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Fifteen people were killed and 38 others injured in a road accident early Wednesday morning in Ens hi, Central China’s Hu bei Province.
The bus, travelling from Wanzhou in Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality to  Shen zhen in South China’s Guangdong Province, had 53 passengers on board,three more than permitted.
At around 1 am on Wednesday, the bus increased speed gradually on a curve(弯路)and plunged(往前冲) more than 30 metres into a valley below. Thirteen people, including one of the two drivers, died at once. Two others died on the way to hospital.
Although the cause of the accident is still unclear, the local police said the driver paid no attention to the official warning signs on the expressway(高速公路).
It hit a section which had been closed as a result of snow.
Because of the cold weather and icy roads,the expressway had been closed by police since Tuesday morning. But the bus drivers took the dangerous route, paying no attention to the warnings.
The rescue team, which included more than 30 medical workers and 120 local villagers,joined together and rushed to the scene at the news of the accident. By 5 am, all of the injured had been sent to three local hospitals for emergency treatment. A hospital source said most of the patients were in a stable(稳定的)condition but a few were still in danger.
According to a 2009 national public opinion poll, traffic accidents ranked as people’s third biggest security(安全) concern.

  1. 1.

    When the accident took place,______.

    1. A.
      the bus was on the way to Shenzhen
    2. B.
      most of the passengers were sound asleep
    3. C.
      all the passengers were given immediate rescue
    4. D.
      it was snowing hard
  2. 2.

    The expressway was closed to ______.

    1. A.
      protect the passengers from being frozen
    2. B.
      make the police have a good rest
    3. C.
      stop cars traveling around
    4. D.
      avoid(避免) the happening of traffic accidents
  3. 3.

    What the local villagers did showed that they were ______.

    1. A.
      curious(好奇的)
    2. B.
      warm hearted
    3. C.
      frightened
    4. D.
      simple minded
ADB
1.从“The bus,traveling from Wanzhou in Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality to Shenzhen in South China’s Guangdong Province,”从from...to 看出"是去Shenzhen 的路上"选A
2.从“  It hit a section which had been closed as a result of snow.
Because of the cold weather and icy roads,the expressway had been closed by police since Tuesday morning. But the bus drivers took the dangerous route, paying no attention to the warnings.看出是为了安全,即为了避免交通事故。选D
3.从“The rescue team, which included more than 30 medical workers and 120 local villagers,joined together and rushed to the scene at the news of the accident. By 5 am, all of the injured had been sent to three local hospitals for emergency treatment.”“和医疗队一起的还有120名当地村民去事故现场,帮助把伤员送到医院。说明有爱心”可看出是 warm  hearted。
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Following some of the tips for green living helps save our planet. All of these involve just a few changes to our daily habits.
Just walk and limit the use of your car. One of the poster images of pollution is our vehicles. It burns fuel. It is not as efficient as we hope it could be, and we use it every single day. To lessen the effects of the air pollution caused by our vehicles, we should limit their use. If we can walk to our destination then just let us go. Not only do we lessen our carbon dioxide emissions, but we also get a good exercise out of it.
Use a laptop instead of a computer desktop. Laptops are more energy efficient compared to their bigger counterparts. A laptop is generally 50 percent more efficient in using electricity. Aside from that there are other benefits of a laptop. It is portable so you can work anywhere you like and that you get powerful features without the large size of desktop units.
Turn off the faucet while you are brushing your teeth. It is always a better idea to use a glass when we are brushing our teeth and not to just let the faucet keep on running. Therefore,there is less water to waste while we are cleaning our pearly whites. Simply turn off the faucet when you are not using it.
Make good use of natural light. We have a great and natural lamp --- the sun, and we should learn how to take full advantage of it during daytime. So instead of turning on our lights or lamps even if it is still not evening, we should pull up the drapes and let the natural light come in from the windows.
These are just some of the best tips for green living, but of course there are still many of these tips if you just search for them. But you can do your own variation any time just always prioritize how you can use less energy and produce even lesser trash and pollution.

  1. 1.

    What’s the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      How to Save Our Planet
    2. B.
      How to Change Our Daily Habits
    3. C.
      Tips for Green Living Today
    4. D.
      Green Living and Serious Pollution
  2. 2.

    Compared with a computer desktop, a laptop __________. 

    1. A.
      less energy efficient
    2. B.
      faster at work
    3. C.
      easy to repair
    4. D.
      easy to carry
  3. 3.

    How many tips does the passage mention for green living today?

