We don’t know how different our life will be in the future. We can only try to imagine it.

At first we think about human relationship. In the year 2050, we will use computers almost every day. We will make new friends through the Internet—even our husbands or wives will be met in this way. It will be much faster and easier for us. On the other hand, our relationships with people won’t be as important as they are today-we will feel a little lonely.
Computers will also help us in many other activities in 2050. For example, they will be used by the children at school to make their learning easier. In addition, there will be much more other machines which will play a similar role as computers, like robots which will do the housework for us.
Spending holidays will also be completely different. Traveling to other planets or to the moon will be available for everyone. Means of transport will, of course, change, too. We will use solar-powered cars, which will be much more environmentally friendly.
We could expect that the faster technological progress would lead to a more polluted environment. But it isn’t true. We will pay more attention to protecting the environment. And, scientists will probably find cures for many dangerous diseases, like cancer or AIDS. Therefore, our surroundings as well as health will be in better condition.
Although we can’t predict the exact changes which will be made in the world, we often think about them. We worry about our and our children’s future; we have expectations, hopes as well as fears. But I think we should be rather sanguine about our future. We should be happy and believe good things will happen

1.
Why will people probably feel a little lonely in 2050?
1. A.
  Because the number of people will become much smaller
2. B.
  Because there will be less face-to-face communication
3. C.
  Because people won’t like making friends with each other
4. D.
  Because people won’t communicate with each other much often
2.
The third paragraph mainly tells us ________
1. A.
  computers will do all the things for human beings
2. B.
  how people will use computers to communicate with each other
3. C.
  machines like computers and robots will help people a lot
4. D.
  how people will use robots to do the housework
3.
According to the passage, which of the following will happen in 2050?
1. A.
  The relationship between people will be more important than that of today
2. B.
  The way of spending holidays will be the same as that of today
3. C.
  It won’t be difficult for people to travel to other planets
4. D.
  Our environment will be much more polluted with a growing number of cars
4.
What does the passage mainly talk about?
1. A.
  How people will communicate in the year 2050
2. B.
  What our life will be like in the year 2050
3. C.
  How people will travel and spend their holidays in the year 2050
4. D.
  What high technology will appear in the year 2050

January l: It has happened. I got a call today saying a little girl in Russia is now my little girl. There are a lot of papers to prepare, and we have to travel to Russia to bring her home,
but now it is certain. I think I'll tell some close friends. Jason is so excited. I haven't told Steven yet. How can I tell a seven-year-old that he has a sister who is already five years old?
January 10: Today I received a picture of Katerina. The picture is small and not very clear, but I look at it over and over again. I don't know anything else about her. She has lived in a home for children without parents for most of her life. I wonder how I will talk to her. I don't speak Russian, and she doesn't speak English.
February l: Today I showed Katerina’s picture to Steven* He is very happy and wants to tell all his friends about his new sister. I want to buy some new clothes for Katerina, but I don't know her size. I haven' t received any information from the adoption organization, and I'm feeling a little worried.
February 16: Finally! Today we received good news! All the papers are ready and tomorrow we will go to Russia to bring Katerina home with us．
February 18: Today I met my daughter for the first time．She is very small, very thin, and very shy． On the way home in the airplane, she slept most of the time．When she woke up, she cried． I am very worried and hope that I can be a good mother to Katerina．
February 19: Steven met his sister this morning． Although Katerina was quiet at first, soon she and Steven began to talk in a mix of Russian, English, and hand movements． Steven and his sister get along well together． In fact, he is able to help her talk with Jason and me． I am worried about how Katerina will be in school． Next week she will start school． How will she understand her teacher?
March 21: Katerina looks much better now． She is heavier, her hair looks good, and her skin is clear． She loves to watch television with her brother, and she has learned to roller-skate． She is doing well in school, and her English gets better every day． Although she sometimes looks sad, and sometimes cries, most of the time she is happy． I think she is slowly my life without her．

