She has received all offer from Berkeley，but I don’t know _____ she will accept it or not．

A． Where B． whether

C． what D． which

Passengers are permitted ________ only one piece of hand luggage onto the plane．

A． to carry B． carrying

C． to be carried D． being carried

In our class there are 50 students，half _________ wear glasses．

A． in whom B． in them

C． of whom D． of them

Starting in 1972，the National Park Service established a policy for forest fires called Natural Burn．It was acknowledged that some forest fires，such as those which were caused by lighting were necessary for forests to maintain（保持）balanced ecosystems，so the fire should be allowed to burn．However， a big fire in Yellowstone National Park in 1988 caused this policy to be abandoned since the fire was initially（最初）allowed to burn yet soon out of contro1．As a result，the fire of 1988 destroyed much of Yellowstone，which is America’s oldest and most beloved national park．Massive areas of plants were destroyed，and large empty spaces and acres of burned and blackened trees greeted visitors．The rivers and streams were choked with ash，and the ecosystem of the park was changed beyond repair．

In addition，great numbers of animals were killed by the fires that burned out of control．The fires were driven by high winds，moving as many as ten miles a day．Many small animals died in the flames．The fires’rapid advances gave the wildlife little chance to escape．Even today，few of these small forest animals have returned to live in the park．In the years immediately following the fires，the numbers of visitors declined．rapidly．No one was interested in seeing a blackened and treeless park on vacation．Yellowstone had previously been famous for its amazing views and unique geological formations such as the geyser（喷泉）Old Faithful．But now its reputation as America's wonder is damaged permanently．

1.Natural Burn was adopted because some forest fires were __________

A． hard to put out

B． started by lightning

C． good for the balance of nature

D． approved by National Park Service

2.The big fire in Yellowstone in 1988 __________．

A． became out of control at first

B． brought the natural burn policy to an end

C． was allowed to burn continuously

D． destroyed the park completely

3.Why were so many animals killed in the big fire?

A． Because winds were blown from high places．

B． Because the animals moved only ten miles a day．

C． Because the animals lived in lower places．

D． Because strong winds contributed to the fire a lot．

4.Yellowstone was famous for its _________．

A． rare animals

B． unique plants

C． beautiful scenery

D． 1ittle streams

5.The text probably comes from _________．

A． a geography magazine

B． a news report

C． a commercial ad

D． a science fiction

Today we’ll talk about reading．When we read a text，our eyes move across a page in short，quick movements．We recognize words usually when our eyes still fixate（停留，凝视）．Each time they fixate，we see a group of words．This is known as the recognition span or the visual span（视幅）．The length of time for which the eyes stop varies from person to person．It also varies within any parson according to his purpose in reading and his familiarity with the text．In addition，it can be affected by such factors as lighting and tiredness．

Unfortunately，in the past，many reading improvement courses have concentrated too much on how our eyes move across the page．As a result of this misleading emphasis（强调）on the purely visual aspects of reading，many exercises have been designed to train the eyes to see more words at one fixation．For example，in some exercises，words are flashed on to a screen for a tenth of a second．One of the exercises has required students to fix their eyes on some central point，taking in the words on either side．Such word patterns are often formed in the shape of pyramids（金字塔），so the reader takes in more and more words at each successive（连续的）fixation．All these exercises are very clever，but it' s one thing to improve a person’s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently．Reading requires the ability to understand the relationship between words．Consequently，for these reasons，many experts have now begun to question the usefulness of eye training，especially since any approach which trains a person to read isolated（孤立的）words and phrases would seem unlikely to help him in reading a continuous text．

1.The time of the recognition span can be affected by the following factors except _______．

A． 1ighting and tiredness

B． the length of a group of words

C． one’s purpose in reading

D． one’s familiarity with the text

2.The author may believe that reading ______________．

A． requires a reader to take in more words at each fixation

B． requires a reader to see words more quickly

C． demands a deeply-participating mind

D． demands more eyes than mind

3.What does the author mean by the underlined sentence in the second paragraph?