    1. A.
      Three
    2. B.
      Four
    3. C.
      Five
    4. D.
      Six
  4. 4.

    The underlined word ‘‘prioritize’’ in the last paragraph can be replaced by the word ________.

    1. A.
      decrease
    2. B.
      consider
    3. C.
      imagine
    4. D.
      guess
  5. 5.

    Which of the following is NOT true?

    1. A.
      A few changes to daily habits can help a lot.
    2. B.
      While washing teeth we should turn off the faucet.
    3. C.
      Vehicles bring pollution and we should try to avoid.
    4. D.
      In the daytime we should not pull up the drapes.

High school dropouts(辍学者)earn an average of $ 9,000 less per year than graduates. Now a new study dispels a common belief why they quit. It’s much more basic than flunking out(不及格).
Society tends to think of high school dropouts as kids who just can’t cut it. They are lazy,and perhaps not too bright.So researchers were surprised when they asked more than 450 kids who quit school about why they left.
“The vast majority actually had passing grades and they were confident that they could have graduated from high school.” John Bridgeland, the executive researcher said. About 1 million teens leave school each year. Only about half of African-American and Hispanic(美籍西班牙的)student will receive a diploma(证书),and actually all dropouts come to regret their decision. So, if failing grades don’t explain why these kids quit, what does? Again,John Bridgeland:"The most dependable finding was that they were bored.” “They found classes uninteresting; they weren’t inspired or motivated. They didn’t see any direct connection between what they were learning in the classroom to their own lives, or to their career aspirations.”
The study found that most teens who do drop out wait until they turn sixteen, which happens to be the age at which most states allow students to quit. In the US,only one state,New Mexico,has a law requiring teenagers to stay in high school until they graduate. Only four states: California, Tennessee, Texas and Utah, plus the District of Columbia, require school attendance until age 18, no exceptions, another researcher,says raising the compulsory(义务的)attendance age may be one way to keep more kids in school.
“As these dropouts look back,they realize they’ve made a mistake. And anything that sort of gives these people an extra push to stick it out and it through to the end, is probably helpful measure.”
New Hampshire may be the next state to raise its school attendance age to 18. But critics say that forcing the students unwilling to continue their studies to stay in school misses the point-the need for reform. It's been called for to reinvent high school education to make it more challenging and relevant, and to ensure that kids who do stick it out receive a diploma that actually means something.

  1. 1.

    Most high school students drop out of' school because__.

    1. A.
      they have failing grades
    2. B.
      they take no interest in classes
    3. C.
      they are discriminated against
    4. D.
      they are lazy and not intelligent
  2. 2.

    Acceding to the passage,which state has a law requiring school attendance until they graduate?

    1. A.
      New Hampshire
    2. B.
      Utah
    3. C.
      New Mexico
    4. D.
      The District of Columbia
  3. 3.

    The underlined words “stick it out” probably means“__”.

    1. A.
      complete schooling
    2. B.
      solve the problem
    3. C.
      love having classes
    4. D.
      believe in themselves
  4. 4.

    From the passage,we can infer the following EXCEPT that_.

    1. A.
      the grades of most dropouts at school were acceptable
    2. B.
      about 500, 000 high school dropouts are black and Spanish
    3. C.
      classes don't appeal to dropouts
    4. D.
      on average dropouts cannot get good jobs

The latest research suggests that the key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not I.Q., a generally bad predictor of success. Instead, it’s purposeful practice. Top performers spend more hours practising their craft. It you wanted to picture how a typical genius might develop, you’d take a girl who possessed a slightly above average language ability. It wouldn’t have to be a big talent, just enough so that she might gain some sense of distinction. Then you would want her to meet, say, a novelist, who coincidentally shared some similar qualities. Maybe the writer was from the same town, had the same family background, or shared the same birthday.
This contact would give the girl a vision of her future self. It would hive her some idea of a fascinating circle who might someday join. It would also help if one of her parents died when she was 12, giving her a strong sense of insecurity and fuelling a desperate need for success. Armed with this ambition, she would read novels and life stories of writers without end. This would give her a primary knowledge of her field. She’s be able to see new writing in deeper ways and quickly understand its inner workings.
Then she would practise writing. Her practice would be slow, painstaking and error-focused. By practising in this way, he delays the automatizing process. Her mind wants to turn conscious, newly learned skills into unconscious. Automatically performed skills. By practising slowly, by breaking skills down into tiny parts and repeating, she forces the brain to internalize a better pattern of performance. Then she would find an adviser who would provide a constant stream of feedback, viewing her performance form the outside, correcting the smallest errors, pushing her to take on tougher challenges. By now she is redoing problems—how do I get characters into a room—dozens and dozens of times. She is establishing habits of thought she can call upon in order to understand or solve future problems.
The primary quality our young writer possesses is not some mysterious genius. It’s the ability to develop a purposeful, laborious and boring practice routine; the latest research takes some of the magic out of great achievement. But it underlines a fact that is often neglected. Public discussion is affected by genetics and what we’re “hard-wired” to do. And it’s true that genes play a role in our capabilities. But the brain is also very plastic. We construct ourselves through behaviour.