1.
Who is Katerina?
1. A.
  Steven's elder sister．
2. B.
  An adopted girl．
3. C.
  Jason's close friend．
4. D.
  The writer's niece．
2.
When back at home, what is the writer most worried about?
1. A.
  How Steven can get along well with Katerina．
2. B.
  How Katerina can communicate with Jason and her．
3. C.
  Whether Katerina will adapt herself to the school life．
4. D.
  Whether she can be a good mother to Katerina．
3.
From the passage we know that in her new family Katerina ______．
1. A.
  gets very fat
2. B.
  becomes depressed
3. C.
  remains frightened
4. D.
  is well treated
4.
Where is the passage most probably from?
1. A.
  A diary．
2. B.
  An advertisement
3. C.
  An essay．
4. D.
  A speech

Edward Snowden—the fugitive （逃亡者） former U．S．intelligence employee —appears to be stuck in Moscow, unable to leave without a valid American passport, according to interviews Sunday with two men who had sought to aid him: WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange and Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa．
Snowden, 30, arrived at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport last weekend, after previously taking refuge in Hong Kong． Moscow was only supposed to be a stopover．WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy organization, had said Snowden was headed on to Ecuador—whose president has been critical of the United States — and that he would seek asylum there．
Now, however, both men said Snowden is unable to leave．
"The United States, by canceling his passport, has left him for the moment trapped in Russia," said Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, on ABC ' s " This Week With George Stephanopoulos"． The United States canceled Snowden' s passport last weekend． Assange criticized the United States, saying: " To take a passport from a young man in a difficult situation like that is a disgusting action．"
President Correa spoke to the Associated Press in Puerto Viejo, Ecuador． For now, he told the AP, Snowden was "under the care of the Russian authorities． "
"This is the decision of Russian authorities． He doesn't have a passport． I don't know the Russian laws, I don' t know if he can leave the airport, but I understand that he can' t," Correa said． He said that the case was now out of Ecuador' s hands． "If Snowden arrives at an Ecuadoran Embassy, we' 11 analyze his request for asylum．"
Snowden traveled from Hong Kong to Moscow on his U．S．passport． Although the U．S．had already revoked it, Hong Kong authorities said they hadn’t received the official request to cancel the passport before Snowden left．
An official at the Ecuadoran Embassy in London had also issued a letter of safe passage for Snowden． But Snowden apparently did not use it for his trip to Moscow．
And it doesn’t appear that the Ecuadoran government would make a similar gesture again．
On Sunday, Correa told the AP that an Ecuadoran official at that embassy had committed "a serious error" by issuing the first letter without consulting officials back home． Correa said the consul would be punished, although he didn’t specify how．
Correa' s tone seemed to have shifted after a conversation with Vice President Biden on Friday．Where Correa had earlier been aggressive and determined, he now voiced respect for U．S．legal procedures．

1.
Edward Snowden is a person who once worked in a federal department ______．
1. A.
  to assist the governor of one state
2. B.
  to collect information secretly for the US
3. C.
  to organize overseas promotion campaign
4. D.
  to educate intelligence employees
2.
Which of the following word can take the place of the underlined word in Para．2 ?
1. A.
  shelter．
2. B.
  praise．
3. C.
  position．
4. D.
  forgiveness．
3.
By what means did Edward Snowden leave Hong Kong for Moscow' s Sheremetyevo International Airport?
1. A.
  A letter of safe passage from the Ecuadoran Embassy．
2. B.
  Permission from Chinese government
3. C.
  Invitation of the Russian authorities．
4. D.
  An American passport．
4.
What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
1. A.
  Edward Snowden will live in Moscow forever．
2. B.
  Ecuadoran government will provide Edward Snowden protection．
3. C.
  Through U．S．legal procedures Edward Snowden has been caught．
4. D.
  Correa hesitated to assist Edward Snowden．

