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California pet lover has founded an internet radio station designed to ease the lives of lonely dogs and cats around the world.

Styled as " the radio station all pets prefer"，DogCatRadio.com goes out live 17 hours each day from a van in the car park of a Los Angeles recording studio.

DJs speak to pets directly,and ask " pet parents" to send in pictures.

Founder Adrian Martinez,34 ，says the station aims to keep pets company while their "parents" head out to work.

DogCatRadio's daily play list ranges from the soothing (抚慰) sounds of Irish singer Enya to Elvis Presley's classic anthem (圣歌) ，Hound Dog.

In between tracks,Mr. Martinez and his fellow DJs offer practical advice to pet owners,plus a liberal sprinkling (小雨) of the station's signature sound―barks and miaows.

Mr. Martinez,an independent record producer,hopes that many of his audience will be listening in while at home alone,albeit (虽然，尽管) with a little help from their human friends.

"My cat,Snickers,asked me to do it," Mr. Martinez told the New York Times. Faced with a nervous,restless cat at home one day,Mr. Martinez discovered that Snickers calmed down almost as soon as he turned up the background music a little. "I wanted to do something for the pet community," he said.

The station,which claims8,000 listeners each week through its website,currently makes no money.

But the US pet industry is worth an estimated $35 bn (£ 19. 7bn) annually,and Mr. Martinez eventually hopes to attract advertising.

( ) 5. The radio station was founded in order to .

A. help the owners of the pets

B. ask people to love the animals

C. comfort the lonely dogs and cats in America

D. be the pets' company when they are left alone at home

( ) 6. The underlined word "miaows" means .

A. the music from the radio

B. the sounds made by cat

C. the voice of the DJs at the station

D. the Elvis Presley's classic anthem,Hound Dog

( ) 7. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Mr. Martinez loved his cat so much that he decided to set up a radio station for it.

B. The radio station is located in a recording studio.

C. Mr. Martinez happened to find that background music can calm down the cat.

D. It is hard for people to understand the programmes of the station.

( ) 8. What can you infer from the passage?

A. Most of the audience are the "parents" of the pets.

B. If you want to pick up the programme,you just need a radio.

C. The market of the pet service in the US is large.

D. The DJs can communicate with the pets directly.

5. D从第4段中的the station aims to keep pets company while their "parents" head out to work 可得出结论。

6. B barks意为狗叫声，由此推断miaows肯定为猫叫声。

7. C从倒数第4段可推断出。

8. C从最后一段话可推断出。

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Among a random sample of 16,500 men and women ranging in age from 20 to 100 years old from central Pennsylvania,8. 7 percent had too much daytime sleepiness.

Researchers,who considered a wide range of possible reasons for why these individuals were over sleepy during the daytime,found that too much daytime sleepiness was more strongly associated with depression and obesity (过度肥胖) or metabolic (新陈代谢的) factors than with sleepdisordered breathing or sleep disruption.

Depression was by far the most significant risk factor for too much daytime sleepiness,they report in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. The possibility of being over sleepy during the daytime was more than three times higher in those who reported they were being treated for depression.

T he investigators also observed strong ties between too much daytime sleepiness and diabetes. Individuals reporting treatment for diabetes were close to two times more likely to report too much daytime sleepiness than those who were not being treated for diabetes.

Being overweight also increased the possibility of too much daytime sleepiness.

Too much daytime sleepiness was more common in people younger than age 30 ,a finding that hints at the presence of unmet sleep needs and depression,and in the over-75 crowd,suggesting increasing medical illness and health problems,they explain.

Smoking also appeared as a risk factor for too much daytime sleepiness,a link that hasn't been shown before. It could be that smokers use nicotine which can make people more active for a time to selftreat their daytime sleepiness,the authors suggest.

Sleep apnea (呼吸暂停) was not a significant player in too much daytime sleepiness. This is in agreement with former studies that have reported only weak associations between sleep apnea and too much daytime sleepiness.

The authors conclude that adults bothered by too mtich daytime sleepiness should be thoroughly evaluated for depression and diabetes,regardless of whether or not sleepdisordered breathing is present.

( ) 1. Which of the following is more likely to cause too much daytime sleepiness?

A. Smoking. B. Obesity.

C. Depression. D. Disturbed sleep.

( ) 2. Which of the following statements is right?

A. Smoking can help people selftreat their daytime sleepiness.

B. Too much daytime sleepiness doesn't necessarily result from inadequate sleep.

C. People who suffer from depression are twice more likely to be over sleepy.

D. People under 30 who are over sleepy during the daytime are most likely over?weighted.

( ) 3. We can learn from paragraph eight that .

A. smoking may cause people to become more sleepy

B. many people can selftreat their daytime sleepiness

C. doctors didn't know the side effects of smoking before

D. nicotine can make people more active during the daytime

( ) 4. As a conclusion the writer tells us that if we have too much daytime sleepiness we should .

