use old-fashioned methods to teach spelling nowadays

D、David Warlick is a man who enjoys trying new things

閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)以下要求：1)漢語提示；2)首字母提示；3）語境提示，在每個空格內(nèi)填入一個英語單詞，并將該詞完整地寫在右邊相對應的橫線上。所填單詞要求意義準確、拼寫正確。

Some people take it for granted that some lucky numbers can bring them good

luck. For instance, the so-called lucky numbers like 6 or 8 are  w _____（廣泛地）1._______

used because they have the similar pronunciation _______ the Chinese characters2.______

which mean “good luck”. So some young couples choose a date in __________3._______

there is a 6 or an 8 to h _______ their wedding; many shops choose such dates t4.______

_______________（慶祝）their opening. Yet many others don’t think so. They5._______

think that numbers have _______ to do with luck. They regard numbers simply 6._______

as a mathematic symbol for counting. W ____ our own contribution, good luck 7._______

won’t fall on us automatically. I’m in f______________ of the latter opinion. I     8._______

think our society is very modern now. Whether we can have good luck d_____      9.______

on _____________（我們自己）. If we work hard, good luck will come to us.     10._______

“Mobile phone killed my man,” screamed one headline last year. Also came claims that an unpublished study had found that mobile phones could cause memory loss. And a British newspaper devoted its front page to a picture supposedly showing how mobile phones could heat the brain.
For anyone who uses a mobile phone, these are worrying times. But speak to the scientists whose work is the focus of these scares and you hear a different story.
One of the oddest effects comes from the now famous “memory loss” study. Alan Preece and his colleagues at the University of Bristol placed a device that imitated the microwave radiation of mobile phones to the left ear of volunteers. The volunteers were good at recalling words and pictures they had been shown on a computer screen. Preece says he still can’t comment on the effects of using a mobile phone for years on end. But he rules out the suggestion that mobile phones have an immediate effect on our cognitive（認識的）abilities. “I’m pretty sure there is no effect on short-term memory,” he says.
Another expert, Tattersall, remarked that his latest findings have removed fears about memory loss. One result, for instance, suggests that nerve cell synapses（神經(jīng)元突觸） exposed to microwaves become more — rather than less — receptive to undergoing changes linked to memory formation.
An even happier outcome would be that microwaves turned out to be good for you. It sounds crazy, but a couple of years ago a team led by William Adey at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in California found that mice exposed to microwaves for two hours a day were less likely to develop brain tumours when given a cancer-causing chemical.
“If it doesn’t certainly cause cancer in animals and cells, then it probably isn’t going to cause cancer in humans,” says William. And while there’s still no absolute evidence that mobile phone use does damage your memories or give you cancer, the conclusion is: don’t be afraid.
【小題1】 Mobile phone users are worried because ______.

A．they are not sure whether mobile phones can cause memory loss

B．it’s said that mobile phones have a lot of side effects

C．one headline reported “Mobile phone killed my man”

D．a(chǎn) British newspaper showed mobile phones could heat the brain