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Unless action is taken immediately, there is a chance that all the oceans of the world will be dead by the year 2010. How can this possibly happen?

We have already seen that people allow all sorts of waste products to flow into the sea. It is almost impossible to measure how much waste water and industrial waste end up in our oceans, but we can find out how much oil is poured into them legally and illegally. It is illegal to pour oil into the sea close to the shore, but when a ship is many miles out to sea there are no such rules. Scientists have different ideas as to the amount of oil put into the sea, but the lowest figure for oil poured in European waters alone is about 200,000 tons every year. Some people say the figure could be ten times as high.

It is not only our coasts that suffer from oil pollution. Among other things, many shellfish - oysters (牡蛎) and mussels(贻贝), for example - now have high amounts of poisonous substances. Next time you have shellfish to eat, how can you be sure that they are free from oil pollution? You cannot see the effects and you cannot taste them, either. It is really quite a problem.

1．This passage is mainly about_________.

     A．pollution in the air                       B．the amount of the oil in the sea

     C．the amount of poison in shellfish         D．oil pollution in the waters.

2．According to the passage, what is the main cause of oil pollution?

       A．Oil ships which meet and strike each other.

       B．Oil poured on land when the oil tanks are cleaned out.

       C．Oil coming out of the bottom of the sea.

       D．Oil from waste water and industrial waste.

3．According to the passage, which of the following is illegal?

       A．Pouring oil into the sea close to the shore.

       B．Allowing clean materials to flow into the waters.

       C．Smoking.

       D．Going fishing when the water is polluted by oil.

4．The figure for oil poured in European waters alone is          .

       A．no more than 2,010,000 tons every month

       B．1,000,000 tons every year

       C．more than 200,000 tons every month

       D．more than 200,000 tons every year

5．Which of the following statements is WRONG according to the passage?

       A．All the oceans in the world are polluted by oil.

       B．The water body of the earth may be dead by the year 2010.

       C．It is not only our coasts that suffer from oil pollution.

       D．Some kinds of the living things in the waters have been poisoned and we must be careful of them.

DDADA

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A high school history teacher once told us, “If you make one close friend in school, you will be most fortunate. A   21   friend is someone who stays with you for life”.   22   teaches that he was right. Good friendship is just not easily   23  .

It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place   24   enough for true

friendship to develop. However, there can be   25   disagreement on the need for each of us to think carefully about the kind of friendship we want.

To most of us, friendships are considered very important,   26   we need to

have it clear in our minds the kinds of friendship we want. Are they to be close or   27   at arm’s length? Do we want to   28   ourselves or do we want to walk on the surface? For some people, many friendships on the surface are   29   enough. And that’s all right. But at some   30   we need to make sure that our expectations are the same as our friends’ expectations. The sharing of personal experience including our tears as well as our dark   31   is the surest way to deepen friendships. But it must   32   slowly and carried on only if there are   33   of interest and action in return.

What are some of the   34   of our friendship? The greatest is to   35   too

much too soon. Deep relationships   36   time. Another “major difficulty” is the selfishness to think one “possesses” the other, including his time and attention.   37  , friendships require actions in return. In other words, you must   38   as much as you take. Finally there is a question of taking care of. Unless you spend   39   time together, talking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, friendships will die   40   .

A. useful         B. fair-weather         C. school           D. true

A. Knowledge      B. Hardship             C. Experience       D. Schooling

A. formed         B. understood           C. realized             D. produced

A. certain             B. long                 C. patiently            D. Fortunately

A. some           B. any              C. no               D. great

A. and         B. but              C. or               D. while

A. remained       B. left                 C. stayed               D. kept

A. share          B. deepen           C. strengthen           D. hide

A. less           B. not              C. quite                D. very

A. degree          B. places               C. point                D. length

A. clothes            B. dreams           C. clouds               D. Letters

A. be undertaking     B. be undertaken  C. have been undertaken  D. have been undertaking

A. signs          B. marks                C. sciences             D. sights

A. disadvantages B. differences      C. requirements     D. difficulties

A. command        B. pull out             Ｃ. expect          D. develop

A. waste          B. take                 C. kill                 D. spend

A. Surprisingly      B. Differently       C. Strangely            D. Similarly

A. act               B. possess           C. give             D. walk

A. considerate     B. reasonable           C. wonderful            D. comfortable

A. away            B. down             C. out              D. off

Lucky is the man who has no “skeleton in his closet”. When a man has done something in his life that he is ashamed of, that he wants to hide, he is said to have a “skeleton in his closet”. Some people may have more than one skeleton.

As we have noted many times, it is hard to find out how these expressions begin. Sometimes, we get some hard facts. But more often we have to depend on guesswork. And that is true of this phrase, which came from England.

Before 1932, English law did not permit a doctor to cut open a dead human body for scientific examination, unless it was the corpse(尸体) of an executed(处决) criminal.

But when it became legal, more and more doctors demanded skeletons for a more scientific study of medicine. It was helping in the advance of modern medicine. The demand had become so strong that men began to rob tombs and sell skeletons to doctors at high prices.

