It's the end of class. When the bell rings, students of Luohu Foreign Languages School in Shenzhen quickly take out their cell phones. They want to log on to their micro blogs（微博） to check the interesting things that have happened in the last hour.
Since last year, thetrend of micro blogging has swept the country. Recent surveys shows that most students in middle schools have a micro blog and some even update their blogs over five times per day.
"We learn many fresh and interesting things on micro blogs and they have become popular topics in class," said Andy Liang, 14. "If you do not know about them, you are out."
It is also a great place for students to let out stress. "My parents always ask me to study hard, and encourage me before exams, but it really adds pressure," said Simon Zhang, 15. "When I share these feelings on my micro blog, I get many replies from friends in the same situation, which makes me feel better."
But parents are worried that micro blogging could be a waste of time. Some misleading messages may even cause danger to kids, they said.
Mr. Shen, a professor at the China Education Association, suggests parents not worry too much as long as kids are not crazy about micro blogging. Maybe it can become a window for parents to understand their children. "If parents can read their children's micro blogs, they'll know their thoughts, thus leading to better communication and solutions to problems," he said. He also gives some tips for kids.
-Don't micro blog for more than one hour a day.
-Never micro blog in class.
-Try to talk face to face with people from time to time.
-Be critical(批判性的). Don't trust all the messages on a micro blog

  1. 1.

    Students log on to their micro blogs to           

    1. A.
      check the things
    2. B.
      write articles
    3. C.
      listen to music
    4. D.
      call their parents
  2. 2.

    Micro blog made Simon      when he shared his feelings and got replies on his micro blog

    1. A.
      feel sad
    2. B.
      let out stress
    3. C.
      add pressure
    4. D.
      make friends
  3. 3.

    We can know from Mr. Shen that micro blogging can           

    1. A.
      make kids crazy while logging on to it
    2. B.
      bring a lot of misleading messages
    3. C.
      become a window to understand young kids
    4. D.
      lead to worse communication
  4. 4.

    Don't micro blog for           a day.

    1. A.
      more than one hour
    2. B.
      less than one hour
    3. C.
      one hour
    4. D.
      more than two hours
  5. 5.

    Which is Wrong ?

    1. A.
      Never micro blog in class
    2. B.
      They'll know their thoughts through micro blog
    3. C.
      Trust all the messages on a micro blog
    4. D.
      Be critical(批判性的)

Danielle Steel,America’s sweetheart,is one of the hardest working women in the book business.Unlike other productive authors who write one book at a time,she can work on up to five.Her research alone before writing takes at least three years.Once she has fully studied her subjects,ready to dive into a book,she can spend twenty hours nonstop at her desk.
Danielle Steel comes from New York and was sent to France for her education.After graduation,she worked in the public relations and advertising industries.Later she started a job as a writer which she was best fit for.Her achievements are unbelievable:390 million copies of books in print,nearly fifty New York Times best-selling novels, and a series of “Max and Martha” picture books for children to help them deal with the real-life problems of death,new hobbies and new schools. Her 1998 book about the death of her son shot to the top of the New York Times best-selling list as soon as it came out.Twenty-eight of her books have been made into films.She is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for one of her books being the Times best-seller for 381 weeks straight.
Not content with a big house,a loving family,and a view of the Golden Gate Bridge, Danielle Steel considers her readers to be the most important resource(资源) and has kept in touch with them by e-mail.While she is often compared to the heroines(女主人公) of her own invention,her life is undoubtedly much quieter.But,if she does have anything in common with them,it is her strength of will and her inimitable style.There is only one Danielle Steel

  1. 1.

    Danielle Steel is different from other writers in that        

    1. A.
      she can write several books at the same time
    2. B.
      she often does some research before writing a book
    3. C.
      she is one of the most popular American women writers
    4. D.
      she can keep writing for quite a long time without a break
  2. 2.

    Children who have read “Max and Martha” picture books may know        

    1. A.
      how to deal with affairs at school
    2. B.
      what to do if Max and Martha die
    3. C.
      what to do when new babies are born into their families
    4. D.
      how to solve the difficult problems in their writing classes
  3. 3.

