You Mi, a lovely and confident 17-year-old student, is the first Chinese high school student to appear on the cover of the popular young adults’ fashion magazine Seventeen.
“You is IN,” said Wang Lihua，Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen. “She is active and mature (成熟) because of her knowledge on everything from academic studies，to books on art，to movies. We find she’s the very style we’re looking for to represent young people’s attitudes.”
You also impressed Wang with her fluent English when they first met last year. As the hostess of an English broadcasting program at the High School Affiliated to Renmin University（人大附中）， You is always praised for speaking English almost like a native speaker. “I’ve built up my English by watching thousands of English DVDs since I was 10,” she explained.
But for You，watching isn’t enough. Last year，while in Senior 1， she met a talented (有才能的) boy who showed self-made DV movies at the English Corner in her school.
“I thought it was so cool and I knew that I should start making my own films，” she said. So she wrote a campus (校园) story, persuaded schoolmates to star in it and then began shooting a 30-minute DV movie，all in English. “I played one of the leading roles，actually I was everything in my film. I worked on it every day during the holidays,” she recalled. The movie finally became a big hit on campus，earning You a strong reputation（名气） as a DV movie director.
But this is not the only field she wants to master. Though a science student, You likes art, literature and fashion design very much.
“There are people who can be artists，there are people who edit books, and there are people who become film producers. But I just hope to mix all the things up!” she said. “There is an old saying I believe：Chances favor only the prepared mind.”

  1. 1.

    You Mi was chosen to be a cover of Seventeen, mainly because she _____

    1. A.
      is beautiful
    2. B.
      she is lovely and full of confidence
    3. C.
      is active and mature
    4. D.
      has rich knowledge
  2. 2.

    You Mi’s fluent English is based on _____

    1. A.
      her chance to host an English broadcasting program
    2. B.
      the influence of her parents
    3. C.
      her deep interest in it
    4. D.
      her making DV movie
  3. 3.

    The author mentioned a talented boy to show _____

    1. A.
      the great influence he had on You Mi
    2. B.
      he was admired by his schoolmates
    3. C.
      the young can do things as well as the adults do
    4. D.
      DV movies are popular at school
  4. 4.

    In the 30-minute DV movie，You Mi didn’t act as a（n） _____

    1. A.
      director
    2. B.
      musician
    3. C.
      actress
    4. D.
      film-maker
  5. 5.

    We can learn from the passage that _____

    1. A.
      You Mi hopes to be a mixed talent
    2. B.
      the success of a 30-minute DV movie surprised You Mi
    3. C.
      You Mi dreams of becoming a scientist
    4. D.
      You Mi doesn’t like to study during holidays

Last night was the last game for my eight-year-old son's soccer team. It was the final quarter. The score was two to one, my son's team in the lead. Parents surrounded the playground, offering encouragement.
With less than ten seconds remaining, the ball suddenly rolled in front of my son's teammate, Mickey O’ Donnel. With shouts of "Kick it!" echoing（回响）across the playground, Mickey turned around and gave it everything he had. All around me the crowd erupted（爆发）. O'Donnel had scored!
Then there was silence. Mickey had scored all right, but in the wrong goal, ending the game in a tie. For a moment there was a total hush. You see, Mickey has Down syndrome (唐氏综合症) and for him there is no such thing as a wrong goal. All goals were celebrated by a joyous hug from Mickey. He had even been known to hug the opposing players when they scored.
The silence was finally broken when Mickey, his face filled with joy, hugged my son tightly and shouted, "I scored! I scored. Everybody won! Everybody won!" For a moment I held my breath, not sure how my son would react. I need not have worried. I watched, through tears, as my son threw up his hand in the classic high-five（致礼）salute and started chanting, "Way to go Mickey! Way to go Mickey!" Within moments both teams surrounded Mickey, joining in the chant and congratulating him on his goal. Mike happily and everyone sent their wishes to him.
Later that night, when my daughter asked who had won, I smiled as I replied, "It was a tie. Everybody won."

  1. 1.