How do successful people think? What drives them? Interviews and investigations show that there are several keys to success that successful people share.
First of all, successful people never blame someone or something outside of themselves for their failure to go ahead. They realize that their future lies in their own hands. They understand that they cannot control things in life, such as nature, the past and other people. But in the meantime, they are well aware that they can control their own thoughts and actions. They take responsibility for their life and regard this as one of the most empowering (给人以权力的)things they can do .Perhaps what most separates successful people from others is that they live life “on purpose”---they are doing what they believe they are put here to do .In their opinion, having a purpose in their life is the most important fact that enables them to become fully functioning people. They hold that when they live their life on purpose ,their main concern is to do the job right .They love what they do ---and it shows people want to do business with them because of their devotion to their jobs.
To live their life on purpose, successful people find a cause they believe in and create a business around it. Besides, they never easily give up. Once they have set up goals in their life, they are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. Top achievers always keep in mind that they don’t have forever. Rather than seeing it negative or depressing, they use the knowledge to encourage themselves to move on and go after what they want energetically and passionately

1.
Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
1. A.
  How do people live their life on purpose?
2. B.
  How can people be successful?
3. C.
  How do people make plans?
4. D.
  How do people do business?
2.
By living life “on purpose ”successful people can ________
1. A.
  do a lot of work without using more money
2. B.
  concentrate on their jobs
3. C.
  do business with many people easily
4. D.
  share what they have with every one unselfishly
3.
The pronoun “it” (Line 10.Para.2) refers to _____
1. A.
  the main concern of successful people
2. B.
  the job that successful people do
3. C.
  the devotion with which successful people do their job
4. D.
  the business that successful people do with other people

It has been argued that an infant under three who is cared for outside the home may suffer because of the separation from his parents．The British psychoanalyst John Bowlby believes that separation from the parents during the sensitive "attachment" period from birth to three may scar （留下疤痕） a child's personality and incline to emotional problems in later life．Some people have drawn the conclusion from Bowlby's work that children should not be sent to day care before the age of three, and many people do believe this．But there are also arguments against such a strong conclusion．
Firstly, anthropologists （人类学家） point out that the hidden love between children and parents found in modem societies does not usually exist in traditional societies．For example, we saw earlier that among the Ngonis the father and mother of a child did not raise their infant alone．But traditional societies are so different from modern societies that comparisons based on just one factor are hard to understand．
Secondly, common sense tells us that day care would not be so widespread today if parents and caretakers found that children had problems with it．But Bowlby's analysis raises the possibility that early day care has delayed effects．The possibility that such care might lead to more mental illness or crime 15 or 20 years later can only be noticed by the use of statistics．Statistical studies of this kind have not yet been carried out, and even if they were, the results would be certain to be complicated and controversial．
Thirdly, in the last decade, there have been a number of careful American studies of children in day care, and they have reported that day care had a neutral of slightly positive effect on children's development．But tests that have had to be used to measure this development are not widely enough accepted to settle the issue．

1.
This passage is mainly talking about________．
1. A.
  children's personality
2. B.
  advantages of infants' early care
3. C.
  infants' education
4. D.
  negative effect of infant school
2.
The phrase "day care in the first paragraph probably means_____
1. A.
  nursing school
2. B.
  baby-sitter
3. C.
  boarding school
4. D.
  primary school
3.
According to Bowlby, children under the age of three______．
1. A.
  should not be sent to school
2. B.
  should be cared for outside the home
3. C.
  will not suffer fro m parental separation
4. D.
  don't mind who will look after them
4.
The argument against Bowlby's conclusion shows that___．
1. A.
  children have problems with day care
2. B.
  there is no negative effect on infants who go to school before three
3. C.
  there is a long-term effect on infants who go to school before three
4. D.
  children who are sent to school before three are sent to mental illness

