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7．October 29saw China _____ its one-child policy，_____ all couples to have two for the first time since 1980．（　　）

	A．	end； allowing		B．	end； having allowed
	C．	ending； to allow		D．	ending； allowed

6．Long ago，sailors sailed to faraway places without the ability to rely on modern instruments to lead the way．Still，many were able to sail across vast，uncharted oceans and arrive at their destinations safely．Why didn't more sailors get lost at sea？What kinds of equipment did they use to find their way？
In early sailing history，few maps were available．Sailors had to rely on memory and on written guides called pilot books．Pilot books offered sailors information about how long it took to get to certain ports and instructions about getting in and out of the ports．Pilot books did not offer much information about sailing far from land．
Later，sailors used maps，charts，and information from other explorers to plan their trips．Early maps and charts offered descriptions of islands and coastlines tht helped sailors navigate．Experienced sailors learned where harbors，fresh water，supplies，and riendly people might be found．They were also able to warn others about dangers．Some of the early navigation practices and equipment used on these ships proved to be quite trustworthy．Early sailors used a tool called the astrolabe （星盘） to figure out the positions of stars and the sun to determine their location．For centuries，sailors planned their routes，sailed，and recorded their progress using the North Star as their only reference．They also used patterns of wind and waves as directional clues．Even though ocean waves may look the same to inexperienced eyes，they have different shapes related to the depth of the ocean and their closeness to land．Sailors even found a way that clouds and seabirds could help them．
The sailors of yesterday relied heavily on their observations and studies of the sea．Although their techniques were simple，they were able to achieve great things during their adventures at sea．
28．According to the text，pilot booksA．
A．are maps charted by other sailors
B．are guides written by other sailors
C．offer descriptions of islands and ports
D．offer information about sailing far away
29．We know from the text that early explorers and sailorsD．
A．established the shipping network
B．invented many modern sailing tools
C．could locate all the ports and islands
D．shared information and offered warnings
30．What is Paragraph 4mainly about？D
A．How early sailors found their way．
B．The importance of early navigation．
C．The difficulty of sailing far from land．
D．What arly sailors found on their journeys．
31．What's the author's attitude towards the sailors of yesterday？C
A．Objective．
B．Sympathetic．
C．Praiseworthy．
D．Regretful．

5．Amelia Earhart （1897-1937）was born in Kansas，USA，and moved to Chicago in 1914 when her father was fired from the Rock Island Railroad．After graduating from high school in 1915，she went to Canada where she worked as a nurse's helper．In 1919 she attended Columbia University but gave up after a year to join her parents in California．
    In 1920 Earhart went to her first air show and was attracted．She took flying lessons and bought her first plane，which she flew to a height of 14，000 feet in October 1922，a women's world record．In 1925 she moved to Boston and got a job as a social worker．During that time，she also wrote local newspaper columns （专栏） on flying．
    Earhart will be mainly remembered for being the first woman to fly solo （单独） non-stop across the Atlantic．On May 20，1932，she took off from New Brunswick，Canada．She wanted to fly to Paris，but poor weather conditions and mechanical
（机械的） problems forced her to land in Derry，Northern Ireland．
    It was certain that Earhart would attempt a round-the-world flight and she left Miami，USA on June 1，1937．Aft er stopping in South America，Africa，the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia，she arrived in New Guinea，an island in the southwest Pacific Ocean，on June 29．She left on July 27，but while she was crossing the Pacific，contact （联系） was lost．The US government spent 4 million looking for her，but she was never found．
    Earhart published two books about her flying experiences：20 H ours 40 Minutes and The Fun of It，but she went missing before her thi rd book was published．She was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by Congress and the Cross of Knight of the Legion of Honour by the French government．
21．Amelia Earhart took an interest in flyingC．
A．during her stay in Canada
B．after watching an air show
C．after she moved to Chicago
D．after graduating from university
22．Paragraph 3is mainly about Amelia Earhart'sB．
A．early career
B．greatest achievement
C．early life and education
D．publications and prizes
23．What do we know about Amelia Earhart from the text？A
A．She wrote two books in her life．
B．She was the first woman pilot in the USA．
C．She got lost when flying across the Pacific．
D．She finished her round-the-world flight successfully．