    One of Danielle Steel’ achievements is that        

    1. A.
      some TV plays were based on her books
    2. B.
      her picture books attracted a lot of young men
    3. C.
      one of her books became a best-seller in 1998
    4. D.
      she wrote the Guinness Book of World Records
  4. 4.

    We can learn from the passage that Danielle Steel           

    1. A.
      lives an exciting life
    2. B.
      values her readers a lot
    3. C.
      writes about quiet women
    4. D.
      is pleased with her achievements
  5. 5.

    What does the underlined word “inimitable” mean?

    1. A.
      hardworking
    2. B.
      attractive
    3. C.
      strange
    4. D.
      unique

On a hot African morning, Leila was lying on her stomach and an elephant was walking towards her. Leila waited. Then she pushed the button on her camera. “And I got my best photo of an elephant ever, by lying under my car,” Leila explained. “I wanted to get close to the elephants, but of course this was dangerous; they had their babies with them. So every morning I used to park my car in the open near the path (小道). They used to take the same path every morning when they left the water hole. After a week, they were used to seeing my car. So the next morning, I lay under it and got my photo!”
Many of the best wildlife photos come from good planning. In Africa, photographers set up their hides (隐匿处) near water holes. They also set up hides near forest paths, as animals use the same paths every night. For bird-watching, many lakes have hides. Inside the hides, bird-watchers can watch all day in the shade (荫处) out of the wind and rain.
Good wildlife photos are needed for books, postcards, magazines and newspapers. But a success rate of 1 in 20 is good.

  1. 1.

    Why did Leila lie under her car on the stomach?

    1. A.
      Because she wanted to sleep
    2. B.
      Because she wanted to take photos but was afraid of the animals
    3. C.
      Because it’s easy to see the elephants
    4. D.
      Because it’s very comfortable
  2. 2.

    How can photograpers take good photos?

    1. A.
      By making good preparation
    2. B.
      By going into the forest at night
    3. C.
      By walking around the holes
    4. D.
      By going to the nearest lake
  3. 3.

    Which of the following statements is right according to the passage?

    1. A.
      All animals go to water holes at night
    2. B.
      Lakes are good places for bird-watching
    3. C.
      Leila used her car to prevent the sunshine
    4. D.
      Animaals pay no attention to photographers
  4. 4.

    What can we know from the underlined sentence?

    1. A.
      The successf rate of taking wildlife photos is 50% at most
    2. B.
      Photographers who take wildlife photos need more practice
    3. C.
      To take good wildlife photos is not difficult
    4. D.
      It’s hard to take good wildlife photos

In a mountainous area of Brazil, there is a kind of beautiful butterfly which can kill men. If people meet them, they will come down in great quantities to bite and kill, sucking blood and flesh through the wounds they cause.
In June, 1966, a boy named Marl Andre who went into the mountains in search of butterfly specimens (标本) was killed by these butterflies. A country boy saw him when he was just about to catch a butterfly. Suddenly thousands of butterflies came down upon him, covering him all over. The boy struggled and cried as he tried to free himself from their attack. Finally he fell senseless to the ground. Police examined his body and proved that he had died of bites by butterflies.
In New Guinea, there is a kind of needlefish which also kills men. Needlefish likes light. At night, it will swim near the lights of fishing boats, then suddenly shoot out of water like an arrow to its target, and force its 3-inch sharp mouth into a human body. Of-ten people are thrust in the eye, or through the chest or stomach, resulting in death. Sometimes it will even attack the people in a fishing boat in broad daylight.
About 10 persons in the world are killed by sharks every year, yet more than 240 people are killed by needlefish every year

  1. 1.

    From the passage, we know that ______

    1. A.
      butterflies are living in the mountains
    2. B.
      all butterflies like sucking blood and eating fish
    3. C.
      the butterflies in a certain part of Brazil can kill men
    4. D.
      the more beautiful a butterfly is, the more dangerous it is
  2. 2.