Fidenzio Salvatori is determined that the city of Toronto will have an outdoor marketplace for merchants from its immigrant community, complete with dancing and other forms of amusement form their native countries. “Toronto is truly multicultural (多元文化的)，” he said in a newspaper interview. “It’s a city from many places, and multicultural marketplace will help Torontonians to understand and appreciate the rich variety of cultural groups in our city.”
Salvatori, aged 23, will soon complete his studies at the University of Toronto. He was eleven years old when he came to Canada from Italy with his parents. “Most of Toronto’s immigrants are from lands where the marketplace has always been part of daily life,” he said.
Salvatori has been interested in getting an open-air market for Toronto for the last three years. This year, with the help of two fellow students, he prepared a proposal on the subject and presented it to the city’s Executive committee, asking for their support. The proposal pointed out Toronto’s rich variety of national groups, “whose customs include market shopping.”
Under a Canadian government program for multiculturalism, the three students have received two thousand dollars with which they will do a study to find out whether Toronto’s immigrant businessmen would support an open-air market. They hope the merchants will support the plan strongly. “A study done earlier this year showed that 90 percent of shoppers would be in favor of it,” Salvatori said. “At first it would be an experiment. But we think it will prove to be good business for the merchants, as well as tourist attraction.”

1.
What is Fidenzio Salvatori’s purpose of having an outdoor marketplace for Toronto?
1. A.
  To provide different forms of amusement
2. B.
  To keep the cultural variety of the city
3. C.
  To inspire its immigrant community
4. D.
  To satisfy its immigrant merchants
2.
Fidenzio Salvatori, with two other students, has got two thousand dollars from the government ______
1. A.
  to make an experiment
2. B.
  to perform a research
3. C.
  to start a marketplace
4. D.
  to operate a business
3.
According to Salvatori, the marketplace may also help to improve Toronto’s ______
1. A.
  market management
2. B.
  travel industry
3. C.
  community service
4. D.
  city planning
4.
It can be inferred from the text that the Canadian government supports ______
1. A.
  the protection of different cultures
2. B.
  the plan of an open-air market
3. C.
  the request of merchants
4. D.
  the attitude of shoppers

in order to know a foreign language thoroughly(完全地), four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear it spoken. secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves, with confidence(自信) and without hesitation(犹豫). Thirdly, we must do much reading. Finally, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are correct in grammar.
There are no shortcuts to succeed in language learning. A good memory is a great help, but it is not enough only to memorize the rules from a grammar book. it is not much learning by heart long lists ( 一览表 ) of words and their meanings, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. If we are pleased with a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. We must "learn through use". Practice is important. We must practice speaking and writing the language whenever we can

1.
the most import things to learn a foreign language are
1. A.
  understanding and speaking
2. B.
  listening,speaking,reading and writing
3. C.
  writing and understanding
4. D.
  memorizing and listening
2.
Someone hears and writes English very well, but he speaks it very badly. This is because_____________
1. A.
  he doesn’t understand the language when he hears it spoken
2. B.
  he doesn’t have a good memory
3. C.
  he always remembers lists of words and their meanings
4. D.
  he often hesitates to practice speaking it
3.
Which is the most important in learning a foreign language?
1. A.
  a good memory
2. B.
  speaking
3. C.
  practice
4. D.
  writing
4.
“Learn though use” means___________
1. A.
  we use a language in order to learn it
2. B.
  we learn a foreign language in order to use it
3. C.
  we can learn a language well while we are keeping using it
4. D.
  both b and c

Bringing Art into Hospitals
The medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play an important role in helping patients to get better.
As part of nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the museums and into public places,　some of the country’s best artists have been called in to change older hospitals and to soften the hard edges of modern buildings. Of the 2500 national health service hospitals in Britain, almost 100 now have very valuable collections of present art in passages, waiting areas and treatment rooms.
These recent movements first started by one artist, Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester hospital in northeastern England during the early 1970s.He felt the artist had lost his place in modern society,　and that art should be enjoyed by a wider audience(观众).
A common hospital waiting room might have as many as 5 000 visitors each week. What a better place to hold regular exhibitions of art!　Senior held the first exhibition of his own paintings in the out—patient’s waiting area of the Manchester Royal Hospital in 1975.Believed to be Britain’s first hospital artist. Senior was so much in demand that he was soon joined by a team of six young art school graduates.
The effect is striking. Now in the passages and waiting rooms the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colours, playful images(形象)and restful courtyards.
The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs when a patient is recovering from an illness. A study has shown that patients who had a view onto gardens needed half the number of strong pain killers compared with patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at

