“The more you learn, the more you earn,” said the pop singer Cyndi Lauper as she accepted her high school diploma(证书) , at the age of 35 ! Although Cyndi made it without a high school degree, most people don't. In the USA today, about 75% of jobs need some education or technical training further than high school. The lowest wage earners in the USA are those without high school degrees; college graduates(毕业生) outearn those without a college education. People with master's degrees（硕士学位）outearn those with only a bachelor (学士学位); and the highest incomes of all are earned by people with advanced professional or academic degrees. These generalizations explain why most of young Americans go to college. However, despite the averages, more diplomas don't always mean more money. Many skilled blue-collar workers, salespeople, business executives, and entrepreneurs(企业家)outearn college professors and scientific researchers. And great athletes and entertainers outearn everyone else!

  1. 1.

    Cyndi Lauper ______

    1. A.
      had been studying in high school before she was thirty-five
    2. B.
      wasn't clever because she graduated from high school too late
    3. C.
      got her high school diploma when she was already thirty-five
    4. D.
      didn't like studying
  2. 2.

    According to the passage,______

    1. A.
      high school diploma and high school degree are the same thing
    2. B.
      people can't get both high school diploma and degree
    3. C.
      people must get both high school diploma and degree
    4. D.
      people can get both high school diploma and degree or either
  3. 3.

    Why do most American young people go to college?

    1. A.
      Because their parents force them to go to college
    2. B.
      Because they can't get a job if they don't go to college
    3. C.
      Because the situation of the society make them go to college
    4. D.
      Because they like studying
  4. 4.

    What may the underlined word “outearn” mean?

    1. A.
      Earning more money
    2. B.
      Earning less money
    3. C.
      Earning no money
    4. D.
      Working better
  5. 5.

    Which of the following is right?

    1. A.
      If you don't have a diploma, you can't earn money
    2. B.
      Those who have diplomas always earn more money than those who don't have diplomas
    3. C.
      Less diplomas always mean less money
    4. D.
      Great athletes may earn more money than other people

In recent years, especially during the l960s, there was much discussion about “the brain drain (排干, 流失),” which dealt with the problem of students and learned people who left their own countries for other countries that offered better chances for study, research, and employment．For example, according to a report from U．N., between 1962 and l966 more than 50 percent of all engineering graduates of Iran and 14 percent of Iranian scientists left their country for work abroad．Over 30 percent of Chilean engineers and 15 percent of Turkish physicians also went to work in other countries．Probably the greatest brain drain occurred among young scientists who had gone abroad to study．Many of them had planned to return to their countries to teach but chose to remain in more industrialized nations where they were able to continue their work and their research in fields in which there were no job possibilities at home．The countries that attracted most of these scientists were the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Canada, and Australia.
　　Recent studies show that the brain drain to the United States may be decreasing．Many foreign scientists are going home again, and in some cases American scientists are leaving the United States for employment in other countries．The main reasons are that good jobs are becoming fewer here, money for national research has been sharply cut, and university fellowships reduced too．However, in the field of medicine the drain to the United States still goes on．Today more than one of every five American doctors is foreign - born, and several thousand foreign doctors immigrate to the United States each year．Over eighty countries have asked the State Department to send students who are skilled in important fields such as medicine back home when their study programs are over

  1. 1.

    Which of the following is not the reason for “the brain drain”?

    1. A.
      Good housing.　　
    2. B.
      Better research condition
    3. C.
      Good job possibility　　
    4. D.
      Better chances of study
  2. 2.

    The brain drain to the United States may be decreasing mainly because______.

    1. A.
      many foreign scientists are ordered to return to their motherlands
    2. B.
      they don’t need any foreign scientists now
    3. C.
      there are fewer and fewer good jobs in the USA
    4. D.
      the universities refuse to provide money for the foreign scientists
  3. 3.

    How many

    1. A.
      merican doctors are foreign - born?
      A．About half of them.　 　
    2. B.
      More than 20 percent　
    3. C.
      ．Several thousand.　　
    4. D.
      ．About 15 percent
  4. 4.

    Which is the best title for this passage?

    1. A.
      How to seek a job in the USA.　　
    2. B.
      Doctors’ immigration to the USA
    3. C.
      A strange case
    4. D.
      The brain drain

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  1. 1.

    The information you read above is probably about ______.

    1. A.
      a museum
    2. B.
      a cinema
    3. C.
      a park
    4. D.
      a cafe
  2. 2.

    How much do they have to pay in total if a family, including grandparents, parents and a child of 8, go together on the last Sunday of November 2013?