    Which is the most correct description of the author’s too? He was/had       

    1. A.
      brave
    2. B.
      honest
    3. C.
      sympathy
    4. D.
      pride
  2. 2.

    The underlined word “hush” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to “         .”

    1. A.
      stare
    2. B.
      silence
    3. C.
      congratulation
    4. D.
      noise
  3. 3.

    After Mike scored, the author help his breath, because     

    1. A.
      Mike cheated everyone
    2. B.
      everyone would accept the fact
    3. C.
      the score was out of his expectation
    4. D.
      his son might get angry with Mike
  4. 4.

    We can infer from the passage that Mike        

    1. A.
      was cared about by his teammates
    2. B.
      was hared by his own team
    3. C.
      was corbarrassed when he realized the fast
    4. D.
      was warm-hearted and played soccer for both teams

There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.
One day，feeling very sad and lonely， she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn （荆棘） bush. The young girl carefully released the Butterfly. Instead of flying away， the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed(擦) her eyes in disbelief.“For your wonderful kindness，” the good fairy said to the girl，“I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied,“I want to be happy.”The fairy  whispered（耳语） in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the little girl grew up， there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness .She would only smile and answer，“The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”
When she was very old and on her deathbed ,the neighbors gathered around her，they said to her “Tell us， please，” they begged，“Tell us what the good fairy said.” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said,“She told me that everyone， no matter how secure they seemed， no matter how old or young，how rich or poor, had need of me.”

  1. 1.

    ______ the girl felt sad and lonely

    1. A.
      There was nobody to love her so
    2. B.
      There were many friends
    3. C.
      There was nothing to do
    4. D.
      Seeing the butterfly was caught
  2. 2.

    Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn，the orphan girl ______

    1. A.
      failed to help it release from the thorn
    2. B.
      felt sorrow，but she didn’t go up to help it
    3. C.
      fell down on it too
    4. D.
      helped the butterfly escaped from the thorn
  3. 3.

    The butterfly ______ after it was saved by the little girl

    1. A.
      flied away
    2. B.
      changed into a fairy
    3. C.
      still died
    4. D.
      was more beautiful than before
  4. 4.

    The only thing that the little girl wanted was________

    1. A.
      to be rich
    2. B.
      to have her own parents
    3. C.
      to have a lot of friends
    4. D.
      happiness

A serious problem for today’s society is who should be responsible for our elderly and how to improve their lives. It is not only a financial problem but also a question of the system we want for our society. I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem.
First, employers should take the responsibility for their retired employees. To make this possible, a percentage of profits should be set aside for this purpose. But when a company must take life-long responsibility for its employees, it may suffer from a commercial disadvantage due to higher employee costs.
Another way of solving the problem is to return the responsibility to the individual. This means each person must save during his working years to pay for his years of retirement. This does not seem a very fair model since some people have enough trouble paying for their daily life without trying to earn extra to cover their retirement years. This means the government might have to step in to care for the poor.
In addition, the government could take responsibility for the care of the elderly. This could be financed through government taxes to increase the level of pensions(养老金). Furthermore, some in-situations should be created for senior citizens, which can help provide a comfortable life for them. Unfortunately, as the present situation in our country shows, this is not a truly viable answer. The government can seldom afford to care for the elderly, particularly when it is busy trying to care for the young.
One further solution is that the government or social organizations establish some working places especially for the elderly where they are independent.
To sum up, all these options(选择) have advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that some combination of these options may be needed to provide the care we hope to give to our elderly generations

  1. 1.

    According to the passage, how can the government help to improve the lives of retired people?

    1. A.
      Set aside some profits to help people with problems after they retire
    2. B.
      Increase savings levels of people during their working years
    3. C.
      Increase the discounts for food and transport for the old
    4. D.
      Increase the level of pensions
  2. 2.

    The underlined word “viable” in the fourth paragraph most probably means “______”

    1. A.
      impossible
    2. B.
      practical
    3. C.
      perfect
    4. D.
      obvious
  3. 3.

    What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this article?

