Living in a modern society with more and more out-of-date but still useful computers, many people have to face such a troubling problem: How to deal with those old computers? Some old ones are put away in homes. Many more are just thrown out with the rubbish.
Don’t worry! Some companies are coming up with new ways to cut the number of old computers. Sony, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and other companies now agree to take back some old computers.
In some countries, there are laws about what to do with old computers. By law, computer companies will have to pay for collecting and recycling their used products. And 70% of computer waste must be recycled. The idea behind the laws is that computer companies themselves should pay the cost. That will encourage them to make computers that are easier and cheaper to repair and upgrade（升级）.
While many people are throwing away good computers, others cannot afford them at all. Hundreds of organizations（组织）are working to solve this problem. They collect and repair old computers before sending them to schools, charities（慈善团体）and people who need them. In this way, we can turn one person's rubbish into someone else's useful things-and cut down on waste.

1.
What do many people do with old computers?
1. A.
  They sell them to others
2. B.
  They try to repair them
3. C.
  They give them to others
4. D.
  They stop using them
2.
According to laws in some countries mentioned in the passage, computer companies must______.
1. A.
  recycle most of their products
2. B.
  make their computers cheaper
3. C.
  repair and upgrade old computers
4. D.
  collect all their used products
3.
The last paragraph mainly tells us that hundreds of organizations are working to ______.
1. A.
  help the computer companies to collect old ones
2. B.
  repair old ones and send them to whoever needs them
3. C.
  advise people not to throw away good computers
4. D.
  encourage people to turn rubbish into useful things
4.
What is the main idea of this passage?
1. A.
  How to repair old computers
2. B.
  Avoid producing too many computers
3. C.
  Encourage to recycle old computers
4. D.
  How to turn rubbish into useful things

The meaning of the word “volunteer ” may be a little different in different countries, but it usually means “one who offers his or her services（服务）.” there are many different ways in which people can volunteer, such as taking care of sick people, working in homes for homeless children, and picking up garbage(垃圾) from beaches and parks. Volunteers may work within their own countries or in other countries. They are often people with a strong wish to help those who are less fortunate than themselves. Volunteers don’t expect any kind of pay.
Tracy, a good friend of mine, recently came back from India with a new idea of what being a volunteer means. She worked for two and a half weeks in one of mother Teresa’s homes in Calcutta. The following is her story.
“I worked for sick people. I helped wash clothes and sheets, and pass out lunch. To be honest, I don’t think I was helping very much. It was then that I realized that I had not really come to help, but to learn about and experience another culture(文化) that helped improve my own understanding of life and the world.”

1.
According to the text, a volunteer refers to a person who ______.
1. A.
  is willing to help those in need without pay
2. B.
  can afford to travel to different places
3. C.
  has a strong wish to be successful
4. D.
  has made a lot of money in life
2.
Tracy started her work as a volunteer ______.
1. A.
  after she met mother Teresa
2. B.
  after she finished high school
3. C.
  when she was touring Calcutta
4. D.
  when she was working in a hospital
3.
Why did Tracy choose to be a volunteer?
1. A.
  she liked to work with mother Teresa
2. B.
  she had already had some experience
3. C.
  she was asked by mother Teresa
4. D.
  she wanted to follow mother Teresa’s example
4.
What is Tracy’s “new idea” (paragraph 2) of being a volunteer?
1. A.
  going abroad to help the sick
2. B.
  working in mother Teresa’s home
3. C.
  doing simple things to help the poor
4. D.
  improving oneself through helping others

Waller was a liked-by-all fellow full of fun who often went to coffee houses to tell people interesting stories, of which some even brought him some money. One day, asked by an office secretary who told Waller that his boss was a never-seen before serious man and he never even smiled. Waller would tell a most funny story. “Well, sir,” Waller said before he began the story, “What will be given in return of my success?”“＄100,”replied the secretary. “I haven’t seen him have a bright face since I worked in his office.”
“Then let’s make it.” Waller went to the man’s table and whispered to him, “Please tell your boss that the funny man Waller’s hen gave birth to a baby.”
Three days later a letter reached Mr. Waller in which were ＄100 and a piece of yellow paper with the words, “Mr. Waller, you have succeeded—When I repeated your ＄100-worth sentence, my boss burst into frightening laughter, saying that whoever has managed to make him laugh during the business hours will get dismissed!”