    1. A.
      $0
    2. B.
      $25
    3. C.
      $30
    4. D.
      $35
  3. 3.

    You won't be refused at the door if you go there at______.

    1. A.
      Thanksgiving Day
    2. B.
      Christmas Day
    3. C.
      6 p.m. on a Thursday of July
    4. D.
      6 p.m. on a Tuesday of August
  4. 4.

    Which of the following statements is TRUE?

    1. A.
      Children under the age of 7 do not have to pay
    2. B.
      It is possible for the disabled to go there on wheelchairs
    3. C.
      Visitors have to pay some extra money for the evening programs
    4. D.
      There are definitely no more discounts besides those listed here

…That’s my second piece of advice, very simple: Don’t make excuses. Take responsibility not just for your successes; take responsibility where you fall short as well.
Now, the truth is, no matter how hard you work, you’re not going to ace (取得好成绩) every class. You’re not going to succeed the first time you try something. There are going to be times when you screw up (弄糟). There will be times where you hurt people you love. There will be times when you make a mistake and you stray (偏离) from the values that you hold most deeply.
And when that happens, it’s the easiest thing in the world to start looking around for somebody else to blame. Your professor was too hard; the coaches were playing favorites; your friend just didn’t understand.
No, but this is an easy habit to get into. You see it every day in Washington — every day -—folks calling each other names, making all sorts of accusations on television. Everybody is always pointing a finger at somebody else. You notice that?
Now, this community could have easily gone down that road. This community could have made excuses — well, our kids have fewer advantages, our schools have fewer resources — how can we compete? You could have spent years pointing fingers— blaming parents, blaming teachers, blaming the principal , blaming the superintendent.
But that’s — Class of 2010, I want you to pay attention on this because that’s not what happened. Instead, this community was honest with itself about where you were falling short. You decided to do better, push your kids harder, open their minds wider, expose them to all kinds of ideas and people and experiences.
So, graduates, I hope you’ll continue those efforts. Don’t make excuses. And I hope that wherever you go, you won’t narrow the broad intellectual and social exposure you’ve had here at Kalamazoo Central — instead, seek to expand it. Don’t just hang out with people who look like you or share your political views. Broaden your circle to include people with different backgrounds and life experiences, because that’s how you’ll end up learning what it’s like to walk in somebody else’s shoes. That’s how you’ll come to understand the challenges other people face.
And this is not just an academic exercise. It’s a way to broaden your ambit (范围) of concern and learn to see yourselves in each other.
—adapted from US President Barack Obama’s graduation ceremony speech at the Kalamazoo Central High School

  1. 1.

    The underlined words “fall short” in Paragraph 1 probably mean______.

    1. A.
      make a decision
    2. B.
      begin to experience something
    3. C.
      have someone else to blame
    4. D.
      fail to reach a standard
  2. 2.

    The underlined word “this” in Paragraph 4 refers to______.

    1. A.
      misunderstanding your friends
    2. B.
      straying from the values you hold
    3. C.
      making accusations on television
    4. D.
      blaming someone else for your mistake
  3. 3.

    We can infer from Paragraphs 5 and 6 that the community______.

    1. A.
      has got used to making excuses
    2. B.
      has lived up to its responsibility
    3. C.
      is satisfied with itself
    4. D.
      provides fewer resources than it used to
  4. 4.

    In the last two paragraphs, Obama calls on the graduates to______.

    1. A.
      welcome different ideas, people and experiences
    2. B.
      participate in as many social activities as they can
    3. C.
      make friends with people who share their polit­ical views
    4. D.
      be honest and concerned about the community

Children start out as natural scientists, eager to look into the world around them. Helping them enjoy science can be easy; there is no need for a lot of scientific terms or expensive lab equipment. You only have to share your children’s curiosity. Firstly, listen to their questions. I once visited a classroom of seven –year- olds to talk about science as a job. The children asked me “textbook questions” about schooling, salary and whether I liked my job. When I finished answering, we sat facing one another in science. Finally I said,” Now that we’ve finished with your lists, do you have questions of your own about science?”
After a long pause, a boy raised his hand, “have you ever seen a grasshopper eat? When I try eating leaves like that, I get a stomachache. Why?”
This began a set of questions that lasted nearly two hours.
Secondly, give them time to think. Studies over the past 30 years have shown that. After asking a question, adults typically wait only one second or less for an answer, no time for a child to think. When adults increase their “wait time” to three seconds or more, children give more logical, complete and creative answers.
Thirdly, watch your language. Once you have a child involved in a science discussion, don’t jump in with “That’s right” or “very good”. These words work well when it comes to encouraging good behavior. But in talking about science, quick praise can signal that discussion is over. Instead, keep things going by saying, “That’s interesting” or “I’d never thought of it that way before’, or coming up with more questions or ideas.
Never push a child to “think”. It doesn’t make sense; children are always thinking, without your telling them to. What’s more, this can turn a conversation into a performance. The child will try to find the answer you want, in as few words as possible, so that he will be a small target for your disagreement.
Lastly, show; don’t tell. Real-life impressions of nature are far more impressive than any lesson children can learn from a book or a television program. Let children look at their fingertips through a magnifying glass, and they’ll understand why you want them to wash before dinner. Rather than saying that water evaporates, set a pot of water to boil and let them watch the water level drop