  1. 1.

    The passage mainly deals with          .

    1. A.
      the function of I.Q. in cultivating a writer
    2. B.
      the relationship between genius and success
    3. C.
      the decisive factor in making a genius
    4. D.
      the way of gaining some sense of distinction
  2. 2.

    By reading novels and writers’ stories, the girl could         .

    1. A.
      come to understand the inner structure of writing
    2. B.
      join a fascinating circle of writers someday
    3. C.
      share with a novelist her likes and dislikes
    4. D.
      learn from the living examples to establish a sense of security
  3. 3.

    In the girl’s long painstaking training process, ________.

    1. A.
      her adviser forms a primary challenging force to her success.
    2. B.
      her writing turns into an automatic pattern of performance
    3. C.
      she acquires the magic of some great achievement
    4. D.
      she comes to realize she is “hard-wired” to write
  4. 4.

    What can be concluded from the passage?

    1. A.
      A fuelling ambition plays a leading role in one’s success
    2. B.
      A responsible adviser is more important than the knowledge of writing.
    3. C.
      As to the growth of a genius, I.Q. Doesn’t matter, but just his/her effort.
    4. D.
      What really matters is what you do rather than who you are.

Want to be a volunteer for Beijing Olympics in 2008? Recently, the recruiting started.
The recruiting of Beijing Olympics Volunteer starts from Aug 28, 2006 to end of March 2008.
Stage 1: Beijing Volunteers
From August 28, 2006, the program opens to applicants in Beijing (and Beijing only).
Stage 2: China Volunteers
From Dec, 2006, people from outside Beijing can submit their application.
Stage 3: Overseas Volunteers
By March 2007, people from outside China (including in other countries) can apply for volunteering in Olympics 2008.
The Program
Travel, hotel are not provided. Only working meal is available for volunteers (makes sense, isn't it?)
If you have any questions, just call Olympics Volunteer hotline: +86-10-12308
According to news, 100k college students have applied for the position after three days of recruiting. 50,000 to 100,000 volunteers are needed for the game.
If you want to participate, just call the number and ask more questions about the program. However, my guess is, to be admitted to the program is not easy.

  1. 1.

    Who has the most time to apply for volunteering in Olympics 2008 ?

    1. A.
      Liling from Beijing
    2. B.
      Wangbing from Tianjin .
    3. C.
      Jane from Australia
    4. D.
      Dongdong from Yunnan.
  2. 2.

    Being a volunteer in Olympics 2008 , you can enjoy free ________ service.

    1. A.
      food
    2. B.
      taxi
    3. C.
      hotel
    4. D.
      ticket
  3. 3.

    Why does the author think it is not easy to be admitted to the program?

    1. A.
      Because too many people want to watch the game live.
    2. B.
      Because the volunteers can have good free meals every day.
    3. C.
      Because the volunteers can watch the game without buying a ticket.
    4. D.
      Because more and more people care for the Olympics .

Visit one of the most outstanding prehistoric sites in the United Kingdom, and enjoy amazing historic English attractions. Please notice that every tour starts and ends in London. Have a tour with Visiting Britain.
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Duration: 1 day
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Duration: 10 hours (departure 10:30 am return 8:30 pm).
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Explore three of England’s most popular sites to visit: Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and the Roman Baths.
Duration: 1 day (return 8:30 pm)
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Duration: 1 day (return 6 pm)
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Duration: 1 day
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Take a tour to make the most of the English historic attractions: the Stonehenge site, Bath and Stratford, the birthplace of playwright William Shakespeare.
Duration: 1 day (return 8 pm)
Price: Adults £79, Children £68

  1. 1.

    The purpose of the passage is to _____________.

    1. A.
      advertise some popular English attractions
    2. B.
      recommend some different tours in England
    3. C.
      tell readers how to save money while traveling
    4. D.
      describe different routes to travel in England
  2. 2.

