Normally, kids have curiosity about everything around them including animals. As a parent you are willing to teach everything to our children because you want to develop their EQ and IQ. But a few peo 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

Billy Joe Saunders is aiming for boxing gold at the Beijing Olympics but may have created history already.
As far as he knows, the 18-year-old welterweight from Hatfield is the first person from the Romany Gypsy community to qualify for an Olympic Games.
Billy Joe clinched （最终获得）his place at a qualifying event in Italy earlier this month and is one of seven boxers to make Team GB for Beijing.
Billy Joe Saunders is not the only British boxer with genuine（真的）medal prospects for Beijing, but his background has to be the most fascinating.
He comes from the Romany Gypsy community and lives on a caravan site near Hatfield in Hertfordshire.
Boxing runs deep in the Saunders family, who are immensely proud of their heritage.
His brother Tommy is a professional（职业的）, while his Dad Tom was an amateur and his great, great grandfather, the wonderfully named Absolom Beeny, now aged 96, used to make his living fighting in the old boxing booth at fairgrounds.
Billy Joe admits he has heard all the stories a hundred times, but once he and his brother had visited the local boxing club, he was hooked.
"Boxing has kept me off the streets, stops me smoking and drinking and gives me something to do", he said.
His background may be colorful, but make no mistake, Billy Joe Saunders is one very special boxer.
As a boy he wasn't the most naturally gifted, but had an inner toughness that set him apart from other fighters.
His trainer, Danny Hoy, said: "When I saw him have to dig down into his boots against much older boys, I thought this kid is not the same as anyone else. There is something with this kid".
It is that something which made Billy Joe a real prospect for London 2012, so qualification for Beijing means he is effectively four years ahead of schedule.
He remembers watching Amir Khan win silver in Athens four years ago, and wants to go one better. "I'm aiming for gold, simple as that", he said.
51．Where did Billy clinch his place as a boxer to make Team GB for Beijing.
A. At Beijing                                 B. At Romany Gypsy community
C. In Italy                                                D. In Britain
52．The underlined word " amateur" (in Para. 3) here means ________
A. a person who takes part in boxing only for pleasure
B. a person who takes part in boxing as his job
C. a coach who teaches boxing
D. a player who takes part in baseball
53．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Billy’s brother is a professional boxer.
B. Absolom’s son is not a professional boxer.
C. Billy was very interested in the local boxing club.
D. Billy was the most naturally gifted when he was still a very young boy.
54．It can be inferred from the passage that________
A. His coach thought Billy was gifted to be a boxer when he saw Billy’s boots against older boys.
B. It was Boxing that has kept Billy off the streets.
C. Billy won a silver medal in Athens Olympic Games..
D. Billy will compete in Beijing Olympic Games four years ahead of his trainer’s schedule.
55．What is Billy hoping to win in Beijing Olympic Games?
A. A silver medal for boxing                      B. A gold medal for boxing
C. A piece of gold                              D. A copper medal

第三部分阅读理解    （共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下列短文,从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present．On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin （顽童） was walking around the shining car．“Is this your car, Paul?” he asked.
Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised．“You mean your brother gave it to you and it cost you nothing? Boy, I wish…” He hesitated.
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for．He wished he had a brother like that．But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.
“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, and then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”
“Oh yes, I’d love that.”
After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”
Paul smiled a little．He thought he knew what the boy wanted．He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car．But Paul was wrong again．“Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.
He ran up to the steps．Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast．He was carrying his little crippled （残疾） brother． He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.
“There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs．His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent．And some day I’m going to give you one just like it… Then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car．The shining-eyed older brother climbed in and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.
56．The street urchin was very surprised when __________．
A．he saw the shining car            B．Paul told him about the car
C．he was walking around the car     D．Paul received an expensive car
57．From the story we know that the urchin __________．
A．wished to give his brother a car
B．wished Paul’s brother to give him a car
C．wished Paul could be a brother like that
D．wished he could have a brother like Paul’s
58．The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house ______.
A．to show he had a rich friend        B．to show his neighbors the car
C．to let his brother ride in the car      D．to tell his brother about his wish
59．We can infer from the story that __________.
A．Paul couldn’t understand the urchin
B．the urchin’s wish came true in the end
C．the urchin wished to have a rich brother
D．the urchin had a deep love for his brother
60．The best title for the story probably is __________．
A．A Christmas Present    B．A Street Urchin
C．A Brother Like That    D．An Unforgettable Ride

