When Andrea Peterson landed her first teaching job, she faced the daunting task of creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards-based learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers.
For her drive and creativity in overcoming those challenges, she’s been named national teacher of the year.
Principal Waynes Kettler said he’s worked with many outstanding teachers in his 22 years as an educator, but Peterson is “just that one step above anybody I’ve ever worked with before.”
Kettler and others at Monte Cristo Elementary School talk about the ways she has introduced the learning from other classrooms into her music program and her creativity in working around things such as the lack of money for new music.
When students were reading S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders in their regular classroom, Peterson helped them write a 30-minute play with scenes from the book. Then they chose three Broadway tunes that focused on race, equality and social justice, the themes of the book. Peterson composed two other songs herself after classroom discussions about the play and the book.
The honor means a lot to residents of Granite Falls. It’s inspiring to know that people from small towns can even win national honors.
As national teacher of the year, Peterson will spend the next year outside the classroom, as a national and international spokeswoman for education.
Not surpassingly, she is a big believe in the value of acts education. She said it’s essential for schools to offer classes such as act or music and physical education because for some kids one of those subjects is the only thing that motivates them to come back to school day after day

  1. 1.

    The underlined word “daunting” in Paragraph 1 most probably means ______.

    1. A.
      discouraging
    2. B.
      interesting
    3. C.
      creative
    4. D.
      unbearable
  2. 2.

    When Peterson began her teaching career,______.

    1. A.
      music was a focus of learning in most schools
    2. B.
      the environment was favorable to music teaching
    3. C.
      the school lacked teaching facilities for music
    4. D.
      financial support for music programs was unavailable
  3. 3.

    What is the most important reason that Peterson won the award?

    1. A.
      She concerned herself with current social problems
    2. B.
      She motivated students to learn music with her creativity
    3. C.
      She has taught music at the elementary school for 22 years
    4. D.
      She made great efforts to arouse students’ interest in literature
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is an example of Peterson’s way of teaching music?

    1. A.
      She wrote plays on themes of race, equality and social justice
    2. B.
      She made use of the contents of other classes in her teaching
    3. C.
      She organized classroom discussions of Broadway tunes
    4. D.
      She helped students compose songs by themselves
  5. 5.

    In Peterson’s opinion,______.

    1. A.
      art, music and PE classes are all important
    2. B.
      more subjects should be offered to students
    3. C.
      students should be motivated to attend art classes
    4. D.
      arts education is more important than other subjects
  6. 6.

    It can be inferred from the text that ______.

    1. A.
      Peterson’s honor was a surprise for the local people
    2. B.
      Peterson’s art classes attracted students back to school
    3. C.
      Peterson aroused the local residents’ passion for music
    4. D.
      Peterson will change her profession next year

FDA proposed the most sweeping food safety rules in decades, requiring farmers and food companies to be more cautious in the wake of deadly outbreaks in peanuts, cantaloupe (瓜),and leafy greens.
The long-overdue regulations are aimed at reducing the estimated 3,000 deaths a year from foodbome illness. Just since last summer, outbreaks of listeria (李氏杆菌)in cheese and salmonella(沙门氏菌)in peanut butter, cantaloupe and mangoes have been linked to more than 400 illnesses and as many as seven deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The actual number of those sickened is likely much higher.
The FDA’s proposed rules would require farmers to take new precautions against contamination (污染),to include making sure workers5 hands are washed, irrigation (灌溉) water is clean, and that animals stay out of fields. Food manufacturers will have to submit food safety plans to the government to show they are keeping their operations clean.
Many responsible food companies and farmers are already following the steps that the FDA would now require them to take. But officials say the requirements could have saved lives and prevented illnesses in some of the large-scale outbreaks that have hit the country in recent years.
In a 2011 outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe that claimed 33 lives ,for example, FDA inspectors found pools of dirty water on the floor and old, dirty processing equipment at the Colorado farm where the cantaloupes were grown. In a peanut butter outbreak this year linked to 42 salmonella illnesses ,inspectors found samples of salmonella throughout a New Mexico peanut processing plant and multiple obvious safety problems ,such as birds flying over uncovered trucks of peanuts and employees not washing their hands.
Under the new rules, companies would have to lay out plans for preventing those sorts of problems and how they would correct them.
“The rules go very directly to preventing the types of outbreaks we have seen/,said Michael Taylor, FDA’s deputy commissioner for foods

  1. 1.