    1. A.
      To point out the need for government support for old people
    2. B.
      To make general readers aware of the problems of retired people
    3. C.
      To discuss some possible solutions to an important social problem
    4. D.
      To instruct retired people on how they can have a happier life

All parents know that one of their most important tasks is to prepare their children for an independent life, but any parent can tell you that it’s hard to let go of your children. That balance between keeping your children safe and allowing them to learn from their own mistakes can be heartbreaking. Years of experience means that parents often do know best, but on the other hand, the young, being less bound by tradition, are often more creative, more able to find new solutions to old problems. Revolutions are led by the young.
Good teachers make the growth of critical (批判性的) thinking easier in their students, only to find that this can lead to a questioning of the teachers’ basic beliefs. Schools encourage parents to become involved, but are often embarrassed when parents have reservations about some of the educational methods being used. Governments encourage unimportant groups to empower themselves in order to participate fully in the development process. And they are often surprised when the new leaders of these groups turn around and attack the policies of that same government. The rebellions (叛逆的)young and the newly unimportant groups are important in social development. They are not necessarily representatives of those they want to represent or not realistic in their demands, but their voices must be heard.
Good parents know that just forbidding particular behaviors does not prevent their children from finding ways to engage in these forbidden activities. Indeed, sometimes the forbidden fruit is more inviting, just because it is not accepted by authority. Parents must work with their children to educate them on the facts, know as much as possible about he lives of their children, provide a good example, encourage more wholesome activities but also support their children when they don’t follow what is expected of them. But the most important point is that they also need to learn how to let go

  1. 1.

    By saying “Revolutions are led by the young”, the author indicates that young people are more ______.

    1. A.
      conventional
    2. B.
      realistic
    3. C.
      creative
    4. D.
      heartbreaking
  2. 2.

    From the second paragraph we know______.

    1. A.
      teachers’ basic beliefs should be questioned by students
    2. B.
      schools encourage parents to question their education methods
    3. C.
      movement is satisfied with the new leaders’ attack on the policies
    4. D.
      the voice of the rebellious young should be heard by the government
  3. 3.

    In order to educate children well, parents should ______.

    1. A.
      forbid particular behaviors in their daily life
    2. B.
      know them well and set a good example to them
    3. C.
      educate them with facts and expect much of them
    4. D.
      know as much as possible as their children
  4. 4.

    From the passage we can learn that the author prefers ______.

    1. A.
      free parenting
    2. B.
      traditional parenting
    3. C.
      critical parenting
    4. D.
      smart parenting
  5. 5.

    What is the best title of the passage?

    1. A.
      Letting Go – for Children’s Independent Life
    2. B.
      Parents’ Tasks – in Children’s Development
    3. C.
      Way of Growth – for the Young Groups
    4. D.
      Teaching Methods – for Teachers and Schools

About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas（胰腺). I didn’t even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that was incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which was doctor’s code for preparing to die. It meant to try to tell your kids everything you thought you’d have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It meant to make sure everything was buttoned up so that it would be as easy as possible for your family. It meant to say your goodbyes.
I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy(活组织检查). I was calm, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’m fine now.
This is the closest I’ve been to facing death. No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by the principle — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary

  1. 1.

    The author's main purpose in writing the passage is to let the readers __________

    1. A.
      be brave when facing a cancer
    2. B.
      treasure their lifetime to fulfill their own business
    3. C.
      know a sorrowful experience of his won
    4. D.
      know how he treasured his family
  2. 2.

    Why can the author's illness be cured so soon?

    1. A.
      He prepared everything in order
    2. B.
      He had a biopsy
    3. C.
      His pancreatic cancer can be curable with surgery
    4. D.
      His wife helped him
  3. 3.

    The impression the author gave readers is that __________

    1. A.
      he was so optimistic that the incurable illness wouldn't bring him down
    2. B.
      he could leave death alone and had enough courage to become what he wanted to
    3. C.
      he was so determined that he wasn't scared at death
    4. D.
      he was such a responsible man that he prepared well before he died
  4. 4.