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Red roses were her favorites, her name was also Rose. And every year her husband sent them, tied with pretty bows. The year he died, the roses were still 16 to her door.
Each year he sent her roses, and the 17 would always say, “I love you even more this year, than last year on this day.” My love for you will always 18 , with every passing year. “She knew this was the last time 19 the rose would appear. Her loving husband did not know that he would 20 . he always liked to do things early. Then, if he got too busy, 21 would work out fine.”
A year went by, and it was 22 to live without her mate. Then, the very hour, as on Valentines before, the doorbell rang, and there were roses, sitting by her door. She brought the roses 23 , calling the florist shop. The owner answered, and she asked him , if he would explain, why would someone do this to her, 24 her such pain?
“I know your husband passed away, more than a year ago,” The owner said, “I knew you’d 25 , and you would want to know. “ “ The flowers you received today, were  26 in advance.” “Your husband always planned ahead, he left nothing to chance.”
She thanked him and 27 the phone, her tears now flowing hard. Her fingers shaking, as she slowly reached to 28 the card. Inside the card, she saw that he had written her a note. This is what he wrote: “Hello my love, I know it’s been a year 29 I’ve been gone, I hope it hasn’t been too hard for you to overcome.” “I know it must be lonely, and the pain is very 30 . for if it was the other way, I know how I would feel. The love we shared 31 everything so beautiful in life. I loved you more than words can say.”
“You were my friend and lover, I know it’s only been a year, 32 please try not to grieve. I want you to be happy, 33 when you shed your tears. That is why the roses will be sent to you for years.”
“ When you get these 34 , think of all the 35 that we had together, and how both of us were blessed. I have always loved you and I know I always will. My love, you must go on, you have some living still.”
16. A. passed          B. shown        C. presented        D. delivered
17. A. note            B. message      C. line             D. information
18. A. disappear        B. decrease     C. grow            D. keep
19. A. that            B.when          C. which           D. what
20. A. pass by         B. pass away     C. pass down       D. pass on
21. A. everything      B. something     C. nothing          D. anything
22. A. happy          B. meaningful    C. hard            D. impossible
23. A. in             B. out           C. along          D. up
24. A. curing          B. healing       C.causing          D. killing
25. A. ask            B. wonder       C. doubt           D. telephone
26. A. booked        B. grown         C. planted          D. designed
27. A. picked up       B. turned up      C.held up          D. hung up
28. A. buy            B. get           C.read           D. write
29. A. when          B. that           C. before           D. since
30. strong           B. weak          C. true             D. real
31. A made          B. bad            C. let              D. left
32. A. so            B. but            C. though           D. still
33. A. even          B. only           C. merely           D. just
34. A. roses          B. belongings      C. congratulations    D. remarks
35. A. sadness        B. disappointment   C. happiness        D. sufferings

Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. When a person does a certain thing again, he is driven by some unseen force to do the same thing repeatedly, then a habit is formed. Once a habit is formed, it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to get rid of. It is therefore so important that we should pay great attention to the formation of habits. Children often form bad habits, some of which remain with them as long as they live. Older persons also form bad habits lasting as long as they live, and sometimes become ruined by bad habits.
There are other habits which, when formed in early life, are of great help. Many successful men say that much of their success has something to do with certain habits in early life, such as early rising, honesty and so on.
Among the habits which children should not form are laziness, lying, stealing and so on. These are all easily formed habits. Unfortunately older persons often form habits which could have been avoided.
We should keep away from all these bad habits, and try to form such habits as will be good for ourselves and others.
小题1: are formed little by little.

A．Only good habits	B．Only bad habits
C．Both good habits and bad habits	D．Either good habits or bad habits

小题2:The underlined word “them” in the first paragraph refers to .

小题3:Why should we pay much attention to the formation of habits?

A．Because habits are of great help to every one of us.

B．Because a man can never get rid of a habit.

C．Because it’s hard and sometimes even impossible to throw away bad habits.

D．Because we are forced to do them again and again.

小题4:According to the passage, early rising .