1.
Some best artists of Britain have been called in to__________
1. A.
  set up new hospitals
2. B.
  make the corners of the hospital collect paintings
3. C.
  bring art into hospitals
4. D.
  help patients recover from serious illnesses
2.
After the improvement of the hospital environment,__________
1. A.
  patients no longer take drugs to kill their pains
2. B.
  patients don’t have to stay long in hospital
3. C.
  patients need fewer pain killers when they suffer from an illness
4. D.
  patients feel happy in hospital
3.
It can inferred from the passage that__________
1. A.
  the role of hospital environment is important
2. B.
  hospital artists have done more than doctors
3. C.
  exhibitions attract more audience in hospitals than in museums
4. D.
  the hospital is a better place for people

Researchers at Yale, Texas A&M and Boston University predict that by 2030 urban areas will expand by more than 463,000 square miles, or l．2 million square kilometers． That is equal to 20,000 American football fields becoming urban every day for the first three decades of this century．
The growth in urban areas will go with the construction of roads and buildings, water and sanitation facilities, and energy and transport systems that will transform land cover and cities globally． Recent estimates suggest that between $数学公式$ 30 trillion will be spent on infrastructure（基础设施） worldwide by 2030, with $100 billion a year in China alone．
"Considering the long life and near unavoidability of infrastructure investments, it will be critical for current urbanization-related policies to consider their lasting impacts," said Karen Seto, lead author of the study． "We have a huge opportunity to shape how cities develop and their environmental impacts．"
Nearly half of the increase in high-probability ----defined as greater than 75 percent ---- urban expansion is forecasted to occur in Asia, with China and India absorbing 55 percent of the regional total． In China, urban- expansion is expected to create a l,l00-mile coastal urban corridor from Hangzhou to Shenyang． In India, urban expansion will be gathered around seven state capital cities, with large areas of low-probability growth forecasted for the Himalaya region where many small villages and towns currently exist．
Africa's urban land cover will grow the fastest, at 590 percent above the 2000 level of 16,000 square miles． Urban expansion win be concentrated in that continent's five regions: the Nile River in Egypt; the coast of West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; the northern shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya and Uganda and extending into Rwanda and Burundi; the Kano region in northern Nigeria; and greater Addis Ababa, Ethiopia．
"Urban expansion is concentrated in． only a few areas where there are large cities and industry," said Seto． "From the northern shore of Lake Victoria down to Rwanda is also a major hotspot of urban expansion．"
In North America, where 78 percent of the total population lives in urban areas, urban land cover will nearly double by 96,000 square miles by 2030．The study also forecasts that 48 of the 221 countries in the study will experience insignificant amounts of urban expansion． "

1.
As for China, the expansion of urban area means ．
1. A.
  $ 100 billion will be spent on infrastructure a year
2. B.
  creating a coastal urban corridor from Hangzhou to Qingdao
3. C.
  it will become the fastest developing country in the next decade
4. D.
  it will make up 55% of the increase in urban expansion in Asia
2.
According to the passage infrastructure doesn't include ．
1. A.
  construction of roads
2. B.
  sanitation facilities
3. C.
  energy systems
4. D.
  land cover transformation
3.
In paragraph three the underlined word “their lasting impacts” refers to the impacts of
1. A.
  the development of cities
2. B.
  urbanization-related policies
3. C.
  infrastructure in vestments
4. D.
  China’s expansion of urban area
4.
The best title for this passage should be
1. A.
  The limitation of urban expansion
2. B.
  More investment on infrastructure
3. C.
  The fast development of the third world
4. D.
  The future urban expansion of the world