    The main task of FDA is probably______

    1. A.
      to protect and promote the public health
    2. B.
      to help those sickened recover
    3. C.
      to research on food safety measures
    4. D.
      to deal with water pollution
  2. 2.

    According to the passage, the new rules focus on_____

    1. A.
      inspecting the whole process of food production
    2. B.
      improving food processing equipment on farms
    3. C.
      preventing water pollution in food production
    4. D.
      urging food companies to lay out plans
  3. 3.

    What does the word “they” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

    1. A.
      Inspectors
    2. B.
      Farmers
    3. C.
      Manufacturers
    4. D.
      Workers
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

    1. A.
      The new regulations should have come into practice earlier
    2. B.
      The 2011 outbreak of listeria is the most serious ever
    3. C.
      Farmers and food companies are strongly against the new rules
    4. D.
      Colorado and New Mexico are worst hit by food pollution

London is the capital of Britain. It is located in the southeast plain of England. The Thames River goes through this city.
The British have lived there for about 3,000 years. The Roman Empire intruded into (侵入)Britannia Island in 54 BC. The Romans built the first wooden bridge over the Thames River.
London is a world-famous cultural city. There are many famous cultural sites. It is one of the world's great tourist destinations. About eight million people visit London every year.
The largest museum is the British Museum, which was built in the 18th century. There are many ancient cultural relics of Britain and of other countries in the museum. The London Tower stands on the southeast of Tower Mountain. It was once a palace, and it is now an exhibition center. Westminster Hall is located on the west bank of the Thames River and was built in 750 AD. It is the largest Gothic building of the world and was a palace in the past, too.
The Clock Tower, which is about 97 meters high, is located northeast of the parliament. The famous “Big Ben” weighs about 21 tons and its big pendulum(钟摆)is about 305 kilograms. Hyde Park is one of the great parks in the world and it is in the west district of London. There is a free forum(论坛) there and some people give speeches there every week. They can say almost anything, but they can't attack the Queen or support violent revolution

  1. 1.

    Which of the following statements is WRONG?

    1. A.
      London lies in the southeast plain of England
    2. B.
      The British first lived in London thousands of years ago
    3. C.
      People can enjoy a walk along the Thames River in London
    4. D.
      The Roman Empire intruded into Britannia Island over 2,100 years ago
  2. 2.

    We learn from the passage that _________

    1. A.
      London receives millions of visitors every month
    2. B.
      only in the British Museum can you see ancient cultural relics of Britain
    3. C.
      the famous "Big Ben" in the Clock Tower is about 97 meters high
    4. D.
      not everything can be talked about in the forum at Hyde Park
  3. 3.

    This passage is most probably taken from a website about ___________

    1. A.
      traveling
    2. B.
      kids
    3. C.
      museums
    4. D.
      Holidays

It doesn’t matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.
Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.
The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him many questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.
Herpin died at the age of 94

  1. 1.

    The doctors came to Herpin’s home in order to ______

    1. A.
      treat him for his illness
    2. B.
      find the reason why some old people didn’t need any sleep
    3. C.
      get some proof to show his sleeplessness was not really true
    4. D.
      help him to have a rest in some day
  2. 2.

    After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin ______

    1. A.
      needed some kind of sleep
    2. B.
      needed no sleep at all
    3. C.
      was too old to need any sleep
    4. D.
      often slept in a chair
  3. 3.

    The word “puzzled” in this passage probably refers to “______”

    1. A.
      make you think a lot because you do not understand it
    2. B.
      make you worry a lot because you cannot sleep well
    3. C.
      make you sad because something unusual has happened
    4. D.
      make you fear because something terrible has happened
  4. 4.

    The main idea of this passage is that ______

    1. A.
      large numbers of people do not need sleep
    2. B.
      everyone needs some sleep to stay alive
    3. C.
      people can live longer by trying not to sleep at all
    4. D.
      a person was found who actually didn’t need any sleep

It was Thanksgiving morning and in the crowded kitchen of my small home I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together. “Any old papers, lady?” asked one of them.
I was busy. I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals, wet with heavy snow.
“Come in and I’ll make you a cup of hot cocoa.”
They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I served them cocoa and bread with jam to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget.
The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, “Lady, are you rich?”
I looked at my shabby slipcovers. The girl put her cup back in its saucer carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” Her voice was hungry with a need that no amount of food could supply. They left after that, holding their bundles of papers against the wind. They hadn’t said “Thank you.” They didn’t need to. They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful. Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched.
I tasted the potatoes and stirred the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a good steady job—these matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy prints of small sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am

  1. 1.