1.
The secretary asked Waller for a most funny story because he ______.
1. A.
  was tired of his boss seriousness
2. B.
  tried to please his serious boss with it
3. C.
  wanted to improve his working conditions
4. D.
  wanted to see his boss' laughing face
2.
Saying "Let's make it," Waller______．
1. A.
  was sure of his success
2. B.
  thought of nothing but the 100-dollar return
3. C.
  knew that his hen had really given a birth to a baby
4. D.
  wondered whether he could make the boss smile or not
3.
Which of the following ends is true according to the passage?
1. A.
  The boss was never so strict with the secretary from then on．
2. B.
  The secretary lost his job in office．
3. C.
  The secretary dare not make his boss laugh any longer．
4. D.
  Mr．Waller was dismissed at last．
4.
Which sentence can describe the theme of the story?
1. A.
  Things Went Opposite to Wishes
2. B.
  Satisfying Both Sides
3. C.
  Killing Two Birds with One Stone
4. D.
  Either Is in His Proper Place

Before I started school, people felt that 1 was not going to be successful．At the age of four I started speech lessons because basically I could not speak well enough for anyone to understand me．The story goes downhill from here．
The first grade was a struggle．I not only had difficulty speaking, but also felt nervous about the fact that I was expected to learn to read and I just couldn't do it．The second grade was not much better．I still struggled with the inability to read．It was in the third grade that the school district built a new school close to my home．I remember going there with my parents and helping to get the school ready so that we could move to the new one．However, things were still not much better as far as my schooling was concerned and did not get better for the next two years．
It was in the fifth grade．Mrs．Wakefield was my teacher, and if ever there was a teacher that deserved a gold star, it was her．She did not make me feel defeated．On the contrary, she did her best to let me know that I could be whatever I wanted to be．And that is just what I did．
For the past 22 years, I have been a fifth grade teacher．Because of Mrs．Wakefield's influence on my life, I am now encouraging students who have had difficulties in their lives to believe that they can overcome any difficulty and become someone．I have won numerous awards up to now, such as Teacher of the Year．I owe it all to one fifth grade teacher who believed in me and challenged me to be all that I could be．

1.
The writer ______ when he was in the third grade．
1. A.
  did better in reading
2. B.
  began speech lessons
3. C.
  went to a new school
4. D.
  received a high award
2.
We can learn from the passage that the writer ______．
1. A.
  is a very successful teacher now
2. B.
  thinks teaching is a challenging job
3. C.
  has solved problems with his own effort
4. D.
  works in the same school with Mrs．Wakefield
3.
What is the writer's purpose in writing the passage?
1. A.
  To express his devotion to his work．
2. B.
  To show his respect to a special teacher．
3. C.
  To share his teaching experience with us．
4. D.
  To tell us his story of overcoming difficulties．

Tokyo: The world’s oldest man, retired Japanese silkworm breeder Yukichi Chuganji, died in his home at the age of 114, on Monday. Family members found him dead on his mattress. Born on March 23, 1889, Chuganji worked as a silkworm breeder and bank employee after leaving school. He also served as a community welfare(福利) officer. He had been in god health, talking daily with his family members.
Washington: Every American dislikes people who talk on cell phones while driving, even those who do that kind of act. In the State of New Jersey, 84 percent of 968 cell phone owners said in recent telephone survey that they would support a state ban(禁令) on the use of cell phones while driving. However, 42 percent of cell phone owners also said they used the devices “very often” or “sometimes” while driving. Although most agree that the banning is good, only 38 percent believed such a ban would be easy to enforce(实施).
New York: A woman in the US who was being attacked by a dog said she was saved from further harm when her 13-year-old daughter distracted the dog by screaming “You want a piece of me?” and kicked it repeatedly in the head. Jane Howell said she and her daughter, Elizabeth, were taking a walk around the neighborhood on Saturday evening when they came across he big dog, unchained