    Mari Andre was killed when he ______

    1. A.
      went to Brazil
    2. B.
      tried to catch a butterfly
    3. C.
      entered the mountains
    4. D.
      raised a net
  3. 3.

    Needlefish comes out ______

    1. A.
      sometimes at night
    2. B.
      both at night and in the daytime
    3. C.
      only when boats appear
    4. D.
      usually in the daytime
  4. 4.

    According to the story, each year needlefish kills ______

    1. A.
      twice more than sharks do
    2. B.
      about 10 more persons than sharks do
    3. C.
      24 times more persons than sharks do
    4. D.
      fewer persons than sharks do
  5. 5.

    The best title for the passage is ______

    1. A.
      Brazil Home of Dangerous Butterflies
    2. B.
      Killer Butterflies and Needlefish
    3. C.
      New Guinea—No Fit to Live in
    4. D.
      Deaths Caused by Butterflies and Needlefish

Some years ago industries had more freedom than they have now, and they did not need to be as careful as they must today. They did not need to worry a lot about the safety of the new products that they developed. They did not have to pay much attention to the health and safety of the people who worked for them. Often new products were dangerous for the people who used them; often conditions in the work place had very bad effects on the health of the workers.
Of course sometimes there were real disasters which attracted the attention of governments and which showed the need for changes. Also scientists who were doing research into the health of workers sometimes produced information which governments could not ignore. At such times, they inquire into the causes of the disasters or the problems. New safety rules were often introduced as a result of these inquiries; however. the new rules came too late to protect the people who died or who became seriously ill.
Today many governments have special departments which protect customers and workers．In the U.S, for example, there is a department which tests new airplanes and gives warnings about possible problems. It also makes the rules that aircraft producers must follow. Another department controls the foods and drugs that companies sell. A third department looks at the places where people work. and then reports any companies that are breaking the laws which protect the health and safety of workers. Of course, new government departments and new laws cannot prevent every accident or illness. but they are having some good results. Our work places are safer and cleaner than before. The planes and cars which we use for travel are better. Producers are thinking more about the safety and health of the people who buy and use their products

  1. 1.

    The main topic of the passage is ___________________________________________

    1. A.
      conditions in the work place
    2. B.
      the freedom of industries in the past
    3. C.
      changes in industrial production
    4. D.
      the safety and health of workers and customers
  2. 2.

    It can be inferred from the passage that in the past __________________________

    1. A.
      workers often got ill because of the poor working conditions
    2. B.
      companies were free to put out any products they wanted to
    3. C.
      many people were killed by dangerous products
    4. D.
      industries were as careful in management as they are today
  3. 3.

    It is implied (暗示) in the passage that ________________________________________

    1. A.
      governments and companies had different opinions about the safety of products
    2. B.
      governments paid little attention to the safety of products
    3. C.
      government officials often did not listen to scientists
    4. D.
      in the past no safety laws were introduced by governments

People often hear each others' voices without ever seeing the faces they belong to. "Nowadays we are talking away on the phone without meeting people," says Seung-Jae Moon. And from business conference calls to chat lines, people often imagine they would recognize the speaker if they saw him or her. Seung-Jae Moon, a linguist of Korea found that, under certain conditions, they're actually right.
Moon decided to see just how close those mental pictures match up with reality and if there was any relation to how people speak rather than what they are saying. He recorded 16 Koreans, half men and half women, reading the same passage, and took a full-body photo and head shot of each speaker. Then he played the tapes for 361 Koreans and 173 Americans who did not speak Korean and asked his subjects to match up voice and picture. The Korean participants viewing full-body photos were quite perceptive. A majority linked 6 of the 8 women to the correct voice and did so for 5 of the 8 men. With the Korean group shown only faces, accuracy plummeted, but more than 20 percent of the subjects selected the same incorrect picture. The Americans showed no accuracy in matching the foreign voices to photos, but they too were consistent in their errors. That disconnection reveals conflicting ideas of physical and vocal beauty. Moon asked people to pick a favorite face and voice. Seventy percent of the Koreans picked one voice, but there was no agreement on a face. Americans didn' t agree on either count. And over 65 percent of both Koreans and Americans did not match their favorite face with their favorite voice.
Moon hopes to use software to break voices into components like pitch and hoarseness to narrow down which elements trigger certain mental pictures. "If we can map which characteristics of the voice triggers what kind of linage, and it doesn't matter whether that image is the right or wrong one of the actual speaker, then we can create an image through voice,' he says. That capacity could help to create computer-synthesized voices tailored to conjure up specific associations — audio books for children that inspire motherly visages, or warning alerts that bring to mind a stern police officer

  1. 1.