4．The unthinkable keeps happening．The 18th hot car death of the year was recorded Thursday---on the same day a national public service campaign started．It is meant to warn parents about the dangers of leaving kids in overheated cars．In the latest unfortunate accident，a 10-month-old girl died in Wichita，Kan，after being left by her parents in a car that was parked outside her house．The baby was forgotten，according to the police．
One New Mexico teenager's creation called"Hot Seat"might someday prevent such deaths．Alyssa Chavez，a 17-year-old from Albuquerque，said she designed a warning system that might stop people from accidentally leaving their young children in the car after they get out of it．
Chavez，whose mother owns a day-care center，said she had heard about the deaths of three children in hot cars in summer．"I felt that would be a good project for my eighth-grade science fair project---to find something to prevent those accidents from happening，"said Chavez．
She bought a door alarm （警报器） and began to design her new warning system．Finally，she won the science fair．And for the last three years，she's been improving the design and creating a busness plan．
The invention works in a simple but effective way．A parent places a sensor pad （感应垫） under the cover of a baby car seat．The pad has a sensor that communicates with a key fob （饰物） carried by the parent to find out how far the parent is from the car．If the parent is more than 40feet away from the car，the pad will check to see if it feels the child in the seat．If it doesn't，the alarms will not sound．If it does，then three alarms will go off---the key fob，the parent's phone and the car alarm itself．Chavez is now trying to raise money to build a model Hot Seat．
28．What can we say about the 10-month-old girl's parents？A
A．They were too careless．
B．They treated her unkindly．
C．They had poor driving skills．
D．They were against the campaign．
29．Chavez's warning systemB．
A．was suggested by her mother
B．was designed in her eighth grade
C．works together with a door alarm
D．has helped her earn a lot of money
30．If a baby is sitting in the car，the alarms will go off whenD．
A．the car key is taken out
B．its parent gets out of the car
C．the pad feels it on the car seat
D．its parent is over 40feet away
31．What is the text mainly about？D
A．An interesting science fair project．
B．A national public service campaign．
C．An unfortunate accident in Wichita．
D．A successful invention by a teenager．

3．Chinese police are joining Italian officers on the streets of Rome and Milan in an experiment aimed at helping tourists from China feel safe，Italy's interior ministry has announced．
The experiment is the first of its kind in Europe，China's ambassador to Italy，Li Ruiyu，said at a meeting to announce the project，according to a statement from the Italian ministry．
The four Chinese officers，who were trained by Italians in Beijing，will wear the same uniforms they wear at home so their compatriots can recognize them easily．
More than 3million Chinese tourists come to Italy every year，according to Liao Jinrong，the director general of the Chinese international co-operation bureau．
"This service was planned with Chinese tourists in mind and，if it works well，we may consider other forms of collaboration，given the presence of the Chinese community in our country，"said the interior minister，Angelino Alfano．
The officers will share information with Italian police and help Chinese tourists if they need to contact local authorities and diplomats from Monday until 13May，the ministry said．
Liao，the head of the Chinese international co-operation bureau，said the officers'assignment was a"historic moment"recalling that the route between China and Italy was mapped 700years ago by Venetian merchant traveler Marco Polo．
32．Why do the Chinese police come to work in Italy？B
A．They plan to help the Italian police．
B．They plan to help Chinese in need in Italy．
C．They plan to show Chinese tourists around Italy．
D．They plan to comfort Chinese tourists．
33．What does the word"compatriot"mean？B
A．company
B．countryman
C．family
D．friend
34．According to Angelino Alfano，the experimentC．
A．will be the first of its kind in Europe
B．will improve the presence of the Chinese community in Europe
C．will give a good example to other forms of cooperation if it succeeds
D．will help Chinese tourists contact local authorities
35．What dose Liao think of this service？A
A．meaningful
B．perfect
C．useless
D．interesting．

2．In New York，students at 18schools participate in a program called We Future Cycle．Started by Anna Giordano in 2014，it teaches kids to recycle，compost （制成堆肥），and reduce  food waste．
Lunch areas at the participating schools are equipped with three clearly marked bins-compost，recycle and share．While the first two are common in schools，the third is rare，where kids can put their unwanted drinks，fruits，and even untouched sandwiches．Items in the  container are available for any student that wants them．Whatever remains at the end of the day is donated to the food bank．Giordano says the three bins have helped reduce the nun of trash bags from an average of 22to just 2!
To ensure kids adopt similar habits at home，the non-profit has created extensive   curriculum to educate families  about the importance of sorting waste into the proper streams of recycling，composting，trash and food to donate-They also urge parents to have  conversations with their kids about food choices．
But，as  we're all aware，kids aren't   only ones that Waste food-adults are  epually bad，if not worse!To prevent that，Josh Treuhaft  founded Salvage Supperclub in 2014．The occasionally organized dinners promise people  a tasty multi-course meal for a mere 550USD   perperson．It is also a plan to savewaste because the delicious food is made from vegetables   that are past their prime and，therefore，headed for the trash bin．
The other catch？Customers have to eat their  meals inside a dumpster（大型垃圾装卸车）!The place，of course，is totally clean．It is just a symbolic gesture．In addition to helping people rethink their actions，Treuhaft also helps them to do good by donating part of the profits to non-profits devoted to fighting against food waste．
32．What is mainly talked about in the text？C
A．The importance of saving food．
B．Ways to form the habit of saving food．
C．Positive moves to reduce food waste．
D．The reasons for calling on people to share food．
33．From the second paragraph we can infer thatB
A．students are more generous
B．the program enjoys a success in schools
C．food is wasted seriously in all schools
D．students show no interest in the program
34．What do we know about We Future Cycle？C
A．It has a very long history．
B．It donates its profits to schools．
C．It educates parents as well as children．
D．It occasionally provides people with free dinner．
35．What is the significance of eating in a dumpster according to Treuhaft？D
A．It is nicer and cleaner．
B．It is environmentally friendly．
C．It can save much money and energy．
D．It can help people think about the food waste problem．