A．has something to do with success	B．is an easily formed habit
C．is such a habit as should have been avoided	D．is such a beneficial habit as will be kept

Dogs have long been used to find explosives and drugs．Now，a new study shows that man’s best friend can also help to find lung and breast cancer，researchers report in integrative Cancer Therapies．The findings show that trained ordinary household dogs can detect early—stage lung and breast cancers by smelling the breath samples of patients．
Researchers have found that cancer cells send out molecules different from those of healthy ones，and that might be sensed by smell by the highly sensitive dog’s nose．
For the study，five dogs were trained by a professional instructor to respond differently to breath samples of healthy and cancer patients．“The dogs learned to sit or lie down in front of cancer patient samples and to ignore control samples through the method of food reward，” McCulloch explained．
After a period of training，researchers tested the animals’ability to distinguish cancer patients from controls．The animals were given breath samples from 55 patients with lung cancer，3 1 with breast cancer and 83 healthy controls who were not included in the original training period．
McCulloch’s group found that the dogs were able to correctly distinguish the breath samples of cancer patients from those of the control subjects in about 90 percent of the cases．The dogs were also able to detecting early-stage lung and breast cancers．
“These results show that there is hope for early detection，”McCulloch said．The re-searches are planning to conduct further studies on the breath composition of cancer patients to possibly design an electronic device that can do the dogs’job．“A dog’s nose is so powerful it can detect odors（气味）10 000 to 100 000 times better than a human nose can．I hope people will be interested in doing this research，”McCulloch added，“It shows that there is definitely something out there．”
65．McCulloch and his group used           in their research．
A．10 dogs and 55 people                                B．5 dogs and 86 people
C．10 dogs and 83 people                                 D．5 dogs and 169 people
66．The underlined work “distinguish” means
A．to make somebody feel better                      B．to recognize differences of
C．to remember somebody forever                    D．to discomfort somebody
67．We can infer from the passage that         ．
A．dogs can smell signs of other cancers except the above two kinds
B．the final goal of the researchers is to design an electronic dog to detect cancer
C．dogs can detect odors 10 000 to 100 000 times better than humans can
D．dogs will soon be widely used to smell signs of cancers in hospitals
68．Which of the following would be the best title？
A．Special Noses of Dogs                                B．Dogs and Cancer
C．Dogs Smell Signs of Cancer                        D．McCulloch’S New Discovery

第三部分：阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
In meditation（冥想），people sit quietly and focus their attention on their breath. As they breathe in and out, they attend to their feelings. As thoughts go through their minds, they let them go. Breathe. Let go. Breathe. Let go.
According to a recent study at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, three months of training in this kind of meditation causes a marked change in how the brain allocates attention. It appears that the ability to let go thoughts that come into mind frees the brain to attend to more rapidly changing things and events in the outside world. Expert mediators are better than other people at catching such fast-changing stimuli, like facial expressions.
The study provides evidence for changes in the workings of the brain with mental training. People can learn and improve abilities of all sorts with practice, everything from driving to playing the piano. The study has shown that meditation is good for the brain. It appears to reduce pressure and promote a sense of well-being.
In an experiment, 17 volunteers with no meditation experience in the experimental group spent three months meditating 10 to 12 hours a day. A control group also with no meditation experience meditated for 20 minutes a day over the same period. Both groups were then given the tests with two numbers in a group of letters. As both group looked for the numbers, their brain activity was recorded.
Everyone could catch the first number. But the brain recordings showed that the less experienced mediators tended to grasp the first number and hang onto it, so they missed the second number. Those with more experience gave less attention to the first number as if letting it go, which led to an increased ability to grasp the second number. This shows that attention can change with practice.
Just ask Daniel Levision, who meditated for three months as part of the study.” I am a much better listener,” he said. “I do not get lost in my own personal reaction to what people are saying.”
56. The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 1 refers to ________.
A. feelings         B. minds         C. people        D. thoughts
57. Meditations manage their daily tasks better because they ________.
A. are given less pressure                   B. allocate their attention better
C. have more stimuli for life                D. practice them more frequently
58. The study proves that ________.
A. meditation improves one’s health        B. brain activity can be recorded
C. human attention can be trained              D. mediators have a good sense of hearing