1.
The main idea of the second news is _____
1. A.
  most Americans don’t like cell phone
2. B.
  a ban on the use of cell phones has been made
3. C.
  few people use cell phones while driving
4. D.
  using cell phones while driving will be banned because most Americans don’t like it
2.
The woman in the US ____
1. A.
  was not harmed by the dog
2. B.
  raised the dog, which attacked her later
3. C.
  was protected from being seriously hurt by her daughter
4. D.
  had escaped when her daughter was kicking the dog
3.
From the news we can infer ____
1. A.
  Chuganji was living alone when he died
2. B.
  the woman’s 13-year-old daughter was very brave
3. C.
  cell phones are not good devices
4. D.
  it’s easy to enforce the ban the use of cell phones while driving

If you look for a book as a present for a child, you will be spoiled for choice even in a year when there is no new Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling’s wizard is not alone: the past decade has been a harvest for good children’s books, which has set off a large quantity of films and in turn led to increased sales of classics such as The Lord of the Rings.
Yet despite that, reading is increasingly unpopular among children. According to statistics, in 1997 23% said they didn’t like reading at all. In 2003, 35% did. And around 6% of children leave primary school each year unable to read properly.
Maybe the decline is caused by the increasing availability（可利用性）of computer games. Maybe the books boom（繁荣）has affected only the top of the educational pile. Either way, Chancellor Gordon Brown plans to change things for the bottom of the class. In his pre-budget（预算） report, he announced the national project of Reading Recovery to help the children struggling most.
Reading Recovery is aimed at six-year-olds, who receive four months of individual daily half- hour classes with a specially trained teacher. An evaluation earlier this year reported that children on the scheme made 20 months’ progress in just one year, whereas similarly weak readers without special help made just five months’ progress, and so ended the year even further below the level expected for their age.
International research tends to find that when British children leave primary school they read well, but read less – often for fun than those elsewhere. Reading for fun matters because children who are keen on（热衷） reading can expect lifelong pleasure and loving books is an excellent indicator（指示物）of future educational success. According to the OECD, being a regular and enthusiastic reader is of great advantage

1.
Which of the following is true of Paragraph 1?
1. A.
  Many children’s books have been adapted from films
2. B.
  Many high-quality children’s books have been published
3. C.
  The sales of classics have led to the popularity of films
4. D.
  The sales of presents for children have increased
2.
Statistics suggested that ______.
1. A.
  the number of top students increased with the use of computers
2. B.
  a decreasing number of children showed interest in reading
3. C.
  a minority of primary school children read properly
4. D.
  a large percentage of children read regularly
3.
What do we know about Reading Recovery?
1. A.
  An education of it will be made sometime this year
2. B.
  Weak readers on the project were the most hardworking
3. C.
  It aims to train special teachers to help children with reading
4. D.
  Children on the project showed noticeable progress in reading
4.
Reading for fun is important because book-loving children ______.
1. A.
  takes greater advantage of the project
2. B.
  shows the potential to enjoy a long life
3. C.
  is likely to succeed in their education
4. D.
  would make excellent future researchers
5.
The aim of this text would probably be ______.
1. A.
  to overcome primary school pupils’ reading difficulty
2. B.
  to encourage the publication of more children’s books
3. C.
  to remind children of the importance of reading for fun
4. D.
  to introduce a way to improve early childhood reading

My father and I were very close. I loved pleasing him, and he was always proud of my success. If I won a spelling contest(竞赛) at school, he was on top of the world. Later in life whenever I got a promotion(提升), I'd call my father right away and he'd rush out to tell all his friends. In 1970,when I was named president of the Ford Motor Company, I don't know which of us was more excited.
Like many native Italians, my parents were very open with their feelings and their loves not only at home, but also in public. Most of my friends would never hug(拥抱) their fathers. But I hugged and kissed my dad at every opportunity for nothing could have felt more natural.
He was a curious man who was always trying new things. He was the first person in Allentown to buy a motorcycle. Unfortunately, my father and his motorcycle didn't get along too well. He fell off it so often that he got rid of it just a month after buying it. As a result, he never again trusted any vehicle with less than four wheels.
Because of that motorcycle, I wasn't allowed to have a bicycle when I was growing up. Whenever I wanted to ride a bike, I had to borrow one from a friend. On the other hand, my father let me drive a car as soon as I turned sixteen