A. cut down the amount of smoking cigarettes

B. go to some specialist without delay

C. ignore it as it is a very common phenomenon

D. do more exercise to reduce sleepiness

Several weeks ago,I had a letter from Mr. Li Pengyi,President of the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press,Beijing. He asked me to prepare some formal documents and send them to him soon. At the beginning,I imagined I could complete the task in a couple of days. Quite quickly,I found that this was impossible.

It has been hot in London lately. The wind blows dust and leaves around. People go to work feeling tired,thinking it would be nice to have a bit of rain. Dull work in offices is even duller than usual in weather like this.

On 17 June,I reached the last part of my paperchase at the Chinese Consulate (领事馆) . After I pushed my pile of documents through the hole in the glass screen. He glanced through the documents,checking them. Without much interest,he asked me a few routine questions. Then he went on scanning the documents and making notes. I saw him write the name, "Alexander"，in Chinese. He looked up,suddenly a very bright individual,no longer just a bored senior official.

"Are you the author?" he asked.

"No”， I replied. "The author was my husband,L. G. Alexander. He died. On 17th June. He died a year ago today."

He turned to his colleagues,firing off a statement in Chinese. They all paused in their work and turned to me,smiling kindly. Then the official spoke quietly but very clearly.

"We are very sorry to hear it,very sorry indeed. But you must cheer up. Mr. Alexander is very popular in China. I learned English from New Concept English. My colleagues learned English from New Concept English. Now my daughter is learning from New Concept English as well. So for us he has not died."

Coming out into the glare of Portland Place,I felt Louis take my hand. Sharing this moment with him,I remembered a line from a Roman poet：Et haec meminisse iuvabit：Even these things we will remember with pleasure.

( ) 1. The purpose that the writer described the weather in Paragraph 2 is .

A. to show she doesn't like the weather in London

B. to suggest that she was tired and felt heavy in her heart during that process

C. to introduce the view of the Thames

D. to indicate that her health became poorer and poorer

( ) 2. What does the underlined sentence "Et haec meminisse iuvabit" mean?

A. Life is very beautiful,so we should enjoy it.

B. During the life time,we should remember the pleasant things and forget the sad things.

C. Even the things are full of sorrow,we still should remember them with pleasure.

D. Forgetting the sad things is a kind of pleasure.

( ) 3. The official suddenly changed his attitude because .

A. he recognized the old lady

B. he met L. G. Alexander at last

C. he was very thankful to the writer of New Concept English

D. he was very sorry to hear the sad news

( ) 4. From the passage we can infer that .

A. Many Chinese officials at the Chinese Consulate learned New Concept English

B. The weather in London is so changeable that Ms Alexander dislikes the city

C. People will always remember those who do good to them

D. The old lady was tired of doing such kind of task

Prevention is a central issue being discussed at the sixteenth International AIDS Conference in Toronto,Canada. Twentyfour thousand delegates are at the conference which ends Friday.

Bill and Melinda Gates called for faster research to develop preventions like microbicides for women to use when they have sex. The hope is that such products could protect against infection with the virus that causes AIDS.

Melinda Gates said the way to "change this epidemic" is to put power in the hands of women. In southern Africa,for example,about sixty percent of adults living with HIV are women.

Bill Gates said women today often have no choice but to depend on men not to infect them. "A woman should never need her partner's permission to save her own life," he said as the conference opened Sunday.

The world's richest man said "stopping AIDS" is the top priority of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

On Monday,former President Bill Clinton said more people would get tested for HIV if an aggressive effort took place to fight the stigma (耻辱) .But reducing fears of social rejection is not enough. Mister Clinton said people also need a guarantee they would get medicine to suppress (抑制) the virus.

Researchers at the conference presented the results of a new study of HIV testing. It involved more than one hundred thousand people tested in California last year. Some received a quick test,with results in about twenty minutes. The others received a test that is more commonly used,the results takes two weeks.

The researchers say twentyfive percent of the people who had the longer test did not return to learn the results. But that was true of only two percent of those who had the quick test.

George Lemp of the University of California led the study. He says quick tests could be especially important in developing countries with limited transportation.

Speakers at the AIDS conference also discussed high rates of new HIV infections among black Americans. Julian Bond is chairman of the NAACP,a leading civil rights group. He said African-Americans must,in his words , " face the fact that AIDS has become a black disease."

( ) 5. In which of the following sections can you find the passage on the Internet?

A. Economics report. B. Health report.

C. Science in the news. D. American news.

( ) 6. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. Black Americans are easy to be infected by HIV.

B. Bill Clinton called on people to accept the people with HIV.

C. The couple of Gates realized that women need help most.

D. A quick HIV testing is commonly used in the current world.

( ) 7. The underlined word "epidemic" probably means .

A. a kind of virus

B. widespread occurrence of a disease

C. the situation that women depend on men

D. family structure

( ) 8. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. The New Scientific Achievement at AIDS Conference

B. Prevention―the Theme of the AIDS Conference

C. The Way to Save Women and Black Americans

D. AIDS—a Black Disease

( ) 9. What can we infer from the passage?