We are told that a doctor would usually buy just one skeleton for scientific study. It became very important in his work. But he had to keep it hidden because most people objected to keeping such a thing. As a rule, the doctor would keep his skeleton in some dark corner where it could not be seen, or hide it in a closet.

After a time, people began to suspect(怀疑) every doctor of hiding a skeleton in the closet. From this suspicion, the phrase “a skeleton in the closet” took on a broader, more general meaning to describe anything that a man wanted to keep others from discovering. It could be proof of a criminal act, or something much less serious. Well, that is one theory.

One writer, however, believes that the phrase might have come from something that really happened. It is his guess that a hidden closet in some old English country home may have turned up a real skeleton, clear proof of some old family shame or crime. Well, one man’s guess is as good as another. But this sounds like a story by the great French novelist, Balzac.

Baizac tells us of a man who suspected his wife of having a lover. The husband comes home by surprise. But she hears him and quickly hides her lover in the closet of her bedroom. He enters her room and asks her if she is hiding her lover. He says he will not open the door to the closet if she promises him there is no one there; He will believe her. She answers firmly that she is not hiding anyone in the closet.

The husband then begins to build a solid brick wall against the closet. His wife watches, knowing that her lover will never come out alive. But she will not change her story and admit her guilt.   

1. Which of the following situations is suitable for using the phrase “skeleton in the closet” ?

A. You have stolen something precious and don’t want it discovered.

B. You are a doctor and have to keep a skeleton for research.

C. If you have cut open a dead human body for scientific examination you should keep the skeleton secret.

D. You have done a crime or done something foolish, but you want to keep other from discovering it.

2. From the text we know that there are _______ theories about how the phrase “skeleton in the closet” came into being.

A. one    B. two    C. three  D. four

3. In Chinese the world “skeleton” means _______.

A. 尸体   B. 标本  C. 收藏  D. 骷髅

4. Which of the following is right according to the text?

A. In the 20th century, doctors realized the importance of anatomy(解剖) in the development of medicine.

B. The doctors of the ancient times liked to collect as many skeleton as possible.

C. The thieves stole skeletons from tombs in order to help the doctors.

D. It was legal that corpses of anybody were cut open for scientific examination in history.

5. From the story Balzac told we know that the wife’s lover must have become _______.

A. a corpse  B. a phrase  C. a skeleton 　D. a secret

After my 21 second－graders finished reciting the text, they settled back in their seats. But Duane remained __1__. Duane was a bright and lovable student, __2__ his mother, a single parent, had many problems such as drinking. __3__ that he might have had a bad night, I walked over to him to see what was wrong. As he looked up, I could see the __4__ in his dark eyes.

“ Mrs. Brown, aren't you going to open my present？” he asked __5__. “I put it on your desk.”

Getting back his gift from my desk, he handed it to me. I noticed my gift __6__ to be a matchbox. Duane told me that this was really a jewelry box __7__ a matchbox. As I opened it, the __8__ of two beer caps surprised me. Duane __9__ me that they were two silver earrings. He had noticed that I  __10__ wore earrings and wanted me to have some pretty ones.

I was __11__ by Duane's creativity and thoughtfulness. __12__ birth, one of my ears was slightly deformed (畸形的). Fearing that wearing earrings might __13__ to the ear, I avoided wearing them. But how could I __14__ to wear these precious earrings given by this __15__ child?

As I placed the earrings on my ears, my __16__ clapped, and Duane stood proudly beside me.

Since then, the matchbox remained on my desk. It __17__ me of Duane's act of kindness and the lessons he taught me. Although his __18__ at home was bad,  Duane continued to see the good in life. Although poor, he still wanted to __19__. Whenever I see Duane's gift on my desk, I feel encouraged. If I am having __20__ reaching a student, I'll try to be like Duane and give that student a piece of my heart.

