David Grant has become a familiar face to millions of fans of Animal Hospital．Here Dr Grant tells us the very best of his personal stories about the animals he has treated, including familiar patients such as the dogs Snowy and Duchess, the delightful cat Marigold Serendipity Diamond．He also takes the reader behind the scenes at Harmsworth Memorial Animal Hospital as he describes his day, from ordinary medical check-ups to surgery(外科手术)．Tales From Animal Hospital? will delight all fans of the programme and anyone who has a lively interest in their pet, whether it be cat, dog or snake!
￡14.99 Hardback 272pp Simon Schuster
ISBN 0751304417
Isaac Newton：The Last Sorcerer
Michael White
From the author of Stephen Hawking：A life in Scienc, comes this colourful description of the life of the world's first modern scientist．Interesting yet based on fact．Michael White's learned yet readable new book offers a true picture of Newton completely different from what people commonly know about him．Newton is shown as a gifted scientist with very human weaknesses who stood at the point in history where magic(魔术)ended and science began．
￡18.99 Hardback 320pp Fourth Estate
ISBN 1857024168
Fermat's Last Theorem
Simon Singh
In 1963 a schoolboy called Andrew Wiles reading in his school library came across the world's greatest mathematical problem：Fermat's Last Theorem(定理)．First put forward by the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat in the seventeenth century, the theorem had baffled and beaten the finest mathematical minds, including a French woman scientist who made a major advance in working out the problem, and who had to dress like a man in order to be able to study at the Ecole Polytechnique．Through unbelievable determination Andrew Wiles finally worked out the problem in 1995．An unusual story of human effort over three centuries, Fermat's Last Theorem will delight specialists and general readers alike．
￡12.99 Hardback 384pp Fourth Estate
ISBN 1857025210
(1)
What is Animal Hospital?
[ ]
A．
A news story．
B．
A popular book．
C．
A research report．
D．
A TV programme．
(2)
In Michael White's book, Newton is described as ________．
[ ]
A．
a person who did not look the same as in many pictures
B．
a person who lived a colourful and meaningful life
C．
a great but not perfect man
D．
an old time magician
(3)
Which of the following best explains the meaning of the word “baffle” as it is used in the text?
[ ]
A．
To encourage people to raise questions．
B．
To cause difficulty in understanding．
C．
To provide a person with an explanation．
D．
To limit people's imagination．
(4)
The person who finally proved Fermat's Last Theorem is ________．
In l8l4 Thomas Raffles sent a group of his men to look for a “mountain of Buddhist sculpture(雕塑)in stone” that was said to be buried in the forests, Working from the tales of local people, Mr．Baffles sent his men to work digging at one of the many hills in central lava in southeastern Asia．Two mouths later, one of the men working on the hill found a great sculpture of Buddha carved in stone．The temple of Borobudur had been uncovered．
The temple was built around 800 A．D, The temple was planned to be a symbol of the universe and was built over a small bill．When seeing from above, a person can easily make out the overall design of the temple．Along the six-kilometer journey through all of the walkways of the temple leading up to the highest level, hundreds of carved images of the Buddha may be found．
After the temple was completed, it became the center of Buddhist worship in the Sailendra Kingdom until 930 A．D．In that year, the nearby volcano, Mount Merapi, erupted．Tons of ash and lava covered Borobudur．Overnight, the temple disappeared．It was totally covered under layers of ash from the volcano．
The temple remained hidden until Mr．Raffles and his men uncovered it again in the 1800s．However, after Mr．Raffles left Java, working on the temple was carried on without much interest．Collectors of ancient artifacts(史前古器物)stole priceless treasures from the temple, and soon, all work on the temple came to People living in the area began using stones from the temple to build and repair their homes．Nature also began to wear uncovered parts of the temple through wind and rain．
In 1900, with Java under Dutch control, an engineer Dr．Theodore Van Erp was given the job of saving and the temple．However, two world wars and a limited supply of made his work stop．In 1973 ,the United Nations Educational Scientific ,and cultural Organization(UNESCO)stepped in and began the Borobudur Restoration Project．
It was difficult to complete the full rebuilding of the temple．It took 700 men 10 years to rebuild the temple and it cost ＄25 million．When the thousand-year-old temple was finally respond, the President of Indonesia said through the use of modem technology, “Borobudur will a thousand years more．”
(1)
Which of the following do you think is the best title for this passage?
[ ]
A．
Thomas Raffles．
B．
The Temple of Borobudur
C．
Mount Merapi Voleano．
D．
UNESCO．
(2)
How did Thomas Raffles hear about the buried Buddhist sculptures?
[ ]
A．
People living the area told him．
B．
Collectors of ancient artifacts told him,
C．
He saw them in a dream
D．
Dr, Theodore Van Erp told him．
(3)
Which of the following is true about the temple was damaged after Mr．Raffles uncovered it?
[ ]
A．
Rain washed away the temple little by little．
B．
Experts brought artifacts out for further study．
C．
The work on the temple was once stopped．
D．
The local people used the stones from the temple．
(4)
Who provided the money for the Borobudur Restoration Project?