One day, when I was in college, a dishonest-looking character approached me in the student union with a leather jacket he wanted to sell. It was a beauty: buttery smooth cowskin, with artfully sewed lines and long leather fringes (穗).
I can’t remember what the price was, but it was apparently too little for such a jacket. Even as I paid the money that day, I knew something wasn’t right. Surely, a couple of days later, the jacket’s real owner, a student about my age came to me as I was on my way to class.
“That’s my jacket,” he said, “and I want it back.”
“No way,” I answered. “I paid for it, and I have no idea if it’s yours. It’s mine.”
He didn’t challenge me, and I left, but the uneasiness(不安) I had about my new possession now had a visible face. A few days later, riding my bike across campus, I saw the real owner standing on the sidewalk. I rode over, took the jacket off, handed it to him said I was sorry, and rode off without another word. More than the weight of the jacket had been lifted from my shoulders.
We’re all human, which means that sometimes we do things we shouldn’t do or say things we shouldn’t say. Sometimes we realize too late that our actions have been hurtful to somebody else. When these hard times occur, the best response --- the only response, really --- is, “I’m sorry.”
Admitting a wrongdoing, as soon as possible and frankly, helps the other person begin to heal. But just as important, it cleans up our own soul and sets us free.
That is a small price to pay for a clear conscience

1.
The author bought the leather jacket from the man in the student union because ______
1. A.
  it was charged at a reasonable price
2. B.
  it was a very attractive jacket
3. C.
  he was in great need of clothing
4. D.
  he was happy to find such a bargain
2.
The phrase “had a visible face” in the passage probably implies（暗含） “______ ”
1. A.
  started to bother me badly
2. B.
  might be clearly expressed
3. C.
  began to give me away openly
4. D.
  could be instantly melting away
3.
Giving the leather jacket back to the real owner, the author ______
1. A.
  offered his forgiveness
2. B.
  felt very much relieved
3. C.
  rode away unwillingly
4. D.
  realized his wrongdoing
4.
What is the author’s purpose of this writing?
1. A.
  To encourage the readers to admit errors honestly
2. B.
  To show the readers the reality of his college life
3. C.
  To give the readers a lesson on how to say sorry to others
4. D.
  To tell the readers a story that once happened at college

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Why will people probably feel a little lonely in 2050?

The third paragraph mainly tells us ________

According to the passage, which of the following will happen in 2050?

What does the passage mainly talk about?

Who is Katerina?

When back at home, what is the writer most worried about?

From the passage we know that in her new family Katerina ______．

Where is the passage most probably from?

Edward Snowden is a person who once worked in a federal department ______．

Which of the following word can take the place of the underlined word in Para．2 ?

By what means did Edward Snowden leave Hong Kong for Moscow' s Sheremetyevo International Airport?

What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

By living life “on purpose ”successful people can ________

The pronoun “it” (Line 10.Para.2) refers to _____

This passage is mainly talking about________．

The phrase "day care in the first paragraph probably means_____

According to Bowlby, children under the age of three______．

The argument against Bowlby's conclusion shows that___．

What is Fidenzio Salvatori’s purpose of having an outdoor marketplace for Toronto?

Fidenzio Salvatori, with two other students, has got two thousand dollars from the government ______

According to Salvatori, the marketplace may also help to improve Toronto’s ______

It can be inferred from the text that the Canadian government supports ______

the most import things to learn a foreign language are

Someone hears and writes English very well, but he speaks it very badly. This is because_____________

Which is the most important in learning a foreign language?

“Learn though use” means___________

Some best artists of Britain have been called in to__________

After the improvement of the hospital environment,__________

It can inferred from the passage that__________

As for China, the expansion of urban area means ．

According to the passage infrastructure doesn't include ．

In paragraph three the underlined word “their lasting impacts” refers to the impacts of

The best title for this passage should be

The author bought the leather jacket from the man in the student union because ______

The phrase “had a visible face” in the passage probably implies（暗含） “______ ”

Giving the leather jacket back to the real owner, the author ______

What is the author’s purpose of this writing?

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