A． The ability to see words is not needed for an efficient reading．

B． The reading exercises mentioned are useless for reading．

C． The reading exercises mentioned can’t help improve reading．

D． The reading exercises mentioned have done a great job so far．

4.Which of the following is NOT true? _______________．

A． The visual span is a word or a group of words we see each time

B． Many experts began to question the efficiency of eye training

C． The emphasis on the purely visual aspects is misleading

D． The eye training will help readers in reading a continuous text

5.The tune of the author in writing this text is _________________．

A． critical B． neutral

C． supportive D． optimistic

Life is filled with challenges．As we get older we come to realize that those challenges are the very things that shape us and make us who we are，it is the same with the challenges that come with friendship．When we are faced with a challenge，we usually have two choices．We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing presenting the challenge isn’t worth the trouble and call it quits．Although there are certainly times when calling it quits is the right thing to do，in most cases all that is needed is commitment(承诺)and communication．

When we are committed to something， it means that no matter how painful or how uncomfortable something is，we will always choose to face it through instead of running away from it．Communication is making a space for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong．If you can say to a friend，“I got my feelings hurt．” rather than“You hurt my feelings．”you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster．

In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for what they are：small hurdles you need to jump or get through on your way through life．Nothing is so big that it is impossible to get over, and hurt only serves to make us stronger．It is all part of growing up，it happens to everyone，and some day you will look back on all of this and say,“Hard as it was，it made me who I am today．And that is a good thing．”

1.What is the underlined word“committed”can be replaced by ____________．

A． devoted B satisfied

C． smpdsed D． interested

2.It can be inferred from the text that _____________．

A． friendship needs challenges

B． challenges shape our character

C． small hurdles aren’t worth the trouble

D． commitment promotes friendship

3.The writer suggests that _____________ when faced with a challenge．

A． one should call it quits

B． one should temporarily run away from it

C． one should be committed and communicable

D． one should lay it a side for a while

4.According to the passage，if your friend hurts your feelings，you are well advised to _______________．

A． forget it

B． talk to him／her about it directly

C． communicate properly with him／her

D． run away from it

5.The whole passage is centered on the relationship between _____________．

A． friendship and challenges

B． commitment and communication

C． communication and friendship

D． challenges and the ways to get through

Drinking alcohol is a socially acceptable behavior in many parts of the world．Some medical experts say light drinking may even be good for your health, especially for the heart．But they say such health benefits should be compared to the many health risks connected with alcohol use．

Some research suggests that having one to two drinks of alcohol a day may offer some health benefits．Several large studies have shown that this type of moderate(适量的) drinking may lower the risk of heart disease and other diseases．

A study last year suggested that drinking small amounts of red wine may help lower the risk of breast cancer in women．Researchers at Medical Center in California studied 36 women．Each woman drank a glass of red or white wine every day for almost a month．Researchers collected blood samples from the women two times a month to measure their hormone(激素) levels．The next month the women who drank red wine were told to drink white wine instead．The white wine drinkers were told to drink red wine．The researchers found that the women who drank red wine had lower levels of the female hormone than the white wine drinkers．They said red grapes have chemicals that may help to lower the risk of breast cancer．

However, recent studies suggested that even small amounts of alcohol may generally increase the risk of breast cancer in women．They found that women who drink four small glasses of wine a week increase their risk of breast cancer by 15 percent．

Many studies have examined the harmful effects of alcohol use on the body．Alicia Ann Kowalchuk serves as medical director, saying “Healthy use for adults --- that's men under age 65 --- is no more than 4 drinks in a day and no more than 14 drinks in a week．And for women of all ages, it's no more than 7 drinks in a week and no more than 2 drinks in a day．” She says too much alcohol use has been linked to liver diseases, and many other cancers．

1.How did the researchers carry out their study?

A． By following an example．

B． By listing facts．

C． By collecting information worldwide．

D． By comparing tested objects．

2.Which of the following is the most beneficial to women with breast cancer?

A． A glass of white wine per day．

B． A glass of red wine per day．

C． Small amounts of alcohol per day．

D． Four small glasses of wine per day．

3.Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

4.What is the best title of this passage?