1.
I hugged and kissed my father at every opportunity,______.
1. A.
  even though I hated to do so
2. B.
  because I was told to do so by my mother
3. C.
  as I was named president of the Ford Motor company
4. D.
  for I felt it quite natural to do so
2.
My father trusted no vehicle with less than four wheels because ______.
1. A.
  he did not like the way I always borrowed bicycles from friends
2. B.
  he thought that cars were faster than motorcycles
3. C.
  he liked every new model made by the Ford Motor company
4. D.
  he had trouble in riding his motorcycle
3.
Which of the following statements shows that my father was a curious man?
1. A.
  I wasn't allowed to have a car when I was growing up
2. B.
  He was the first person in town to buy a motorcycle
3. C.
  He was always proud of my success
4. D.
  He was very open with his feelings and his love
4.
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
1. A.
  My father loved his motorcycle. He rode through the dirty streets of Allentown every day
2. B.
  I was not allowed to have a bicycle when I was growing up, but when I was just 16 I was allowed to drive a car
3. C.
  My father was always proud of what I did. He was very pleased when I won a spelling contest at school
4. D.
  My father bought a motorcycle, but got rid of it because he fell off it so often

Arthur Miller (1915—2005) is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century. Miller's father had moved to the USA from Austria-Hungary, drawn like so many others by the “Great American Dream”. However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early 1930s.
　　Miller's most famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a powerful attack on the American system, with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth. In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into trouble with this system. Willy is “burnt out” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment: if he can't do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the Wagner Company, and he must go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.
　　When it was first staged in 1949, the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews, and it won the Tony Award for Best Play, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.
　　Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, on the evening of February 10, 2005, the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway

1.
Why did Arthur Miller's father move to the USA?
1. A.
  He suffered from severe hunger in his home country
2. B.
  He was attracted by the “Great American Dream.”
3. C.
  He hoped to make his son a dramatist
4. D.
  His family business failed
2.
What can we learn about Willy Loman?
1. A.
  He treats his employer badly
2. B.
  He runs the Wagner Company
3. C.
  He is a victim of the American system
4. D.
  He is regarded as a hero by his colleagues
3.
After it was first staged, Death of a Salesman______.
1. A.
  achieved huge success
2. B.
  won the first Tony Award
3. C.
  was warmly welcomed by salesmen
4. D.
  was severely attacked by dramatists
4.
What is the text mainly about?
1. A.
  Arthur Miller and his family
2. B.
  The awards Arthur Miller won
3. C.
  The hardship Arthur Miller experienced
4. D.
  Arthur Miller and his best-known play

Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time; if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way, children learn to do all the other things without being taught to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle…They compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake. If it is a matter in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time in such routine(日常的) work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer. Let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what he does not know

1.
According to the passage, the best way for children to learn things is by______.
1. A.
  listening to skilled people’s advice
2. B.
  asking older people many questions
3. C.
  making mistakes and having them corrected
4. D.
  doing what other people do
2.
Which of the following does the writer think teachers should NOT do?
1. A.
  Give children correct answers
2. B.
  Allow children to mark mistakes
3. C.
  Point out children’s mistakes to them
4. D.
  Let children mark their own work
3.
According to the writer, teachers in school should______.
1. A.
  allow children to learn from each other
2. B.
  point out children’s mistakes whenever found
3. C.
  correct children’s mistakes as soon as possible
4. D.
  give children more book knowledge
4.
The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are______.
1. A.
  different from learning other skills
2. B.
  the same as learning skills
3. C.
  more important than other skills
4. D.
  not really important skills
5.
The title of this passage could probably be______.
1. A.
  Let Us Teachers Stop Work
2. B.
  Let Us Make Children Learn
3. C.
  Let Children Correct Their Exercises
4. D.
  Let Children Learn by Themselves