[ ]
A．
The people of Java．
B．
The UNESCO．
C．
Dr．Theodore Van Erp．
D．
The president of Indonesia．
阅读理解：
In l8l4 Thomas Raffles sent a group of his men to look for a “mountain of Buddhist sculpture(雕塑)in stone” that was said to be buried in the forests．Working from the tales of local people, Mr．Baffles sent his men to work digging at one of the many hills in central lava in southeastern Asia．Two months later, one of the men working on the hill found a great sculpture of Buddha carved in stone．The temple of Borohudur had been uncovered．
The temple was built around 800 A．D, The temple was planned to be a symbol of the universe and was built over a small bill．When seeing from above, a person can easily make out the overall design of the temple．Along the six-kilometer journey through all of the walkways of the temple leading up to the highest level, hundreds of carved images of the Buddha may be found．
After the temple was completed, it became the center of Buddhist worship in the Sailendra Kingdom until 930 A．D．In that year, the nearby volcano, Mount Merapi, erupted．Tons of ash and lava covered Borobudur．Overnight, the temple disappeared．It was totally covered under layers of ash from the volcano．
The temple remained hidden until Mr．Raffles and his men uncovered it again in the 1800s．However, after Mr．Raffles left Java, working on the temple was carried on without much interest．Collectors of ancient artifacts(史前古器物)stole priceless treasures from the temple, and soon, all work on the temple came to People living in the area began using stones from the build and repair their homes．Nature also began to wear uncovered parts of the temple through wind and rain．
In 1900, with Java under Dutch control, an engineer Dr．Theodore Van Erp was given the job of saving and the temple．However, two world wars and a limited supply made his work stop．In 1973 ,the United Nations Educational Scientific ,and Cultural Organization(UNESCO)stepped in and began the Borobudur Restoration Project．
It was difficult to complete the full rebuilding of the temple．It took 700 men 10 years to rebuild the temple and it cost ＄25 million．When the thousand-year-old temple was finally responded, the President of Indonesia said through the use of modem technology, “Borobudur will be a thousand years more．”
(1)
Which of the following do you think is the best title for this passage?
[ ]
A．
Thomas Raffles．
B．
The Temple of Borobudur
C．
Mount Merapi Voleano．
D．
UNESCO．
(2)
How did Thomas Raffles hear about the buried Buddhist sculptures?
[ ]
A．
People living the area told him．
B．
Collectors of ancient artifacts told him,
C．
He saw them in a dream
D．
Dr, Theodore Van Erp told him．
(3)
Which of the following is true about the temple was damaged after Mr．Raffles uncovered it?
[ ]
A．
Rain washed away the temple little by little．
B．
Experts brought artifacts out for further study．
C．
The work on the temple was once stopped．
D．
The local people used the stones from the temple．
(4)
Who provided the money for the Borobudur Restoration Project?
[ ]
A．
The people of Java．
B．
The UNESCO．
C．
Dr．Theodore Van Erp．
D．
The president of Indonesia．
阅读理解：
Several years ago, my parents, my wife, my son and I ate at one of those restaurants where the menu is written on a blackboard．After a wonderful dinner, the waiter set the check in the middle of the table．That’s when it happened：my father did not reach for the check．
Conversation continued．Finally I realized that I should pick up the check!After hundreds of restaurant meals with my parents, after a lifetime of thinking of my father as the one with dollars, it had all changed．I reached for the check, and my view of myself suddenly changed．I was an adult．I was no longer a kid．
Some people mark off(区分)their lives in years, I measure mine in small events．I didn’t become a young man at a particular age, like 16, but rather when a kid who wandered in the streets called me “mister．” These events in my life are called “milestones”(里程碑)
There have been other milestones．The cops(policemen)of my youth always seemed big, even huge, and of course they were older than I was．Then one day they were suddenly realized that all the football players in the game I was watching were younger than I was．They were just big kids．With that milestone gone was the dream that someday, maybe I, too, could be a football player．Without ever having reached the hill, I was over it．
I never thought that I would fall asleep in front of the TV set as my father did．Now it’s what I do best．I never thought that I would go to the beach and not swim, yet I spent all of August at the shore and never once went into the ocean．I never thought that I would appreciate opera, but now the combination of voice and orchestra attract me．I never thought that I would prefer to stay home in the evenings, but now I find myself passing up parties．I used to think that people who watched birds were strange, but this summer I fond myself watching them, and maybe I’ll get a book on the subject．I feel a strong desire for a religious belief that I never thought I’d want, feel close to my ancestors(祖先)long gone, and echo my father in arguments with my son．I still lose…
One day I bought a house．One day－what a day!–I became a father, and not too long after that I picked up the check for my own father．I thought then it was a milestone for me．One day, when I was a little older, I realized it was one for him, too, another milestone．
(1)
The tone established in the passage is one of ________．
[ ]
A．
sad regret
B．
amusement
C．
happiness
D．
deep feeling
(2)
The author mentions the event in the restaurant because ________．
[ ]
A．
that was one of his milestone
B．
he paid the bill but he didn’t want to
C．
he became a father with dollars
D．
that was the last restaurant meal with his parents
(3)
“Then they were suddenly neither．” Suggests that ________．
[ ]
A．
suddenly they became older than I was
B．
suddenly I knew that they was neither bigger nor older than I was
C．
suddenly I realized that I made mistake
D．
suddenly I found myself no longer a kid
(4)
Which of the following best expresses the author’s thinking?