1．Scientists around the world have been studying the warming of waters in the Pacific Ocean known as El Nino．The appearance of El Nino is known to affect the weather around the world．Scientists still do not completely understand it．Yet they now find they can use it to tell about the future in different areas of the world．
One example is the work of two scientists at Columbia University in New York，Mark Cane and Gordon Eshel．A scientist of Zimbabwe（津巴布韦），Roger Buckland worked with them．They have found that when El Nino appears，Zimbabwe has little or no rain．This means corn crops in Zimbabwe are poor．The last El Nino was in 1991to 1993．That was when southeastern Africa suffered a serious lack of rain．
The scientists wrote about their recent work in the publication Nature．Their computer program can tell when an El Nino will develop up to a year before it does．They suggest that this could provide an effective early warning system for southern Africa，and could prevent many people from starving．
33．El Nino is known asB．
A．the changing of the weather in southern Africa
B．the warming of waters in the Pacific Ocean
C．the weather which brings drought（旱灾）to Africa
D．the weather phenomenon that brings heavy rains to Africa
34．Scientists study El Nino in order thatA．
A．they can provide a kind of early warning to the place that will suffer from drought
B．they can tell why Zimbabwe has little or no rain
C．they can do some research work in this field．
D．they can put all this information into their computers．
35．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？D
A．Scientists come to understand how El Nino appears．
B．Three scientists from the USA work on this subject．
C．Southern Africa suffered a serious drought and many people died from hunger．
D．El Nino has something to do with Zimbabwe's poor crops．

20．A simple flower made headlines in the British press last week．How could that be？British Prime Minister David Cameron and his ministers were attending a reception（招待会）hosted by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing．They insisted on wearing poppies （罂粟花） in their buttonholes．
What's wrong with that？
According to the Global Times，Chinese officials had clearly asked the UK delegation not to wear poppies．The British said that poppies meant a great deal to them on that day and they would wear them all the same．
So what's the importance of the poppy？It's a flower which has different cultural and symbolic meanings for British and Chinese people．
From the Chinese point of view，the poppy is a symbol of China's humiliation（耻辱） at the hands of European powers in the Opium Wars（鸦片战争） of the 19th century．Britain forced China to open the borders to trade-including in the opium-which was made from poppies grown in India．
Yet from the British viewpoint the poppy is a reminder of the killing during World WarⅠ．Red poppies grew on the battlefields of Flanders in Belgium where many thousands of British soldiers died or were buried．Since then，Poppy Day （November 11 ） has become a time in the UK to wear poppies and remember the sacrifices of British soldiers and civilians in times of war．
So you can see that the poppy sets off strong feelings in the hearts of Chinese and British people for different reasons．And it makes sense for us to try to understand each other's standpoint．
Of course cultural differences can also be interesting and funny．And what one nation thinks is an acceptable gift may be viewed differently by their guest from overseas．US President Barack Obama gave a gift of an iPod to Britain's Queen-a dull person with no interest in music．Obama also presented Gordon Brown with a fine selection of American movies．But they were in US format and impossible to play on British DVD players．
Many countries have diplomats（外交官）stationed overseas．Diplomats provide information and advice to their governments back home．However，sometimes it would seem that even diplomats can overlook the cultural importance of a small flower．
29．British Prime Minister David Cameron probably attended a reception in Beijing onB．
A．October 1
B．November 11
C．December 31
D．January 1
30．The poppy reminds the Chinese ofA．
A．the shame caused by European countries in the 19th century
B．the British soldiers who were killed and buried during World WarⅠ
C．the Chinese soldiers killed during World WarⅡ
D．the suffering caused by Britain during World WarⅠ
31．The diplomatic problem in Beijing is mainly caused byC．
A．the translation mistake
B．the language difference
C．the cultural difference
D．the different lifestyle
32．We can infer thatD．
A．Britain's Queen is not interested in art
B．Gordon Brown was fond of American movies US President Obama sent him
C．US President Obama received a gift for music
D．Britain's Queen may not like the iPod US President Obama presented her．