    Two children came to the writer’s front door because _________________

    1. A.
      it was Thanksgiving Day
    2. B.
      they were beggars
    3. C.
      they wanted old papers
    4. D.
      they wanted a cup of cocoa
  2. 2.

    Why did the writer let the children in?

    1. A.
      She showed great pity on them
    2. B.
      She had old papers to sell
    3. C.
      She wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving feast
    4. D.
      She wanted them to see how rich she was
  3. 3.

    The girl thought the writer was rich perhaps because ________________

    1. A.
      she saw that the lady’s room was comfortable
    2. B.
      she saw the cups matched the saucers
    3. C.
      the writer’s slipcovers were very new
    4. D.
      the writer was preparing a big meal while she was too hungry
  4. 4.

    From the passage, we can infer that whether you are rich depends on ________

    1. A.
      how much money you have had
    2. B.
      how you feel about your life
    3. C.
      how you have helped others
    4. D.
      what job your husband is doing
  5. 5.

    The writer left the muddy prints of small sandals on the floor for a while to ____________

    1. A.
      show her husband that someone had come
    2. B.
      remind her that she had helped two children
    3. C.
      remind her that she was very rich in the neighborhood
    4. D.
      remind her how life should be

The January fashion show, called Future Fashion, exemplified how far green design has come. Organized by the New York-based nonprofit Earth Pledge, the show inspired many top designers to work with sustainable fabrics for the first time. Several have since made pledges to include organic fabrics in their lines.
The designers who undertake green fashion still face many challenges. Scott Hahn, a cofounder with Gregory of Rogan and Loomstate, which uses all-organic cotton, says high-quality sustainable materials can still be tough to find. “Most designers with existing labels are finding there aren’t comparable materials that can just replace what you’re doing and what your customers are used to,” he says. For example, organic cotton and non-organic cotton are virtually indistinguishable once woven into a dress. But some popular synthetics, like stretch nylon, still have few eco-friendly equivalents(等同物).
Those who do make the switch are finding they have more support. Last year the influential trade show Designers & Agents stopped charging its participation fee for young green entrepreneurs who attend its two springtime shows in Los Angeles and New York and gave special recognition to designers whose collections are at least 25% sustainable. It now counts more than 50 green designers, up from fewer than a dozen two years ago. This week Wal-Mart is set to announce a major initiative aimed at helping cotton farmers go organic: it will buy transitional cotton at higher prices, thus helping to expand the supply of a key sustainable material. “Main-stream is about to occur,” says Hahn.
Some analysts are less sure. Among consumers, only 18% are even aware that eco-fashion exists, up from 6% four years ago. Natalie Hormilla, a fashion writer, is an example of the unconverted consumer. When asked if she owned any sustainable clothes, she replied, “Not that I’m aware of.” Like most consumers, she finds little time to shop, and when she does, she’s on the hunt for “cute stuff that isn’t too expensive.” By her own admission, green just isn’t yet on her mind. But thanks to the combined efforts of designers, retailers and suppliers—one day it will be

  1. 1.

    What is said about Future Fashion?

    1. A.
      It inspired leading designers to start going green
    2. B.
      It showed that designers using organic fabrics would go far
    3. C.
      It served as an example of how fashion shows should be organized
    4. D.
      It convinced the public that fashionable clothes should be made durable
  2. 2.

    According to Scott Hahn, one big challenge to designers who will go organic is that ________

    1. A.
      much more time is needed to finish a dress using sustainable materials
    2. B.
      they have to create new brands for clothes made of organic materials
    3. C.
      customers have difficulty telling organic from non-organic materials
    4. D.
      quality organic replacements for synthetics are not readily available
  3. 3.

    We learn from Paragraph 3 that designers who undertake green fashion ________

    1. A.
      can attend various trade shows for free
    2. B.
      are readily recognized by the fashion world
    3. C.
      can buy organic cotton at favorable prices
    4. D.
      are gaining more and more support
  4. 4.

    What is Natalie Hormilla’s attitude toward eco-fashion?