A. Effective ways have been found to prevent the HIV infection.

B. More and more people are concerned about AIDS.

C. The first target for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is to stop AIDS.

D. The best way to prevent AIDS is to have HIV testing.

That morning,I stepped into the classroom,ready to share my knowledge and experience with seventyfive students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught in 1 for seventeen years,I had no 2 about my ability to hold their attention and to 3 on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.

I was shocked when the monitor shouted ," 4 ！" The entire class rose as I entered the room,and I was somewhat 5 about how to get them to sit down again,but once that awkwardness (馗MO was over,I quickly 6 my calmness and began what I thought was a factpacked lecture,sure to gain their respect―perhaps 7 their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a sense of achievement.

My students 8 diaries. However,as I read them,the rosy glow was gradually 9 by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, "Our literature teacher didn't teach us anything today. 10 her next lecture will be better. " Greatly surprised,I read diary after diary,each expressing a11 theme. "Didn't I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical 12 for all the works we'll study in class," I complained. "How 13 they say I didn't teach them anything?"

It was a long term,and it 14 became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as those of my 15 . I thought a teacher's job was to raise 16 questions and provide enough background so that students could 17 their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher's job was to provide 18 information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference！

19 ,I also learned a lot,and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a 20 American teacher,knowing how to teach in a different culture.

( ) 1. A. the UK B. the US C. China D. Australia

( ) 2. A. worry B. idea C. doubt D. experience

( ) 3. A. impress B. put C. leave D. fix

( ) 4. A. Attention B. Look out C. At ease D. Stand up

( ) 5. A. puzzled B. sure C. curious D. worried

( ) 6. A. found B. returned C. regained D. followed

( ) 7. A. more B. even C. yet D. still

( ) 8. A. passed B. borrowed C. read D. kept

( ) 9. A. replaced B. taken C. caught D. moved

( ) 10. A. Naturally 、 B. Perhaps C. Fortunately D. Reasonably

( ) 11. A. different B. strong C. similar D. usual

( ) 12. A. happenings B. characters C. development D. background

( ) 13. A. should B. need C. will D. must

( ) 14. A. immediately B. certainly C. simply D. gradually

( ) 15. A. teachers B. family C. students D. coworkers

( ) 16. A. difficult B. interesting C. ordinary D. unusual

( ) 17. A. draw B. make C. search D. offer

( ) 18. A. strange B. standard C. exact D. serious

( ) 19. A. Therefore B. However C. Besides D. Though

( ) 20. A. normal B. happy C. good D. better

Slang is one of those things that everybody can recognize and nobody can define. Not only is it hard to wrap slang in a definition,it is also hard to distinguish it from such similar things as colloquialism,provincialism (方言) ，jargon (行话) or trade talk.

Usually,slang tends to be transient. Thus parents are often laughed at by their children when this older generation uses slang which was considered to be the height of fashion in their own youth. Of course,the slang teenage children use today is very different from that of their parents. Indeed it might ever be some obscure (difficult to understand) foreign language as far as the older generation is concerned for it is totally beyond their understanding.

It is often said that a slang term stops to be slang when it is "accepted by the dictionary". This is not really the case. You will find many slang terms listed in dictionaries are still slang terms. The term stops to be slang when it drives its respectable synonym (同义词) out of use,or when it acquires a meaning that cannot be expressed otherwise.

Such things have happened. The term "hot dog" was once a slang term,but it couldn't be considered so now. No one in America would go up to a counter and order "a sausage sandwich". Similarly "varsity", originally a slang contraction (short form of a word) of university,has acquired a special meaning which only it expresses and is no longer slang. Jazz,when it means a particular kind of music,is scarcely a slang form,since there is no more respectable word meaning that kind of music.

( ) 1. Which would be the best title for this passage?

A. Slang Terms and Other Forms of Language

B. Slang Terms and Their Meanings

C. How to Understand Slang Terms

D. Slang

( ) 2. Parents are often laughed at by their children when .

A. they use some obscure slang

B. they try to learn from their children

C. they use out-of-date slang

D. they want to follow the fashion

( ) 3. The examples in the last paragraph are intended to show .

A. when a slang word disappears

B. when a slang word is no longer slang

C. how to use slang words

D. how to understand slang words

( ) 4. The underlined word "transient" in the second paragraph probably means .

A. hard to understand B. easy to understand

C. temporary D. everlasting

3. Fashion magazines have almost the practice of putting models on the cover because they don't sell nearly as well as famous faces.

A. claimed B. abandoned

C. appointed D. conveyed

10. I think he is likely to be the only one in the office the secret. (give)

我认为他有可能是办公室里唯一巳经泄露秘密的人。

1. His joining in the research is really of great to us,otherwise we couldn't complete it in time.

A. enjoyment B. surprise

C. assistance D. amusement

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