    What does the underlined word "they" in the last paragraph refer to?

    1. A.
      Gods
    2. B.
      The doctors
    3. C.
      Heart and intuition
    4. D.
      Other persons

Throughout time, people have loved music for its ability to transport them into a world of rhythm and melody. Recently more and more hospitals and clinics have been tapping into the power of music –not only to comfort patients, but to help cure them as well. Welcome to the world of music therapy(疗法).
After each of the two world wars, musicians visited hospitals and played instruments for injured soldiers suffering from emotional and physical pain. Today's music therapists continue this practice, playing instruments such as guitars and harps to bring comfort to their audiences.
Therapist Eric Mammen encourages his patients at a children’s hospital to participate with him as he plays. During visits with 13-year-old cancer patient Lawrence Garcia, Mammen encourages Garcia to beat on electric drums while he plays the guitar. The therapy won’t cure his cancer, but it does, according to Garcia’s mom, take away much of the boy’s depression(沮丧).
Music therapy can put patients in better moods and ease the symptoms of depression according to the American Music Therapy Association. Other benefits include relieving pain, calming tension, aiding sleep, reducing worry or fear, and easing muscle tension.
Jose Haro personally experienced the benefits of music therapy when he was recovering from heart surgery. During his recovery, he played a piano whose keys lit up, indicating which keys to touch to play along with the background music. Soon he was playing tunes and noticing something strange. “I was searching for my pain.” He says of his experience, “but it was gone.”
While Haro's experience provides an evidence of the power of music to relieve pain, scientific research has proven music also helps patients with Alzheimer's disease and arthritis.
In addition, music therapy helps premature babies. Doctors are tapping into a powerful way to teach premature babies that haven’t yet learned how to suck. Doctors use a device that comforts the babies by playing music when they suck on a pacifier（奶嘴）. Soon the babies learn to suck in return for music, gaining weight faster and going home earlier than those who do not use the device.
Even perfectly healthy people are discovering the power of music to calm and heal. Drum circles attract people who find stress relief in beating out rhythms. While music is not a cure-all, it does make life a little easier

  1. 1.

    In the first paragraph, the underlined phrase “ tapping into “ can be replaced by “_________”

    1. A.
      discussing on
    2. B.
      looking for
    3. C.
      showing interest in
    4. D.
      making use of
  2. 2.

    According to the passage, Jose Haro_______________

    1. A.
      went through an obvious effect of music on his recovery
    2. B.
      was asked to play the piano with the background music
    3. C.
      felt no pain in his surgery because of music therapy
    4. D.
      recovered from heart disease completely
  3. 3.

    From the passage, we know_________________

    1. A.
      music can prevent people from suffering from arthritis
    2. B.
      Garcia found much comfort in music according to his mom
    3. C.
      musicians cured many soldiers after each of the two world wars
    4. D.
      the more music they listen to, the faster premature babies gain weight
  4. 4.

    What is the best title for this passage?

    1. A.
      Music to Patient Ears
    2. B.
      Music Popular in Hospitals
    3. C.
      Musicians Work with Doctors
    4. D.
      People's life Benefits from Music

Last month, students from one hundred and three universities in eighty-eight countries took part in an international computer programming contest, which took place in Harbin, China. Three-person teams from each school had five hours to solve eleven real world problems.
The students first listed the problems in order of difficulty. Then they figured out the requirements of each. They designed ways to test their solutions. And they wrote the needed software systems. Even the winning team from Shanghai Jiaotong University in China was not able to solve all the problems within the given limit. Stanford’s team solved five problems and finished in fourteenth place. Stanford was one of twenty-one American universities that took part in the contest this year.
The official name of the Battle of the Brains is the ACM International Collegiate Contest. The first final competition was held in 1977 at the Association for Computer Machinery Computer Science Conference. Today, a network of universities holds area competitions that send the winners to the world finals, now organized by IBM.
Contest spokesman Dong Heintzman says the world champions receive prizes and scholarships. They are also guaranteed an offer of employment or internship(实习) with IBM. He said, “We have had past world champions that IBM has gone and employed in our Zurich research laboratory and are now working on some of the leading edge materials in science and physics. We have a world finalist from China who’s been working on the Watson Supercomputer that in the near future will be playing Jeopardy(一种超级计算机名称)against the best Jeopardy players in the world. So this competition is an opportunity to be recognized and to be recruited(招聘) by some of the top technology and research firms around the world.”