    1. A.
      She doesn’t seem to care about it
    2. B.
      She doesn’t think it is sustainable
    3. C.
      She is doubtful of its practical value
    4. D.
      She is opposed to the idea very much
  5. 5.

    What does the author think of green fashion?

    1. A.
      Green products will soon go main stream
    2. B.
      It has a very promising future
    3. C.
      Consumers have the final say
    4. D.
      It will appeal more to young people

Natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and floods can often come at the least expected time.Others, such as hurricanes are increasing in severity and destruction.Typically, those poor countries are the worst hit for they have the least resources to deal with the destruction and rebuild their home.This part of the globalissues.org website looks at some of these issues.
Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis
The earthquake off the coast of Japan on March 11, 2011 was one of the biggest recorded, measuring 9 on the Richter scale(里氏震级).
It was the resulting tsunami, however, that caused the most destruction.It devastated the northeast of Japan, leaving many thousands dead or missing, and -hundreds of thousands homeless or leaving the area.In addition, various power generators(发电机组) failed.Some older nuclear power stations risked meltdown and suffered explosions and radioactive leaks.Workers battled for weeks to try and bring the situation under control.Radioactive material was detected in various places.
It is thought that the cost of the earthquake and tsunami could be over $ 300 billion-the world's most expensive natural disaster on record.
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a destroyed category 4(四级) hurricane, the highest category, that hit the Gulf of Mexico and various Southern regions of the United States at the end of August, 2005, causing the worst damage in that country's history, estimated at $ 100 billion.The famous New Orleans city and surrounding areas were worst hit as much of it sits some 6 feet below sea level.City defenses, such as banks, only designed for categary 3 type hurricanes, gave way, leading to enormous flooding and associated damage, death and displacement of around 100, 000 people who either chose to say the course, or could not afford to flee.

  1. 1.

    Where would this passage most probably appear?

    1. A.
      In a textbook.
    2. B.
      In a magazine.
    3. C.
      In a paper.
    4. D.
      In a website.
  2. 2.

    Why are those poor countries the worst hit by natural disasters?

    1. A.
      Because they are lazy and poor.
    2. B.
      Because they desire help from rich countries.
    3. C.
      Because they lack resources to deal with the destruction and rebuild their home.
    4. D.
      Because they never think of protecting their home.
  3. 3.

    What is the meaning do the underlined word "devastated" in the paragraph 3?

    1. A.
      Built.
    2. B.
      Completed.
    3. C.
      Discovered.
    4. D.
      Destroyed.
  4. 4.

    In the disaster happening in 2011 in Japan, what caused the most destruction?

    1. A.
      Radioactive material.
    2. B.
      Tsunami.
    3. C.
      Earthquake.
    4. D.
      Power generators' explosion.
  5. 5.

    What can we infer from the last paragraph?

    1. A.
      Hurricane Katrina also hit the northern part of the USA.
    2. B.
      Hurricane Katrina caused the second the worst damage in the history of the USA.
    3. C.
      All parts of New Orleans city were below sea level.
    4. D.
      City defenses in New Orleans couldn't deal with Hurricane Katrina.

They once seemed more at home on the busy streets of Asia like Delhi, Calcutta and Bangkok but cycle powered rickshaws (人力车) can now be seen taking people across town in many European cities. Many people believe that rickshaws are a good way of experiencing a city close-up, while also cutting down on traffic jams and pollution. In Berlin, one of the first cities to introduce this new model of transport, more than 200 bike-taxis go along at 15km per hour, past many tourist attractions and city parks.
“It is completely environmentally friendly; we have new models with an engine to help the driver up the hills but they use renewable energy.” said a spokesman for VELOTAXI, the leading rickshaw company which has carried a quarter of a million people this year.
While the city still has 7,000 motor-taxis, rickshaw company officials say their taxis’ green ideas, speed and safety make them more than just a tourist attraction. While now increasingly out of fashion in Delhi, Berlin people have eagerly accepted the new fleet since their launch in 1997.
“It’s better than a taxi, better than a bus, better than the train,” said ULF Lehman, 36, as he leapt out of a rickshaw near the world famous Brandenburg gate. “It feels so free.”
This is something out of the ordinary, you feel you are on holiday in Bangkok instead of Berlin,” said another traveler.
In Amsterdam, driver Peter Jancso said people like to be driven around in his bright yellow rickshaw and pretend to be a queen in a golden carriage. “I like my passengers to feel important,” he said as he dropped off another passenger. Another visitor noted how cheap it was compared with a normal taxi.
Although increasingly popular in Europe, it is the opposite in India, where hand-pulled rickshaws are considered inhuman and a symbol of India’s backward past.
Nearly 500 bike-rickshaws are running in London and are not required to pay the city’s road tax but things may change as other taxi drivers complain of unfair treatment

  1. 1.

