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A few months before I was born, my dad met a stranger who was new to our small town. From the beginning, my dad was fascinated with this new?comer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around to welcome me into the world a few months later.

As I grew up, I never questioned his place in my family. He was our storyteller. He would keep us spellbound for hours on end with adventures, mysteries and comedies.

If I wanted to know anything about politics, history or science, he always knew the answers about the past, understood the present and even seemed able to predict the future ！ He took my family to the first major league ball game. He made me laugh, and he made me cry. The stranger never stopped talking? but my dad didn't seem to mind.

My dad was a non-smoker and he didn't permit alcohol at home, even for cooking. But the stranger encouraged us to try them on a regular basis. He made cigarettes look cool. His comments were sometimes unpleasant and sometimes suggestive.

I now know that my early concepts(观念)about relationships were influ?enced strongly by the stranger. Time after time, he opposed the values of my parents, yet he was seldom rebuked(指责)and NEVER asked to leave.

More than fifty years have passed since the stranger moved in with our family. Still, if you were to walk into my parents' house today, you would still find him sitting over in the corner, waiting for someone to listen to him and watch him draw his pictures. His name? We just call him "TV".

1.________________________ It can be inferred from the passage that   .

A.the stranger was popular with the family

B. the stranger was not very kind to the family at first

C. the stranger arrived soon after the author was born

D. the author's dad was kind and liked to make friends

2. The word "'spellbound" in Paragraph 2 is the closest in meaning to

A.hopeless                       B. upset

C.tired                         D. interested

3. The third paragraph aims to show that the stranger is______ .

A.very curious                      B. knowledgeable

C.very generous                     D. troublesome

4.  How is the passage mainly developed?

A. By time.                      B.  By space.

C. By examples.                     D.  By comparison.

[文章大意]本文作者以幽默诙谐的语言，叙述了电视伴随自己成长的过程。

1.A根据第一段内容以及后文可推知这个"陌生人"很受欢迎。

2. D根据语境可知，电视里丰富多彩的节目让作者全家着迷(interested)。

3. B该段主要叙述电视节目包罗万象、知识丰富（knowl?edgeable) 。

4. A本文是以时间的先后顺序展开叙述的。

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―My mother_____________________________ a good choice.

6. Now the society has expanded into a ______________(全世界的)organization.

10. I gave him a___________   (warn) not to go there,but he didn't follow it.

Cooking food over a smoky fire is found everywhere in the world. It is often difficult to find wood for the fire. People who do not have wood must spend large amounts of money on cooking fuel. However, there is a much easier way to cook food using energy from the sun. Solar cookers ， or ovens ， have been used for centuries. A Swiss scientist made the first solar oven in 1767. Today, people are using solar cookers in many countries around the world. People use solar ovens to cook food and to heat drinking water to kill bacteria and other harmful organisms.

There are three kinds of solar ovens. The first is a box cooker. It is designed with a special wall that shines or reflects sunlight into the box. Heat gets trapped under a piece of glass or plastic covering the top of the cooker. A box oven is effective for slow cooking of large amounts of food.

The second kind of solar oven is a panel (嵌板式) cooker. It includes several flat walls, or panels, which directly reflect the sun's light onto the food. The food is inside a separate container of plastic or glass that traps heat energy. People can build panel cookers quickly and with very few supplies. They do not cost much. In Kenya, for example, panel cookers are being manufactured for just two dollars.

The third kind of solar oven is a parabolic (抛物线的)cooker. It has rounded walls that aim sunlight directly into the bottom of the oven. Food cooks quickly in parabolic ovens. However, these cookers are hard to make. They must be re-aimed often to follow the sun. Parabolic cookers can also cause burns and eye injuries if they are not used correctly.

You can make solar ovens from boxes or heavy-paper. They will not catch fire. Paper burns at 232 degrees Celsius. A solar cooker never gets that hot. Solar ovens cook food at low temperatures over long periods of time. This permits people to leave food to cook while they do other things.

To learn more about solar cooking, you can write to Solar Cookers International. The postal address is nineteen-nineteen Twenty- First Street ， Sacramento ， California, nine-five-eight-one-one, USA. Or you can visit the group's Internet website. The address is www. solarcooking. org.

1.    When was the first solar cooker invented?

A.    About 1767 years ago.

B.    More than 300 years ago.

C.    More than 250 years ago.

D.    Less than 250 years ago.

2.    In which of the following columns could we find the passage?

A. Development Report.   B.  Agricultural Report.

C.  Health Report. D.  Education Report.

3.    Which of the following is TRUE?

A.    The first solar-cooker was made by a Swiss soldier.

B.    Parabolic cookers can be dangerous sometimes.

C.    Solar-cookers often get hotter than 232°C.

D.    It is more expensive to cook with a solar-cooker than on fire.

4.    Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?

A.    Different ways of cooking

B.    The history of the solar cookers

C.    How to choose solar cookers

D.    Cooking meals with the sun for fuel

When I was young, my father and I used to climb the mountains near my house.  Korea has more 5 than plains, and for this reason, climbing has been a natural thing for me since I was a kid.