19．In the United States，it is important to be on time，or punctual，for an appointment，a class，a meeting，etc．However，this may not be true in all countries．An American professor discovered the difference while teaching a class in a Brazilian（巴西的） university．The two-hour class was scheduled to begin at 10A．M．and end at 12．On the first day，when the professor arrived on time，no one was in the classroom．Many students came after 10：30A．M．Two students came after 11A．M．Although all the students greeted the professor as they arrived，few apologized（道歉）for their lateness．Were these students being rude？He decided to study the students'behavior．
The professor talked to American and Brazilian students about lateness in both an informal and a formal situation：at a lunch with a friend and in a university class，respectively．He gave them an example and asked them how they would react，If they had a lunch appointment with a friend，the average American student defined lateness as 19minutes after the agreed time．On the other hand，the average Brazilian student felt the friend was late after 33minutes．
In an American university，students are expected to arrive at the appointed hour．In contrast，in Brazil，neither the teacher nor the students always arrive at the appointed hour．Classes not only begin at the scheduled time in the United States，but also end at the scheduled time．In the Brazilian class，only a few students left the class at 12：00；many remained past 12：30to discuss the class and ask more questions．While arriving late may not be very important in Brazil，neither is staying late．
28．The word‘punctual'most probably meansD．
A．1eaving soon after class
B．coming early
C．arriving a few minutes late
D．being on time
29．Why did the professor study the Brazilian students'behavior？A
A．He felt puzzled at the students'being late．
B．He felt angry at the students'rudeness．
C．He wanted to make the students come on time later．
D．He wanted to collect data for one of his studies．
30．It can be inferred from the professor's study of lateness in the informal situation thatC．
A．American students will become impatient if their friend is five minutes late
B．neither Brazilian nor American students like being late in social gatherings
C．being late in one culture may not be considered so rude in another culture
D．Brazilian students will not come thirty-three minutes after the agreed time
31．What is the main idea of this passage？B
A．It is important to be on time for class in the United States．
B．The importance of being on time differs among cultures．
C．People learn the importance of time only from their own culture．
D．Students being late for class should explain the reason to their teacher．

18．（CNN，April 21）-The Olympic torch has been lit in southern Greece，kicking off the countdown to Rio 2016．
The Games were first held there in 776BC and remained there for 12centuries．
Acting the role of the high priestess （女祭司），Greek actress Katerina Lechou lit the torch using a concave （凹形） mirror to focus the sun's rays，before placing it into a ceramic bowl．An olive branch was cut and a white dove released into the blue spring sky，both symbolizing peace．
The flaming torch，which has its own Twitter account，was handed to its first torchbearer，gold medal-winning Greek gymnast Eleftherios Petrounias，before beginning its six-day relay across the country．
Another of the runners will be a Syrian refugee （难民），who will carry the torch through the Eleonas refugee camp in central Athens-part of a conscious effort by the International Olympic Committee （IOC） to highlight the hardships of refugees around the world．
For the first time in history，a team of 12refugee athletes from multiple countries will be competing in this year's Games．They will march behind the Olympic flag at the opening ceremony in Rio．
After its sprint through Greece，the torch will travel to Brazil on April 27to begin a 95-day tour visiting 83cities，26state capitals and 500towns-reaching an estimated 90% of the population．
It is the first time the Games have been held in South America，but the torch-lighting ceremony comes during uncertain times for Brazil．President Dilma Roussef faces the possibility of being impeached as early as May after she broke budgetary laws．
Thomas Bach，President of the International Olympic Committee，said in his speech at the torch-lighting ceremony that this year's Games"will be a message of hope in troubled times"．
"In these difficult days that Brazil is facing，the flame is a timeless reminder that we all are part of the same humanity，"he said．"May today's lighting of the Olympic flame be another reminder to everyone to uphold the spirit of the Olympic Games and to build a better world through sport．"
The torch's Brazilian tour will involve an estimated 12，000torchbearers before arriving at Rio's famous Maracana Stadium for the Games'Opening Ceremony on August 5．
58．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage？B
A．A concave mirror can make fire by focusing the sun's rays．
B．The Olympic torch will have a relay of six days in Brazil．
C．The Olympic Games will bring hope to today's Brazil．
D．Brazil is the first South American country to hold the Games．
59．Why did the IOC choose a Syrian refugee to carry the torch？C
A．The Syrian refugee shows great concern for the 2016Rio Olympics．
B．Carrying the torch will bring the refugee great fame in the world．
C．The IOC aims to make people aware of the world refugee problem．
D．The Syrian refugee wants to compete with other top competitors．
60．What does the underlined"impeached"mean？D
A．Cheated．
B．Reported．
C．Injured．
D．Accused．

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