1. A. sitting            B. crying          C. standing       D. speaking

2. A. unless            B. though          C. so           D. since

3. A. Wondering         B. Thinking       C. Finding       D. Pointing

4. A. hope              B. joy             C. hurt         D. determination

5. A. disappointedly      B. angrily          C. happily      D. shyly

6. A. happened          B. appeared        C. used         D. ought

7. A. as well as          B. more than       C. except for   D. rather than

8. A. shape             B. color           C. design       D. sight

9. A. persuaded         B. fooled          C. told         D. encouraged

10. A. only             B. often           C. once         D. never

11. A. frightened        B. touched         C. knocked      D. influenced

12. A. Since             B. Until          C. Before       D. By

13. A. do harm           B. draw attention

C. add weight         D. have an effect

14. A. refuse            B. offer           C. agree         D. wait

15. A. generous          B. honest          C. special       D. sad

16. A. hands             B. class           C. audience      D. friends

17. A. convinced          B. reminded

C. proved            D. showed

18. A. performance       B. experience

C. situation           D. health

19. A please             B. take            C. give          D. accept

20. A. chance            B. possibility       C. intention      D. difficulty

The whole body is covered with skin.The surface of the skin is dead(like the hair and the nails),but it is made from a living layer(层)just under the surface.The outside dead layers wear off(磨损)all the time,with new ones replacing them,and the body forms a totally new skin every three weeks.
The skin protects the body from the outside world and it passes information from the outside.It helps to keep water in the body and to keep the body at the same temperature.Becteria(细菌)can’t get in through the skin unless it is damaged.
If the weather is cold,the blood vessels(血管)in the skin squeeze down,or contract(收缩),so that as little blood as possible comes near the surface.This means that less warmth is lost to the outside.This makes the skin look pale,or even “blue”.At the same time,the hairs on the skin are pulled upright by tiny muscles.
When it is hot,the blood vessels expand(扩大),or get wider again,to allow plenty of blood to run near the surface of the skin.This helps the body to lose heat,and the skin may look red.At the same time,the sweat glands(汗腺)produce more sweat,which cools the skin.
If your skin has ever been numb(麻木的),you will realize how important the feeling from the skin is.Nerves(神经)in the skin are sensitive(敏感的)to heat and cold,sharpness,hardness and softness,wetness and dryness and pain.If one is not able to feel these things,which can act as warnings,he is likely to be burned,cut or hurt in other ways.
The colour of the skin depends on special colour cells(细胞).These are just below the top layers of the skin.They are needed as protection from some harmful ray of the sun.The stronger the sun is,the more important it is to have a dark skin.People with pale skins may “tan”(晒黑)in the sun.This happens when the body produces extra colour cells in the skin for protection.In the sun,the skin produces a vitamin(vitamin D)which is needed for strong bones.
【小题1】Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．Our hair and nails are dead like the surface of the skin.
B．There is skin all over our body.
C．The skin of our bodies will be completely different in three weeks.
D．The surface of the skin is made of a living layer.
【小题2】The second paragraph mainly tells us about______.
A．the functions of the skin
B．the information from the outside
C．the water in the body
D．the temperature of the body
【小题3】Bacteria will get in through the skin______.
A．when one’s skin is numb
B．when one is ill
C．when the skin is cut
D．when the sweat glands produce more sweat
【小题4】When the weather is cold,the skin will contract in order to______.
A．allow more blood nearB．make the skin look blue
C．keep warmthD．help the body lose heat
【小题5】The colour of the skin is determined by______.
A．the rays of the strong sunB．colour cells
C．top layers of the skin D．vitamin D

While most students in the USA are worrying about getting into their dream universities, others worry about a bigger problem. Students brought to the USA illegally, who have to leave a   36   on applications that need their Social Security number, know they will not be accepted    37   their outstanding grades and performance. The young immigrants   38   from the U.S. school system, but only up through high school. Their education often    39   there due to a 1996 federal law that bans states from offering in-state tuition rate(学费) to illegal immigrants    40   the state also offers it to all U.S. citizens. However, there may be some hope because of the DREAM Act, which will be voted on in Congress (国会).

The DREAM Act is a/an   41   aid program for the young illegal immigrants who entered the U.S. before they were 16. Those who apply for this program can get   42   and temporary residing (居住) status, which can be changed, once   43  , to a green card after six years. These immigrants can then use their newly acquired status to seek green cards for their   44  . In this way, it can also provide citizenship for the illegal foreigners who brought their children to the US.

“I don’t live in fear of being driven out of this   45  ,” says Juan, a high school junior born in Mexico. “I live a normal life here   46   that now everyone is getting their driver’s license, and I can’t.”

Juan came to the U.S. with his mother and older brother at eight. He is hoping for the DREAM Act to be      47 . While he admits that there is no obvious prejudice in high school, Juan   48   faces unfair racial treatment.

“It   49   me when people joke around and ask me for my green card,” Juan explains. “I   50  , but deep down I know they are offending me for   51   I have no control over. I was born in Mexico, but my   52   is here.”

His brother now attends a community (社区) college and plans to enter a university. Juan hopes to take a   53   path. “For long, I have no   54   that I can go to university” Juan says. “I know it’s going to be hard, but as long as I stay in this country, I have a/an   55  .”

1. A. blank             B. track        C. name         D. message

2. A. because of        B. instead of   C. in terms of      D. regardless of

3. A. suffer        B. benefit          C. learn        D. graduate

4. A. stops             B. begins       C. continues        D. changes

5. A. if            B. until        C. unless           D. after

6.A. legal              B. international    C. seasonal     D. educational

7.　A. low              B. conditional      C. stable       D. regular

8. A. denied        B. lost             C. bought       D. earned

9.A. children           B. parents          C. friends          D. relatives

10. A. school       B. program          C. system           D. country

11.A. with          B. in               C. except       D. now

12.A. introduced   B. discussed        C. passed       D. corrected

13.A. almost        B. still        C. even         D. only

14. A. bothers          B. worries          C. confuses         D. surprises

15. A. laugh        B. cry              C. shout        D. sigh

16. A. everything       B. nothing          C. something    D. anything

17. A. success          B. origin       C. life             D. experience

18. A. similar          B. right        C. different        D. direct

19. A. confidence  B. idea         C. interest         D. doubt

20. A. attempt          B. chance       C. dream        D.choice                         

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