  1. 1.

    According to the passage, children are natural scientist, and to raise their interest, the most important thing for adults to do is______.

    1. A.
      to let them see the world around
    2. B.
      to share the children’s curiosity
    3. C.
      to explain difficult phrases about science
    4. D.
      to supply the children with lab equipment
  2. 2.

    In the last sentence of the first paragraph, the word “list” could best be replaced by______.

    1. A.
      any questions
    2. B.
      any problems
    3. C.
      questions from the textbooks
    4. D.
      any number of questions
  3. 3.

    According to the passage, children can answer questions in a more logical, complete and creative way if adults______.

    1. A.
      ask them to answer quickly
    2. B.
      wait for one or two seconds after a question
    3. C.
      tell them to answer the next day
    4. D.
      wait at least for three seconds after a question
  4. 4.

    In which of the following paragraph (s) does the author tell us what to say to encourage children in a science discussion?

    1. A.
      The 2nd and 3rd
    2. B.
      The 4th and 5th
    3. C.
      The 5th and 6th
    4. D.
      The 7th
  5. 5.

    The author mentions all of the following techniques for adults to share with their children’s curiosity except that adults should______.

    1. A.
      tell their children stories instead of reciting facts
    2. B.
      offer their children chances to see things for themselves
    3. C.
      be patient enough when their children answer questions
    4. D.
      encourage their children to ask questions of their own

It seems some people have something bad to say about Facebook, the social media website that now has attracted more than 300 million members. To them I have only this to say: Stop please!
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal blamed Facebook’s ability to ruin friendships, saying that it limits communication to typing and encourages people to spend far too much time with friends they have never met.
Having used Facebook since its first year, I find these arguments false. The simple truth is that the problems are only a symptom of Facebook abuse. Like many things, it is only as harmful to your life and relationships as you allow it to be. Consider arguments against watching too much TV and overeating.
Try using Facebook to find friends who may have long ago changed their e-mail addresses and phone numbers, to find out what your old college friends are up to, to congratulate your friends on their latest birthdays, to share pictures and articles you find interesting, and to join in the discussion about them with your friends.
Sure, I had days when I wasted a little more time on Facebook than I should, but I’m not going to blame Facebook for my own laziness. If Facebook wasn’t there, I would have found something else to waste time on. To my “friends”: if you don’t feel like broadcasting your life stories on your Facebook, don’t. If you tire of my personal updates, ignore them. If you don’t want to join in the popular online games, don’t. It is a fun tool at your fingers that can be used for both good and bad. If you don’t like using Facebook, don’t.
I am now a consultant at the Department of State. I use Facebook to keep in touch with friends, family, and colleagues who live and work all over the world

  1. 1.

    Why did the article in the Wall Street Journal blame Facebook?

    1. A.
      Because it makes people spend too much time online
    2. B.
      Because it can make people lose their real-life friends
    3. C.
      Because it is as harmful to people’s lives as watching TV
    4. D.
      Because it encourages people to make friends with strangers
  2. 2.

    What does the author suggest using Facebook to do?

    1. A.
      To find out lost e-mail addresses and phone numbers
    2. B.
      To arrange appointments with our old college friends
    3. C.
      To collect interesting pictures and articles from our friends
    4. D.
      To keep in touch with friends who we haven’t called for long
  3. 3.

    We can imply from the passage that by using Facebook we can______.

    1. A.
      read other’s personal updates
    2. B.
      write our life stories online secretly
    3. C.
      decide who can read our life stories
    4. D.
      refuse to join in popular online games
  4. 4.

    The author writes the last paragraph to ______.