  1. 1.

    From the first paragraph we can figure out there were _______ programmers taking part in the contest

    1. A.
      3
    2. B.
      88
    3. C.
      246
    4. D.
      a lot of
  2. 2.

    From the last paragraph we know that ______.

    1. A.
      the winners will be offered a job in IBM
    2. B.
      this contest provides a chance for the universities
    3. C.
      this competition is held every four years
    4. D.
      many big companies are short of programmers
  3. 3.

    What is the best title of this passage?

    1. A.
      The Best Top Contest
    2. B.
      The Battle of the Brains
    3. C.
      The Difficult Competition
    4. D.
      Courage and Wisdom Needed

When I was going home to India last year, I called up my mother to ask if she wanted anything from China.
When India had not opened up its markets to the world, I carried suitcase loads of dark glasses and jeans. Thankfully, we can get all these anywhere in India now.
Still, her answer surprised me: “Green tea.”
As long as I can remember she didn’t even drink Indian tea.
I dutifully bought a big packet of Longjing and headed home to hear the story. My mother and her brother, both regular newspaper readers, believed that Chinese green tea was the wonder drug for all illnesses.
At the turn of the century, China was not really familiar to the average Indian. It was a strange country.
How things change! And how soon!
Now every town of any size seems to have a “China Market”. And everyone is talking about China.
The government of India has planned to send a team to China to see how things are done. A minister once said that India must open the doors for more foreign investment (投资) and such a step would “work wonders as it did for China”.
But it’s a two-way street. I just heard about a thousand Shenzhen office workers who have gone to Rangalore to train in software. Meanwhile, all the IT majors are setting up a strong presence in China.
No wonder that trade, which was only in the millions just ten years ago, is expected to hit about US 数学公式20 billion by 2012, a goal set by both governments.
No wonder, my colleague wrote some weeks ago about this being the Sino-Indian (中国和印度的) century as the two countries started on January 1st the Sino-Indian Friendship Year.
But what is still a wonder to me is my mother’s drinking Chinese tea

  1. 1.

    Why did the mother ask for Chinese green tea?

    1. A.
      She was tired of Indian tea
    2. B.
      She had a son working in China
    3. C.
      She believed it had a curing effect
    4. D.
      She was fond of Chinese products
  2. 2.

    What does the author mean by “it’s a two-way street” in Paragraph 10?

    1. A.
      China and India have different traffic rules
    2. B.
      Tea trade works wonders in both India and China
    3. C.
      Chinese products are popular in both China and India
    4. D.
      There are exchanges between India and China
  3. 3.

    What do we know about the Indian IT industry?

    1. A.
      It is seeking further development in China
    2. B.
      It will move its head office to Shenzhen
    3. C.
      It has attracted an investment of US $15 billion
    4. D.
      It caught up with the US IT industry in 2008
  4. 4.

    In the text the author expresses _______

    1. A.
      his concern for his mother’s health
    2. B.
      his support for drinking Chinese green tea
    3. C.
      his surprise at China’s recent development
    4. D.
      his wonder at the growth of India’s IT industry
  5. 5.

    It is inferred in the text that _______

    1. A.
      the author’s mother loves China very much
    2. B.
      the Indians were not familiar with China before
    3. C.
      the government of India encourages their people to buy Chinese green tea
    4. D.
      the two countries didn’t cooperate until last year

---Why did the teacher get angry? 

--- ______ what we had done the day before.


  1. A.
    Because
  2. B.
    Since
  3. C.
    As
  4. D.
    Because of
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