    Where are rickshaws becoming more popular?

    1. A.
      Delhi, Berlin, Paris
    2. B.
      Berlin, Amsterdam, London
    3. C.
      Athens, London, Berlin
    4. D.
      Amsterdam, Bangkok, Delhi
  2. 2.

    Why are rickshaws no longer as widely used in India as in the past?

    1. A.
      They have been banned because they are inefficient
    2. B.
      They are a reminder of a bad period in India’s history
    3. C.
      The streets of India are too crowded for them to move through easily
    4. D.
      Indians now prefer to travel by car because they are richer
  3. 3.

    What does the underlined sentence “This is something out of the ordinary, you feel you are on holiday in Bangkok instead of Berlin” suggest?

    1. A.
      The passenger didn’t like taking a rickshaw as it reminded him of Bangkok
    2. B.
      The passenger was impressed when taking a rickshaw and considered it unusual
    3. C.
      The passenger enjoyed being on holiday in Berlin more than in Bangkok
    4. D.
      The passenger disapproved of rickshaws because they were not original toBerlin
  4. 4.

    What is the author’s attitude towards rickshaws?

    1. A.
      He thinks they will reduce pollution
    2. B.
      He believes they will be of no use
    3. C.
      He gives no personal opinion
    4. D.
      He thinks they are old-fashioned

An experimental treatment that causes AIDS patients to develop a dangerously high fever has shown promise as a way of prolonging and improving the patients’ life.Called the Biologic-HT System, the new treatment lets doctors extract the blood of a patient and heat it before circulating it back into the body. The heated blood causes the patient’s body temperature to rise above 42 degrees Celsius. In people with AIDS, that increase in temperature kills some heat-sensitive HIV, the virus, most doctors say, causes AIDS.
Heating the blood of AIDS patients has been tried before, say doctors. But during previous attempts, the treatment induced deadly chemical changes in the blood. The Biologic-HT System prevents those changes from happening, allowing the heat to kill viruses with few ill side effects.
The new heat treatment cannot be considered a cure for Aids, says president of the company that makes the system. He says the treatment doesn’t kill all traces of the virus. However, it kills enough virus particles to give a patient’s immune system a reprieve in its deadly duel with HIV.
Tests of the Biologic-HT treatment began on 36 patients earlier this year. The treatment takes about four hours, and the patient normally feels well enough to leave the hospital or clinic the following morning.
So far, the patients who have had the treatment say they feel better and have developed no new opportunistic infections—disease that strike people with damaged immune systems. The patients also have experienced about a 50 percent increase in the number of T cells in their bodies. T cells are key disease-fighting cells of the immune system and the main target of HIV

  1. 1.

    This passage is mainly concerned with ____________

    1. A.
      a way for treating AIDS
    2. B.
      a heat-sensitive virus
    3. C.
      the immune system of the human body
    4. D.
      the function of high temperature
  2. 2.

    The blood of the patient___________

    1. A.
      is heated with a single injection
    2. B.
      is heated by being circulated at a higher rate
    3. C.
      is taken out from the body and then circulated through a heating system
    4. D.
      is taken out from the body, heated outside and then put back into the body
  3. 3.

    The previous attempts to use high temperature for treating AIDS failed because they_________

    1. A.
      caused chemical changes
    2. B.
      could not kill HIV effectively
    3. C.
      resulted in deaths
    4. D.
      killed both HIV and healthy cells
  4. 4.

    According to the passage, the new treatment___________

    1. A.
      can kill all the HIV viruses
    2. B.
      cannot eliminate the viruses completely
    3. C.
      can double the number of disease-fighting cells
    4. D.
      can reconstruct the patient’s immune system
  5. 5.

    The result of the experiment seems to be ___________

    1. A.
      disappointing
    2. B.
      incomplete
    3. C.
      successful
    4. D.
      surprising
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