    1. A.
      prove that Facebook can be well used
    2. B.
      gain support from the Department of State
    3. C.
      show that Facebook is used all around the world
    4. D.
      introduce how she uses Facebook in her work as a consultant

Reading can provide lots of fun for children and teens during summer vacation. Children who read during the summer are better prepared for school when they return to classes in the fall. Public libraries throughout Wisconsin will host summer events to encourage children and young adults to include reading in their summer fun.
●All Star Readers
The Milwaukee Public Library will host its 2007 Summer Reading Club for kids from 3 to 18. Signing up starts on June 1 at all Milwaukee public libraries and bookmobile sites.
Children aged 6 to 12 are invited to become “All Star Readers” at the Milwaukee library when they sign up for the Summer Reading Club. Children can score a point by reading 10 books or 1,000 pages. When they reach the reading goal, they will win a bag full of prizes.
●Sparkey Spots the Ball
Children up to 5 years old can join the read-to-me club, “Sparkey Spots the Ball”. They will receive their own reading folders to record the books read to them by parents, brothers and sisters or relatives. Once they have listened to 20 books, they will win a baseball and a coupon（优惠券）for McDonald’s ice cream.
●X-treme Read
Teens between the age of 13 and 18 can join in their own reading program called “X-treme Read”. Teens can read to win movie passes, CDs and more.
The library also plans extreme bike races by C4BMX at four libraries in June and July. Check with your local library or Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for the exact dates, times, and places of the demonstrations (集会)

  1. 1.

    Students who take part in the reading club can______.

    1. A.
      take part in extreme bike races
    2. B.
      get a good mark in the final exam
    3. C.
      get better prepared for the new term
    4. D.
      finish their homework ahead of time
  2. 2.

    In order to become “All Star Readers” and win a lot of prizes, you______.

    1. A.
      should be 19 years old
    2. B.
      should be at least 5years old
    3. C.
      must read at least 1,000 pages or 10 books
    4. D.
      should listen to 20 books
  3. 3.

    Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?

    1. A.
      Children up to 5 can not join in the read –to- me club
    2. B.
      Children can score two points by reading 10 books or 1,000 pages
    3. C.
      Teens between the age of 6 and 12can join in “X-treme Read”
    4. D.
      There are extreme bike races by C4BMX at four libraries in June and July
  4. 4.

    In which club will they win a baseball and a coupon for McDonald’s ice cream.?

    1. A.
      2007 Summer Reading Club
    2. B.
      Sparkey Spots the Ball
    3. C.
      X-treme Read
    4. D.
      All Star Readers

Ever tried taking smart drugs to perform better in exams? They certainly work. Before last summer's exam, a few of my mates, merely out of curiosity, took a considerable amount of Modafinil, a drug normally used for narcolepsy(嗜眠发作症). Guess what? While I was feeling sleepy, bored by revision, my mates were more focused.
Modafinil is a smart drug that gives a user a feeling of staying awake for hours. It also sharpens the mind, improves memory and helps problem-solving.
But it does more than just keeping you awake. It disturbs your mental system, making you desperate to do what you are doing. You just don't want to do anything else but revise all the time non-stop.
A recent study discovers that healthy people use smart drugs, like Modafinil, to get down to and complete tasks they have been putting off, because these tasks seem more enjoyable when taking these drugs. This might sound like what a stressed student desires. However, the pills have a range of side-effects.
"At present no evidence shows that these drugs are safe in healthy people," as a medical expert puts it, "Ordering online, though easy, is a dangerous way to obtain drugs. You never know what you're actually purchasing. "
In my experience, Modafinil changes people's behaviour too. Over those weeks my friends became different people—in turn aggressive, cold. Even eating became "a waste of time" and so did conversation.
A BBC survey found that of those who had tried smart drugs before, 92% would do so again. My friends say they'd happily do so without considering the practice a form of cheating.
I admit I was curious—but not enough to try it. Seeing the strange behaviour of other users, I feel a little bit upset and scary. Modafinil may promise to change your grades, but it might also change the way you act. Don't say you haven't been warned!

  1. 1.

    According to the author, his mates took Modafinil for the purpose of______.

    1. A.
      escaping from reality
    2. B.
      getting better exam results
    3. C.
      curing their narcolepsy
    4. D.
      leading an active life
  2. 2.

    Taking the smart drug can lead to ______.

    1. A.
      cheating in the exam
    2. B.
      dropping out of school
    3. C.
      youth crime(犯罪)
    4. D.
      drug addiction(上瘾)
  3. 3.

    What does the author think of his mates' taking the smart drugs?

    1. A.
      Worrying
    2. B.
      Inspiring
    3. C.
      Acceptable
    4. D.
      Reasonable
  4. 4.

    Which statement about Modafinil is wrong?

    1. A.
      Modafinil sharpens the mind and helps problem-solving
    2. B.
      Modafinil more than just keeps you awake
    3. C.
      Modafinil has a range of side effects
    4. D.
      Modafinil is safe in healthy people
  5. 5.