    People often think that they would ______ the speaker when they saw the speaker

    1. A.
      understand
    2. B.
      recognize
    3. C.
      like
    4. D.
      surprise
  2. 2.

    Moon decided to do the experiment to ______

    1. A.
      see how close mental pictures match up with reality
    2. B.
      how people speak
    3. C.
      see if there was any relation to how people speak rather than what they are saying
    4. D.
      both A and C
  3. 3.

    He asked ______ Korean women to speak and recorded their voices

    1. A.
      12
    2. B.
      16
    3. C.
      8
    4. D.
      10
  4. 4.

    ______ were more perceptive in recognizing full-body photos

    1. A.
      The Koreans
    2. B.
      The American women
    3. C.
      The Korean women
    4. D.
      The Americans
  5. 5.

    ______ percent of Koreans and Americans matched their favorite face with their favorite voice

    1. A.
      Less than 65
    2. B.
      Less than 35
    3. C.
      Over 65
    4. D.
      About 20

Babies are born yogis. Once we were all able to pull our toes up by our ears and laugh about it. Then we aged, got injured, and began carrying stress in our shoulders and back. In short, we lost our balance.
Yoga（瑜伽） is an ancient practice that helps create a sense of union in body, mind, and spirit. It brings us balance. I was seriously out of balance when I started practicing yoga in 1999. I had plantar facilities in both feet, and my doctor had warned me against all the things I loved to do: walking, hiking, and playing tennis. I was desperate for exercise. Yoga became my salvation and even enhanced my other fitness activities. I practice yoga at least twice a week, but I consider yoga to be part of my daily life because after a while you no longer just practice yoga—you love it.
Yoga becomes part of your physical life. Your body grows stronger, more toned, and more flexible as you move from one pose to the other. I spent a week in Mexico at a yoga retreat, and it was the first vacation on which I lost weight. “Rather than building muscle, yoga builds muscle tone,” says Shakta Kaur Khalsa, author of the K.I.S.S. Guide to Yoga. “Because yoga helps maintain a balanced metabolism (新陈代谢), it also helps to regulate weight. Additionally, yoga stretches muscles lengthwise, causing fat to be removed around the cells.” I do yoga poses throughout the day. After hours at my computer, I stretch my stiff shoulders and arms. When I need a boost of energy, I do energizing poses. When I am feeling exhausted at the end of the day, I do restorative poses.
Yoga becomes part of your mental life. Yoga teaches you to focus on breathing while you hold the poses. This attention to breath is calming; it dissolves stress and anxiety. I use yogic breathing on the tennis courts, in the dentist’s chair, and in traffic jams. You should always leave a yoga practice feeling energized, not tired. If you feel tired after yoga, it means you spent the time “fighting” yourself, trying to force yourself into poses. In yoga, you “surrender” to the pose by letting go of the tension.
Yoga becomes part of your spiritual life. Yoga is practiced by people from all religions; it is not restricted to any religious group. Yoga teaches “right” living in how we deal with ourselves and others. As I work on a difficult pose, I learn patience, forgiveness, and the value of gentleness. Yoga advocates proper eating, but you don’t have to be a vegetarian to practice yoga

  1. 1.

    What would be the best title for this passage?

    1. A.
      What’s Yoga?
    2. B.
      How I Do Yoga Poses
    3. C.
      The Benefits of Yoga
    4. D.
      The Varieties of Yoga
  2. 2.