THE BRONTE FAMILY
Yorkshire, England was the setting for two great novels of the 19th century. One of them is Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte.
The Bronte family had three girls and a boy. Charlotte was born in 1816, Emily was born in 1818 and Anne in 1820. Their brother Branwell was born in 1817. The children wrote and told stories and walked over the hills. They grew up largely self-educated. Branwell showed a great interest in drawing. The girls took positions as teachers or taught children in their homes. The girls were determined to earn money for Branwell's art education.
As children, the girls had all written many stories. Charlotte alone wrote 22 books, each with 60 to 100 pages of small handwriting. Therefore, they turned to writing for income. By 1847, Charlotte had written The Professor; Emily, Wuthering Heights; and Anne, Agnes Grey. After much difficulty, Anne and Emily found a publisher (出版商), but there was no interest shown in Charlotte's book. ( It was not published until 1859. ) However, one publisher expressed an interest in seeing more of her work. Jane Eyre was already started, and she hurriedly finished it. It was accepted at once; thus each of the sisters had a book published in 1847.
Jane Eyre was immediately successful; the other two, however, did not do so well. Emily lived only a short while after the publication of her book, and Anne died in 1849.
Charlotte published Shirley in 1849, and Villette in 1853. In 1854 she married Arthur Bell Nicholls. But only a year later, she died of tuberculosis (肺结核) as her sisters had

1.
What did the Bronte sisters want to do for Branwell Bronte?
1. A.
  Help him write stories
2. B.
  Help him get trained in art
3. C.
  Teach him how to draw well
4. D.
  Teach him how to educate himself
2.
We know from the text that
1. A.
  Jane Eyre was published in 1847
2. B.
  Charlotte Bronte wrote 22 books in all
3. C.
  the Bronte sisters received good education
4. D.
  the father helped his daughters with their writing
3.
The underlined words "the other two" in Paragraph 4 refer to ________
1. A.
  Shirley and Villette
2. B.
  The Professor and Agnes Grey
3. C.
  Agnes Grey and Wuthering Heights
4. D.
  The Professor and Wuthering Heights
4.
What do we know about the Bronte sisters from the text?
1. A.
  Their novels interested few publishers
2. B.
  None of them lived longer than 40 years
3. C.
  Emily was the least successful of the three
4. D.
  None of them had more than two books published

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What do many people do with old computers?

According to laws in some countries mentioned in the passage, computer companies must______.

The last paragraph mainly tells us that hundreds of organizations are working to ______.

What is the main idea of this passage?

According to the text, a volunteer refers to a person who ______.

Tracy started her work as a volunteer ______.

Why did Tracy choose to be a volunteer?

What is Tracy’s “new idea” (paragraph 2) of being a volunteer?

The secretary asked Waller for a most funny story because he ______.

Saying "Let's make it," Waller______．

Which of the following ends is true according to the passage?

Which sentence can describe the theme of the story?

The writer ______ when he was in the third grade．

We can learn from the passage that the writer ______．

What is the writer's purpose in writing the passage?

The main idea of the second news is _____

The woman in the US ____

From the news we can infer ____

Which of the following is true of Paragraph 1?

Statistics suggested that ______.

What do we know about Reading Recovery?

Reading for fun is important because book-loving children ______.

The aim of this text would probably be ______.

I hugged and kissed my father at every opportunity,______.

My father trusted no vehicle with less than four wheels because ______.

Which of the following statements shows that my father was a curious man?

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

Why did Arthur Miller's father move to the USA?

What can we learn about Willy Loman?

After it was first staged, Death of a Salesman______.

What is the text mainly about?

According to the passage, the best way for children to learn things is by______.

Which of the following does the writer think teachers should NOT do?

According to the writer, teachers in school should______.

The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are______.

The title of this passage could probably be______.

What did the Bronte sisters want to do for Branwell Bronte?

We know from the text that

The underlined words "the other two" in Paragraph 4 refer to ________

What do we know about the Bronte sisters from the text?

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