    Two 15-year-old foreign students who want to visit Stonehenge and Oxford University will have to pay at least _____________.

    1. A.
      £136
    2. B.
      £170
    3. C.
      £110
    4. D.
      £126
  3. 3.

    When can you come back to London after visiting Stonehenge and the Roman Baths?

    1. A.
      At 6 pm.
    2. B.
      At 7 pm.
    3. C.
      At 8 pm.
    4. D.
      At 8:30 pm.
  4. 4.

    If you plan to travel with your kid who is a fan of Shakespeare, you would choose _______.

    1. A.
      Stonehenge Direct Tour
    2. B.
      Stonehenge, Bath and Stratford Tour
    3. C.
      Stonehenge, Windsor and Oxford Tour
    4. D.
      Stonehenge, Bath and Windsor Castle Tour

A gray sweater hung limply on Tommy’s empty desk, a reminder of the depressed boy who had just followed his classmates from our third-grade room. Soon Tommy’s parents, who had recently separated, would arrive for a conference on his failing schoolwork and disruptive behavior. Neither parent knew that I had invited the other.
Tommy, an only child, had always been happy, cooperative and an excellent student. How could I convince his father and mother that his recent failing grades represented a broken-hearted child's reaction to his loved parent’s separation and divorce?
Tommy's mother entered and took one of the chairs I had placed near my desk. Soon the father arrived. Good! At least they were concerned enough to be on time. A look of surprise and anger passed between them, and then they pointedly ignored each other.
As I gave a detailed account of Tommy's behavior and schoolwork, I prayed for the right words to bring these two together, to help them see what they were doing to their son. But somehow the words wouldn't come. Perhaps if they saw one of his spotted, carelessly done papers.
I found a crumpled(压皱的)tear-stained sheet stuffed in the back of his desk, an English paper. Writing covered both sides—not the assignment, but a single sentence scribbled(潦草地写) over and over.
Silently I smoothed it out and gave it to Tommy's mother. She read it and then without a word handed it to her husband. He frowned. Then his face softened. He studied the scribbled words for a long time.
At last he folded the paper carefully, placed it in his pocket, and reached for his wife's outstretched hand. She wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled up at him. My own eyes were brimming(湿润的), but neither seemed to notice. He helped her with her coat and they left together.
In his own way God had given me the words to reunite that family. He had guided me to the sheet of yellow copy paper covered with the anguished outpouring(流露) of a small boy's troubled heart.
The words, "Dear Mother ... Dear Daddy ... I love you ... I love you ... I love you."

  1. 1.

    Which of the following word has the closest meaning to the word “disruptive”(Line3,Para.1)  mean?

    1. A.
      terrible        
    2. B.
      careless        
    3. C.
      cheerful            
    4. D.
      good
  2. 2.

    What caused Tommy’s failing behavior and schoolwork fundamentally?

    1. A.
      His parents’ ignorance of his education.
    2. B.
      His parents’ separation and divorce.
    3. C.
      His parents’ lacking love to him.
    4. D.
      His parents’ firm administration to him.
  3. 3.

    What helped Tommy’s parents see their influence on their son?

    1. A.
      A single sentence on a sheet of paper in his desk.   
    2. B.
      Tear stains on Tommy’s papers.
    3. C.
      Tommy’s disruptive behavior.       
    4. D.
      A gray sweater.
  4. 4.

    You can infer from the passage that_________.

    1. A.
      The teacher found suitable words to persuade Tommy’s parents reunite.
    2. B.
      Tommy’s love to his parents saved their marriage and the whole family.
    3. C.
      Tommy’s parents scheduled their time to come to school together.
    4. D.
      A broken family might cause a child’s bad behavior and his shortage of love for others.

He had travelled thousands of miles in the hope of earning some money,but 18-year-old Lin Kongming never knew danger was waiting for him.
He and six other migrant workers from Fujian Province spent 36 hours in Iraq as international hostages(人质). But luckily,they were set free last Tuesday morning,unharmed by the people who had taken them hostage.
After hard work by Chinese diplomats(外交官)in the region the Iraqi kidnappers(绑架者)agreed to hand them over to a local religious group.“The friendly relations between the Chinese and Iraqi peoples have played a key role in the release of the hostages,”said Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan. China refused to join the US-led coalition(联军)in the Iraq war.
Since April 4,over 60 hostages from 12 countries,including America,Italy and Japan,have been taken in Iraq. Some have been released, others were killed.
The Iraqi resistance groups have started taking foreigners hostage in an attempt to force the US-led troops out of their country. As a result,many foreigners have left,fearing the situation will get worse. Some nations are also considering removing their troops from Iraq. Thailand has ordered its forces not to leave their camp and may bring them home before September as originally planned. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark is considering similar action.
But Dan Senor,spokesman for the US-led coalition in Baghdad,said that it would not negotiate(谈判)with “terrorists or kidnappers” to get hostages released.