    According to the third paragraph, yoga can help people __________

    1. A.
      grow taller
    2. B.
      lose weight
    3. C.
      become flexible in thinking
    4. D.
      make more friends
  3. 3.

    People feel tired after yoga because __________

    1. A.
      they consume energy in practicing yoga
    2. B.
      they respond well to yoga poses
    3. C.
      they spend too much time on yoga
    4. D.
      they force themselves into yoga poses
  4. 4.

    If this passage continues, what will the writer most probably write about in the next paragraph?

    1. A.
      Yoga as a means to keep fit
    2. B.
      Who may like yoga
    3. C.
      Popularity of yoga all over the world
    4. D.
      Encouraging people to do yoga

The blockbuster film Titanic has brought millions of dollars and thousands of people to the theaters and continues to touch people today in their homes. Why is this film so successful? It is a combination of many different things. Among these are many different elements. Looking at some of these elements will show how the director and others involved were able to create an emotionally charged movie that appealed to millions.
The film uses one thematic(主题的) element called - The Truth of Human Nature. The two main characters seem to represent noble people. Most of the other characters in the film are shown as non-tolerant, rude and cold-hearted people. The element of focusing on the two main characters' love and emotion seems symbolic of an ideal state.
There are also social problems addressed. This is done in a few different ways. The most noticeable way is that the lower class people remain locked in the basement as the ship goes down. Throughout Titanic, the lighting is very important. The poor, lower class people are always shown in very warm-coloured light that gives them a sense of life and happiness. On the other hand, the rich, upper class are always shown in a flat light portraying the feeling of hardness and coldness. By using these techniques, they show the issue of class segregation(种族隔离), and they create stereotypes. The main characters are able to break free of these stereotypes and be together. This is the solution to the segregation problem.
As you can see, Titanic took a lot of thinking and preparation to film in a manner that would create emotion and bring to the surface the issues and story of the great ship

  1. 1.

    The underlined word “blockbuster” in the first paragraph probably means “________”．

    1. A.
      something very successful
    2. B.
      a highly explosive bomb
    3. C.
      something worth a lot of money
    4. D.
      a touching story
  2. 2.

    In Titanic, the scene of the lower class people remaining locked in the basement as the ship goes down is used to ________

    1. A.
      criticize non-tolerant and cold-hearted rich people
    2. B.
      enlarge the scene of the film
    3. C.
      make the film more attractive
    4. D.
      emphasize the condition of the poor at that time
  3. 3.

    Why were different colours of light used in the film Titanic? ________

    1. A.
      They were used to show the difference between the rich and the poor
    2. B.
      The director was determined to achieve good visual effect
    3. C.
      The social status was represented by the color of light in the past
    4. D.
      The use of light was the main technique the director made use of
  4. 4.

    What can we infer from the passage? _________

    1. A.
      The segregation problem in the society can be solved by using the light
    2. B.
      Though love is the main theme of Titanic, it also reflects some social problems
    3. C.
      Because of the director's talents, the film Titanic achieved great success
    4. D.
      In the film Titanic there are two characters altogether
  5. 5.

    The writer mainly talks about ________ in this passage

    1. A.
      the process of shooting Titanic
    2. B.
      the leading actor and actress in Titanic
    3. C.
      the reasons why Titanic became a blockbuster film
    4. D.
      the outline of Titanic

One day, Jack threw some papers on my desk. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “Next time you want to change anything, ask me first,” he said, and left. I had made just one small change. But it’s not that I hadn’t been warned. My colleagues had said he was responsible for the resignations of the two previous secretaries. As the weeks went by, I came to look down on Jack.
After another of his episodes had left me in tears I stormed into his office. “what?” he said suddenly. “Jack, the way you’ve been treating me is wrong. I’ve never had anyone speak to me that way. As a professional, it’s wrong for me to allow it to continue,” I said. Jack smiled nervously, “Susan, I make you a promise that I will be a friend. I will treat you as you deserve to be treated, with respect and kindness.”
Jack avoided me the rest of the week, and never questioned my work again. I brought cookies to the office one day and left some on his desk. Another day I left a note: ”Hope your day is going great. ” Over the next few weeks, there were no more Jack episodes. One year later
I discovered I had breast cancer, and was scared. The statistics were not great for my long-term survival.
One day, however, Jack visited me in the hospital and silently handed me a bundle with several bulbs inside. “Tulips(郁金香),” he said. I smiled, not understanding. “If you plant them when you get home, they’ll come up next spring. I think you will be there to see them when they come up. Next spring you will see the colours I picked out for you.” Tears clouded my eyes and he left. I have seen those red and white striped（有条纹的） tulips push through the soil every spring for over ten years now. This past September the doctor declared me cured. At a moment when I was praying for just the right word, a man with very few words said all the right things. After all, that’s what friends do