6   together, my father and I used to have 7 through which I learned a lot from him.   He always stressed, "You should have goals in life just like in climbing the mountains.  This has   8   my life deeply.

Without such mountaineering  9  ， we couldn't have had enough time to spend together because my father was very  10   I believe mountaineering is re?ally  11 . It gave me time to talk with my father and to develop my  12   I loved walking in the mountains,13 the routine of city life, the noise and the pollution, and being able to breathe fresh air.

One time we climbed one of the highest mountains in Korea. It was so 14 for me because I was only ten years old. 15 the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the fresh air, the birds singing, and the beauti?ful dances of butterflies. As time passed, I got pains in both of my 16 . I wanted to quit climbing. But my father said to me, " 17 is a season when everything comes to life again. The mountain and field where we are 18 are decorated with flowers and trees. You can 19 see a beautiful sky at the top of the moun?tain, but you can't 20 you are halfway up. 21 there at the top can you enjoy all the beautiful things, just like in    22   .

At that time, I was too 23 to understand his words, but after that, I got new hope and confidence.

24 ， I found myself standing at the top of the moun?tain. And there, I could see the beautiful sky.

5.    A. rivers  B. lakes

C. seas    D. mountains

6.    A, Walking     B. Working

C. Studying    D. Playing

7.    A. stories B. conversations

C. lessons       D. interests

8.    A. rebuilt       B. destroyed

C. influenced  D. improved

9.    A. training      B. opportunities

C. periods       D. memories

10.   A. angry  B. free

C. busy   D. special

11.   A. beneficial   B. hopeful

C. tiresome     D. serious

12.   A. power B. emotion

C. courage      D. patience

13.   A. putting up with  B. making up for

C. getting away from      D. living up to

14.   A. abnormal   B. challengitig

C. disappointing     D. acceptable

15.   A. During       B. After

C. Between     D. Before

16.   A. arms   B. ears

C. legs        D. eyes

17.   A. Winter       B. Autumn

C. Summer     D. Spring

18.   A. standing     B. struggling

C. watching    D. finishing

19.   A. never  B. always

C. seldom       D. sometimes

20.   A. what   B. when

C. that     D. where

21.   A. Just    B. Still

C. Only   D. Though

22.   A. work  B. life

C. news   D. tradition

23.   A. foolish       B. happy

C. proud  D. young

24.   A. Finally       B. Luckily

C. Actually     D. Immediately

Running like the wind, roaring (咆哮)like thunder ,tigers have long been feared and respected as a king of the animal world. But last week a report said that there are no more than 30 wild tigers left in South China.

This was the conclusion of a team of scientists from China's State Forestry Administration and the World Nature Fund.

The South China tiger, also known as the Chinese tiger, is native to the .southern China. In the 1950s， there were over 4， 000 tigers found in mountain forests in the country. But due to the destruction of their natu?ral habitat and uncontrolled hunting, it has been pushed on to the list of the world's top ten most endangered species.

Sixty-six of the big cats can be found in the cages of a dozen zoos around China. But they are nothing like their wild cousins. They have lost their natural skills such as hunting and killing. If they were set free they could not look after themselves.

"Breeding has damaged the quality of the species," said Pei Enle, deputy director of the Shanghai Zoo.

To reintroduce the species into the wild, the coun?try started a programme to send five to ten young tigers to South Africa. Four of them have already arrived. Progress has been made as two elder tigers have recov?ered some of their instincts (本能)and can hunt wild animals by themselves at the African base.

"South Africans are very experienced in reintrodu?cing big animals to the wild. The country has very good natural conditions for the tigers to learn in," said Lu Jun, office director of the National Wildlife Research and Development Centre. "We tried in Fujian Province, but it was not successful as there was not a complete eco-chain (生物链)and there was a lack of space.，，

These tigers should return to China in 2007 when the reservations in Fujian are ready. 

1. What is the main reason for the South China tiger be?coming one of the world's top ten most endangered species?

A. Because it has lost its natural instincts.

B.    Because there is not a complete eco-chain.

C.    Because there is no space for it.

D.    Because of the uncontrolled hunting and destroyed natural living conditions.

2.    How is the programme of sending several tigers to South Africa getting on?

A.    Its effect still remains to be seen.

B.    Two tigers can already compete with their wild cousins.

C.    Some of the tigers are already on the road to recovering their natural skills.

D.    The tigers should be able to recover their instincts completely by 2007.

3.    By saying "but they are nothing like their wild cousins" ,the writer means that    .

A.    they are no longer feared by other wild animals

B.    they don't know how lo hunt or kill

C.    a complete change has resulted in the species because of breeding

D.    to reintroduce them into the wild has become an urgent task

4.    What is the purpose of sending young tigers to South Africa?

A.    To help the tigers recover their ability to live in the wild.

B.    To provide them with a better environment.

C.    To get the tigers to go on a tour.

D.    To find a complete eco-chain for them.

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1.     在过去的二十年间，我的家乡的很多树木被砍伐了。

Many trees_____________________ in the past twenty years in my hometown.

4. 当他要去上班的时候，他发现自己的车被偷了，他很惊讶。

When he was going to work, he___________________________ his car had been stolen.

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