    Who are the target readers of this passage?

    1. A.
      Teachers
    2. B.
      Doctors
    3. C.
      Scientists
    4. D.
      Students

Scientists are making new studies of color and its effects on our health. They have known for a long time that the color of a room or the color of the light in it can affect our feelings and emotions. Many prisons and hospitals have at least one room that is painted pink. Officials have found that light and color can produce physical changes in our bodies.
Professor Falfan worked with a group of 9 disabled children at school in Albert. Two of the children were blind. The other seven had normal sight. The scientists changed the color of the school room, then looked for changes in blood pressure, heart beat and breathing rate. The effects of color changes were the same for the blind children as for those with normal sight. Their blood pressure dropped from about 120 to 100. Similar changes were reported in heart-beat and the breathing. The children also were calmer and less excited. Then the colors of the room were returned to orange and white. Blood pressure, heart-beat and breathing rate went up and the children became excited again.
Professor Falfan said different colors produce different levels of light energy. He said the differences seem to affect chemicals in the brain that carry messages from nerve to nerve and from nerve to muscle

  1. 1.

    Light and color can affect______.

    1. A.
      only one’s feelings and emotions
    2. B.
      one’s energy
    3. C.
      one’s mental changes
    4. D.
      one’s heart-beat, brain activities, blood pressure, feelings and emotions
  2. 2.

    The color of pink had a calming effect, that is to say, the color affects______.

    1. A.
      the chemicals in the brain
    2. B.
      the eyes
    3. C.
      the skin
    4. D.
      the muscle
  3. 3.

    According to the text, orange and white are colors which can make people______.

    1. A.
      calm
    2. B.
      active
    3. C.
      sick
    4. D.
      blind
  4. 4.

    The colors in the school room mentioned in the passage were changed from______.

    1. A.
      orange to white
    2. B.
      orange and white to dark blue
    3. C.
      orange and white to pink or some other colors
    4. D.
      gray to more colors
  5. 5.

    After reading the passage we can conclude that______.

    1. A.
      blind people can be affected by colors, too
    2. B.
      one’s heart will beat fast in a colorful room than in a white room
    3. C.
      the chemicals in the brain change with feelings and emotions
    4. D.
      if one’s blood pressure drops, his breathing will get slower and slower

Speaking in his first National Day Rally speech on 15 August, Prime Minister Lee Hsien said Singapore’s education system was set for more reforms in the years ahead, particularly for the primary and secondary education．Read the summary of his thoughts on education below．
For a start, the Government is prepared to send and additional 3,000 teachers to Singapore schools, cut the courses of study even further and change the way the mother tongue, especially Chinese, is taught．But, for the changes to be successful, parents need to help．
Singapore has a devoted group of teachers and principals and quite a few of them are outstanding, but the Republic’s schools can be even better．To help the schools make a jump in quality, the Government plans that within the next 6 years, it will send 1,000 more teachers to primary schools, 1,400 to secondary schools and 550 more to junior colleges．Each school would decide how to use its extra teachers．Some may want to make classes smaller so students get more individual attentions while others may have new teachers assist more senior teachers, but the overall goal is to give teachers the time and space to come up with ways to bring out the best in their students．
More teachers must not mean more homework, however．In fact, the Prime Minister wants to see the courses cut down so that there is less pressure on the students．Good grades are important but they should not be the only goal students have．PM Lee is convinced that “we must teach less so that our children can learn more．”
Another change will be in the teaching of the mother tongue so that students can become more fluent．The key is to teach Chinese as a living language not just an academic subject like Latin．Therefore, the focus should be on speaking and reading the language．To do this, there must be an environment outside the classroom that is contributing to strengthening the Chinese lessons．

  1. 1.

    The text is mainly about______in Singapore．

    1. A.
      the education reform
    2. B.
      adding more teachers
    3. C.
      the mother tongue
    4. D.
      ways of teaching
  2. 2.

    The general goal of using extra teachers is to______.

    1. A.
      make classes smaller
    2. B.
      assist more senior teachers
    3. C.
      teach more
    4. D.
      help teachers improve teaching quality
  3. 3.

    PM Lee holds that the students should______.

    1. A.
      do more homework
    2. B.
      give up higher grades
    3. C.
      study more courses
    4. D.
      be given more time to learn more
  4. 4.

    The key to teaching Chinese well is to______.

    1. A.
      make it academic
    2. B.
      have a creative environment
    3. C.
      give more Chinese lessons
    4. D.
      encourage speaking and reading a lot
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