  1. 1.

    Jack became angry that day because__________

    1. A.
      he was feeling unwell
    2. B.
      Susan had failed to keep his office clean
    3. C.
      he felt Susan changed too much about the papers
    4. D.
      Susan had changed something without his permission
  2. 2.

    Susan stormed into jack’s office to tell Jack that__________

    1. A.
      he wasn’t worthy of respect
    2. B.
      he should apologize to her right away
    3. C.
      she would treat him the way he treated her
    4. D.
      one should show others respect and kindness
  3. 3.

    Which of the following describes Susan?

    1. A.
      Moody but firm
    2. B.
      Shy and demanding
    3. C.
      Confident and friendly
    4. D.
      Tough and troublesome
  4. 4.

    From the passage, we can conclude that__________

    1. A.
      Jack cares about his employees
    2. B.
      Jack gets along well with his employees
    3. C.
      Jack is always particular about his work
    4. D.
      Jack doesn’t care about the feelings of others
  5. 5.

    We can infer from the passage that__________

    1. A.
      a friend in need is a friend in deed
    2. B.
      a few words can be as meaningful as many
    3. C.
      a friend who says little must be a good friend
    4. D.
      we must treat disrespectful people with disrespect

Hearing plays an important part in our everyday life, but few of us take the steps we need to protect our hearing.
It is easy to see how your hearing is under assault in today’s world. There are so many things to hear, and so many new instruments, like iPods and headphones, which can harm your hearing if used improperly. Keeping the volume(音量)to a reasonable level on an iPod or other portable listening instruments is one of the most important ways to protect your hearing. Another great way to keep your hearing protected is to avoid loud noises whenever possible. There are many loud noises from power tools to machinery, and it is important to avoid these noises as often as possible. When it is not possible to avoid them, keep your hearing protected by using earplugs(耳机).
If you think your hearing may have already been damaged by modern technology, it is important to have your hearing tested by a physician. Only such a professional will be able to measure your level of hearing loss and help you find the best solution to your hearing problem.
For those with hearing issues, the choices have never been greater. There are many excellent hearing aids on the market. Having a hearing aid can be a perfect choice for the young and the old alike, and many people who swore they would never wear a hearing aid find that they love the convenience and quality these instruments represent.
Never let an unimportant thing like vanity(虚荣) get in the way of treating a hearing problem. These days there are hearing aids that are nearly invisible to the naked eye, including a number of models that fit completely inside the ear. If you believe you may be experiencing a problem with your hearing, it is important to have it checked out, and to take the right measures to protect your ears. In many cases, this treatment will be as simple as wearing earplugs. Taking care of your ears is of great importance. After all, you only get one set of ears

  1. 1.

    The second paragraph mainly talks about_____

    1. A.
      the causes of hearing loss
    2. B.
      the importance of hearing
    3. C.
      how to cure hearing problems
    4. D.
      how to protect your hearing
  2. 2.

    The underlined phrase “under assault” in Paragraph 2 most probably means_____

    1. A.
      under consideration
    2. B.
      under protection
    3. C.
      under attack
    4. D.
      under treatment
  3. 3.

    All the following factors may cause hearing problems EXCEPT_____

    1. A.
      using iPods improperly
    2. B.
      listening to MP3 at full volume
    3. C.
      standing near machinery making a loud noise
    4. D.
      using earplugs when there are loud noises
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