第三部分阅读理解(共20小题：每小题2分．满分40分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、c和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It’s wonderful when teenage dreams collie true after a lot of hard work．Ban Ki—Moon，foreign minister of the Republic of Korea，knows this only too well．He dreamt of being a diplomat(外交官)from a young age and now"the 63-year—old has become the world’s top diplomat．
On October 9，2006，UN Security Council appointed Ban to take the place of Secretary General
Kofi Annan．Next January he will become the first Asian to take the post in 35 years．
Bom into a pool"family in ROK，s Chungju，young Ban showed early talent at languages．In his
Senior 1 year he wrote an English book to help his classmates study．At 18 Ban WOn the first prize in an English speaking eompetidon．This allowed him to travel to Washington and meet the former US President John F．Kennedy．“This was the moment when my dream began，”said Ban．
Ever since then Ban worked hard to keep his dream alive．After graduating from the top—ranking Seoul National University，he joined the foreign ministry and became its most industrious(勤奋的)worker．In 2004 he became the top diplomat in the ROK．
Ban，s down—to—earth efforts also gave him the ability to get along with everyone．After being a diplomat for 36 years，he made many friends but no enemies．
But critics think his gentleness might make him ready to give in．They doubt whether he can take a strong stand on burning issue like the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s(DPRK，朝鲜)nuclear programme．
As the DPRK ll／mounced a successful nuelefltr test on October 9，2006，experts said the UN’s new boss would be challenged by his first tough task．But Ban，who played a leading role in past nuclear talks with the DPRK，seems to have his own ideas．
“I understand the power of Tai Chi(太极)well，”said Ban．He’s ready to travel to Pyongyang
to talk its leaders into giving up nuclear weapons．
“Ban has a typical oriental style，mild but determined”says Yoon Young—Kwan former foreign minister of the ROK．“He may look soft from the outside。but inside he has strong views．’’
56.Ban Ki—Moon was allowed t0 meet former US President John F．Kennedy because——．
A.he dreamt of being a diplomat    B．his English was excellent
C. he wrote an English book D．he was a most industrious worker
57.What does the underhned phrase“my dream”refer to?
A.The UN chief．    B．The foreign minister of POK．
C.A diplomat．      D．The US president．
58.Which of the following is the best sentence to be put into the blank in Para．8 7
A.1 will think over a s仕ong way to solve the problem．
B.Soft ways are often the best to deal with intense conflicts．
C.The nuclear programme of DPRK is very demanding．
D．Terrible conflicts should be settled by all the countries．
59.Acording to the text，we can infer that——．
A．Ban Ki—Moon has no idea about dealing with the nuclear programme
B. Ban Ki—Moon likes playing Tai Chi in his spare time
C．An Asian took the post of UN chief in 1973
D．Ban Ki—Moon became the world’S top diplomat at the age of 60

第二部分语言知识及应用（共两节, 满分37.5分）
第一节：完形填空（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Dreams are necessary in our life. We know that about 25% of our _ 21__ time is spent dreaming. This is true for everyone, whether you are the kind of person who ordinarily remembers your dreams or not. Often our dreams show us “the other side of the picture”,   22   us aware of the things we have failed to take conscious   23   of during the day. For instance, if you dream that your new boss, who seems gruff (语言粗暴的) and unfriendly during the working hours, is smiling at you and   24   you for your work, perhaps you have subliminally (下意识地)   25 up signals that day that his bark is worse than his bite.
All of us need dreams, and the   26   we are, the more necessary they appear to be. Babies spend   27   half their sleep in the dreaming phase. When adult subjects in an experiment were given drugs that eliminated（排除）their   28   for several nights, they became increasingly irritable（易怒的） and   29 , and often began having difficulty concentrating. Too much dreaming appears to have its drawbacks too. If you doze late on Sunday mornings, you often wake up feeling tired. The   30   is that the more you sleep, the longer your dreams become.
21. A. playing       B. working    C. sleeping     D. resting
22. A. taking      B. going      C. bringing    D. making
23. A. charge           B. interest      C. notice        D. care
24. A. praising          B. blaming     C. criticizing D. celebrating
25. A. put         B. picked       C. looked       D. took
26. A. bigger     B. smaller      C. older     D. younger
27. A. rarely     B. hardly       C. nearly       D. mostly
28. A. dreaming    B. thinking    C. acting        D. supporting
29. A. anxious       B. cheerful     C. careful      D. enthusiastic
30. A. cause      B. reason       C. excuse       D. explanation

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