A． Drinking alcohol is popular in many parts of the world

B． Alcohol drinking can be both good and bad for you

C． Drinking alcohol a day may give your health some benefits．

D． Alcohol drinking may do harm to your health

She may have lacked a home, but now this teen has top honors．

A 17-year-old student who spent much of high school living around homeless shelters — and sometimes sleeping in her car — today graduated and spoke on behalf of her class at Charles Drew High School in Clayton County, Ga．, just outside of Atlanta．

Chelsea Fearce held a 4．466 GPA and scored 1900 on her SATs despite having to use her cellphone to study after the shelter lights were turned off at night．

“I know I have been made stronger．I was homeless．My family slept on cushions on the floor and we were lucky if we got more than one full meal a day．Getting a shower, food and clean clothes was an everyday struggle,” Fearce said in a speech she gave at her graduation ceremony．Fearce overcame her day-to-day struggles by focusing on a better day．“I just told myself to keep working, because the future will not be like this anymore,” she told WSBTV．

Fearce, one of five children, grow up in a family that sometimes had an apartment to live in, but at other times had to live in homeless shelters or even out of their car, if they had one．“You’re worried about your home life and then worried at school．Worry about being a little hungry sometimes and go hungry sometimes．You just have to deal with it．You eat what you can, when you can．”

To our surprise, Fearce overcame the difficulties and even tested high enough to be admitted into college half way through her high school career．She starts college next year at Spelman College as a junior where she is planning to study biology, pre-med (医学预科)．“Don’t give up．Do what you have to do right now so that you can have the future that you want,” Fearce said．

1.How did Fearce go on with her study without access to lights?

A． By the car light．

B． By her cellphone．

C． By lights out of shelters．

D． By moonlight．

2.When Fearce starts college at Spelman College, she will _____．．

A． have graduated earlier from high school than normal

B． be a 17-year-old student from a poor family

C． have a home without sleeping in her car or shelters

D． have raised enough money to go to college

3.What lesson can we learn from Fearce’s experience?

A． Knowledge can change your fate．

B． Don’t give up, and tomorrow will be better．

C． Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well．

D． He that will not work shall not eat．

Tips for cooking on a Tight Schedule

From my experience, there are three main reasons why people don’t cook more often: ability, money and time, 1._Money is a topic I’ll save for another day．So today I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen．Here are three tips for great cooking on a tight schedule:

1．Think ahead．The moments when I think cooking is a pain are when I‘m already hungry and there is nothing ready to eat．So think about of the coming week．When will you have time to cook? Do you have the right materials ready?_2.

2．Make your time worth it．When you do find time to cook a meal, make the most of it and save yourself time later on．Are you making one loaf of bread? 3. it takes around the same amount of time to make more of something．So save yourself the effort for a future meal．

3．4. This may surprise you, but one of the best tools for making cooking worth your time is experimentation．It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appetite and schedule．The more you learn and the more you try, the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule．

Hopefully that gives you a good start．5. and don’t let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live!

A． Try new things．

B． Ability is easily improved．

C． Make three or four instead．

D． Understand your food better．

E． Cooking is a burden for many people．

F． Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden．

G． A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on．

That morning, I stepped into the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with seventy-five students who would be my English Literature class．Having taught in for seventeen years, I had no about my ability to hold their attention and to on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue．

I was shocked when the monitor shouted, " !" The entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was somewhat about how to get them to sit down again, but once that awkwardness was over, I quickly my calmness and began what I thought was a fact-packed lecture, sure to gain their respect—perhaps their admiration．I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a sense of achievement．

My students diaries．However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually 49 by a strong sense of sadness．The first diary said, "Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today． her next lecture will be better．" Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a theme．"Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical for all the works we’ll study in class," I complained．" How they say I didn’t teach them anything?"

It was a long term, and it became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as of my students．I thought a teacher’s job was to raise questions and provide enough background so that students could their own conclusions．My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide information as directly and clearly as possible．What a difference!

, I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture．

1.A． the UK B． the US C． China D． Australia

2.A． worry B． idea C． doubt D． experience

3.A． impress B． put C． leave D． fix

4.A． Attention B． Look out C． At ease D． Stand up

5.A． puzzled B． sure C． curious D． worried

6.A． found B． returned C． regained D． followed

7.A． more B． even C． yet D． still

8.A． passed B． borrowed C． read D． kept

9.A． replaced B． taken C． caught D． moved

10.A． Naturally B． Perhaps C． Fortunately D． Reasonably

11.A． different B． strong C． similar D． usual

12.A． happenings B． characters C． development D． background

13.A． should B． need C． will D． must

14.A． immediately B． certainly C． simply D． gradually

15.A． that B． what C． those D． ones

16.A． difficult B． interesting C． ordinary D． unusual

17.A． draw B． look C． search D． offer

18.A． strange B． standard C． exact D． serious

19.A． Therefore B． However C． Besides D． Though

20.A． normal B． happy C． good D． better