  1. 1.

    The seven workers from Fujian were set free mainly because ______.

    1. A.
      they were too poor to pay anything
    2. B.
      kidnappers didn’t know they were Chinese
    3. C.
      China didn’t take sides with the US-led coalition
    4. D.
      kidnappers were friendly to the Chinese
  2. 2.

    Why did the Iraqi resistance groups start to take foreigners hostage?

    1. A.
      To show their anger towards the occupation of foreign troops.
    2. B.
      To tell the world they would fear nothing.
    3. C.
      To make foreign armies leave their country.
    4. D.
      To resist the American troops.
  3. 3.

    The author mentioned Dan Senor to show the US ______.

    1. A.
      wouldn’t give in to Iraqi terrorists or kidnappers
    2. B.
      had enough power to station in Iraq
    3. C.
      wouldn’t give up unless it could get something
    4. D.
      had no plan to bring its troops home
  4. 4.

    The passage mainly tells us ______.

    1. A.
      the hostage crises in Iraq
    2. B.
      foreigners were not welcome in Iraq
    3. C.
      the Chinese hostages were set free
    4. D.
      keeping away from Iraq is a wise choice

In a natural disaster—a hurricane, flood, volcanic eruption, or other catastrophes—minutes and even seconds of warning can make the difference between life and death.Because of this, scientists are working to use the latest technological advances to predict when and where disasters will happen.They are also studying how best to analyze and communicate this information once it is obtained.
On September 29, 1998, Hurricane Georges made landfall in Biloxi, Mississippi, after damaging Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and several islands of the Caribbean badly with torrential rains and winds up to 160 km per hour.Few people lost their lives along the Gulf Coast of the United States, although hundreds died in the Caribbean.
This was a very different outcome from 1900, when a powerful Gulf Coast hurricane made an unexpected direct hit on Galveston, Texas, killing at least 6,000 people.
Vastly improved hurricane warnings explain the different circumstances at either end of the 20th century——residents of Galveston had no advance warning that a storm was approaching, while residents of Biloxi had been warned days in advance, allowing for extensive safety precautions(预防).
At the same time that people in Biloxi were thankful for the advance warning, some residents of New Orleans, Louisiana were less satisfied.A day before Georges made landfall, forecasters were predicting that the hurricane had a good chance of striking New Orleans.Because much of New Orleans lies below sea level, the city is at risk for flooding.Emergency management officials must begin evacuations(疏散)well before a storm strikes.But evacuation costs money: businesses close, tourists leave, and citizens take precautionary measures.The mayor of New Orleans estimated that his city' s preparations for Georges cost more than 50 million.After Georges missed New Orleans, some residents questioned the value of the hurricane forecasts in the face of such high costs.
The different views on the early warnings for Hurricane Georges show some of the complexities related to predicting disasters.Disaster prediction is a process of providing scientific information to the government officials and other decision makers who must respond to those predictions.

  1. 1.

    What is the purpose of disaster prediction according to the passage?

    1. A.
      To identify the cause of disasters.
    2. B.
      To save people' s lives and property.
    3. C.
      To prevent natural disasters from happening,
    4. D.
      To apply advanced technology to disaster prediction.
  2. 2.

    Which of the following areas suffered the most severe damage?

    1. A.
      Puerto Rico.
    2. B.
      New Orleans.
    3. C.
      Biloxi, Mississippi.
    4. D.
      Galveston, Texas.
  3. 3.

    The city residents of New Orleans were unsatisfied because __  _ .

    1. A.
      the forecast hurricane did not hit the city
    2. B.
      the hurricane warning arrived rather late
    3. C.
      their preparations were made in vain
    4. D.
      they suffered from a heavy hurricane attack
  4. 4.

    What does the passage mainly talk about?

    1. A.
      The different ways of disaster prediction.
    2. B.
      Technological advances in disaster prediction.
    3. C.
      The importance and uncertainty of disaster prediction.
    4. D.
      The benefits and preparations of disaster prediction.

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