[ ]
A．
One day is worth two tomorrow
B．
To save time is to length life
C．
When an opportunity is lost, it never comes back to you
D．
Time and tide wait for no man
阅读理解：
Our boat floated on, between walls of forest too thick to allow us a view of the land we were passing through, though we knew from the map that our river must from time to time be passing through chains of hills which crossed the jungle plains．Nowhere did we find a place where we could have landed：where the jungle did not actually spread right down into the river, banks of soft mud prevented us going ashore．In any case, what would we have sailed by landing?The country was full of snakes and other dangerous creatures, and the jungle was so thick that one would be able to advance only slowly, cutting one’s way with knives the whole way．So we stayed in the boat, hoping we reached the sea, a friendly fisherman would pick us up and take us to civilization．
We lived on fish, caught with home-made net of string(we had no hooks), and fruits and nuts we could pick up out of the water．As we had no fire, we had to eat everything, including the fish, raw I had never tasted raw fish before, and I must say I did not much enjoy the experience; perhaps sea fish which do not live in the mud are less tasteless．After eating my raw fish, I lay back and dreamed of such things as fried chicken and rice, and ice-cream．In the never-ending damp heat of the jungle, ice-cream was a particularly frequent dream．
As for water, there was a choice：we could drink the muddy river water, or die of thirst．We drank the water．Men who had just escaped what had appeared to be certain death lose all worries about such small things as diseases caused by dirty water．In fact, none of us suffered from any illness as a result．
One day we passed another village, but fortunately nobody saw us．We did not wish to risk being taken prisoners a second time：we might not be so lucky to escape in a stolen boat again．
(1)
What they could see in the boat was only ________．
[ ]
A．
high wall
B．
villagers from time to time
C．
vast land
D．
heavy woods
(2)
They couldn’t land because ________．
[ ]
A．
the mud on the shore was too soft
B．
the forest was too thick to let them go through
C．
they could not find the mark on the map
D．
they could not find anyone to lead them out of the forest
(3)
The passage infers that the forest was ________．
[ ]
A．
rich of fruits and animals to be served as food
B．
not very thick as they could advance slowly by cutting the branches
C．
full of various dangerous beings
D．
full of ancient trees
(4)
The most proper title for this passage might be ________．
[ ]
A．
Escape
B．
Scenes of a River
C．
How to Survive on a boat
D．
A New Experience
阅读理解：
Material Girl no more?Madonna says writing children’s books is more satisfying than being a movie star．
Her book, The English Roses, went on sale on September 15th, appearing in 100 countries and in 30 languages as the first in her series of tales for children．The pop diva(女歌唱家), whose only book until now was the 1992 photo essay titled“Sex”, said she wrote the books to teach children some of the life lessons she’s learned over the years．
“The most fun that I’ve had of all the things I’ve done successfully has been to write these books．A lot of it has to do with the fact that I’m not doing it to become more famous, and I’m not doing it to become richer．I’m doing it because I want to share something I know with children．”
Hours after its release, the 48 page book was already No．8 on Amazon, com’s sales list．The first print is 1 million copies worldwide, with more than 750,000 in the United States．The English Roses is about a friendship shared by four girls and their mutual(共同的)envy of a beautiful classmate, with illustrations(插图)by fashion artist Jeffrey Fulvimari．
“There is one life-giving force in the world,”Madonna declared．“When we disconnect from this life-giving force, that’s when we bring pain and suffering into our lives．Each of the stories has to do with different ways you disconnect from God．”Madonna also said she was deeply affected by the experience of raising two children, Lourdes, 6, and Rocco, 3．The English Roses is the latest among a growing number of celebrities written children’s books．
The next book in the series,“Mr．Peabody’s Apples,”will be out in November．Each tale is set in a different time and place and has new characters and different illustrators．
(1)
How many books does Madonna’s series of tales include?
[ ]
A．
At least 3．
B．
4．
C．
At least 2．
D．
6．
(2)
According to the idea of Madonna, the underlined phrase“life-giving force”in Paragraph 5 refers to ________．
[ ]
A．
The English Roses．
B．
God
C．
Mr．Peabody’s Apples．
D．
her life
(3)
When Madonna said writing children’s books was more satisfying than being a movie star, she meant that ________．
[ ]
A．
she was more satisfied with her writing children’s books
B．
she was more satisfied as a movie star
C．
being a movie star was not really successful
D．
she was not a Material Girl any more
(4)
According to the passage, Madonna wrote the book The English Roses in order to ________．
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