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2．Do you have any skiing equipment you no longer need？A ski school in the far north of India could put it to good use．
In March we published a photo story about the extraordinary Zsnskar region in northern India，which is cut off from the outside world for more than seven months of the year，and only accessible （可通行的）via a frozen river．We also included information about the limited use of skiing in the region and the recent creation of the Zanskar Ski School："Despite the difficulties of travelling through the region when the snow comes，skiing hasn't traditionally been used as a means of transport by the locals，largely because trees don't grow here，so there is little in the way of raw materials from which to make skis．In 1995，a group of British scientists in the region noticed the lack of skis and one of them returned to set up the Zanskar Ski School in Padam．The school provides lessons for a small fee and rents skis to the local people．Among the benefits that the school hopes to bring are improved education-children often find it difficult to get to school through the deep snow-and the possibility of offering ski tours to tourists in the future．So far，more than 300 local people have received training，and local doctors and policemen regularly borrow skis．"
But what we weren't able to include in the article is that the ski school is always on the look out for old skiing equipment-particularly of a size suitable for children-and，I thought．Now the European ski season is drawing to a close，there might be a few of you out there who have some old equipment you'd like to see go to a good home．If that's the ease you can get in touch with the school via their website www．zanskarski school．org．

56．What's the purpose in writing the text？D
A．To raise money to develop this area
B．To attract more tourists to the area
C．To appeal to more locals to attend the school
D．To ask people to give away their skis to the school
57．Who would be the most helpful to the school now？A
A．People having old skiing equipment．     B．Students in the Zanskar Ski School．
C．Locals in Zanskar region．               D．Tavellers enjoying skiing．
58．What can be the best title for the text？B
A．An extraordinary region in India   B．A home for old skis
C．A good means of transport         D．A popular sport-skiing．

1．When crossing the street，we _________ never be too careful．（　　）

20．Please look at this picture taken around 20 years ago．I wonder if you can _______ my father．（　　）

19．Each Indian tribe（部落） had a different language．Many Indians never learned any language except their own．Do you know how Indians from different tribes talked to each other？They had two ways to talk without sound．One way was by sign language；the other way by signals．
Sign language is a way of talking by using signs．Indians used sign language when they met strangers．In this way，they could find out whether the stranger was a friend or an enemy．In the Indian sign language，signs were made with the hands．One sign meant"man"．Another meant"horse"．To tell the time of day when something happened，an Indian pointed to the sky．He showed where the sun had been at the time．
Indians usually used signals when they wanted to send messages to someone far away．To make signals，an Indian might use a pony．He might use a blanket．Or he might use smoke，a mirror or fire arrows．
To signal that he had seen many animals，an Indian rode his pony in a large circle．Sometimes the Indian gave a signal like this and then went away to hide．This meant that there was danger．
The blanket signal was visible from far away．An Indian held the corners of a blanket in his hands．Then he began to swing the blanket from side to side in front of him．An Indian could send many different signals with his blanket．
He could also send many signals with a mirror．He usually used the mirror to warn someone of danger．Or he attempted to get the attention of a person far away．But he also used it to send messages in code．Of course，mirrors could be used only when the sun was shining．At night，Indians used fire arrows for signaling．
An Indian also sent signals with smoke．He made a small fire．Then he put grass or green branches on it．He held a blanket over the fire for a minute．When he removed the blanket from the fire，there was a cloud of smoke．The number of clouds of smoke told his message in code．
Now you can see that Indians didn't need to learn each other's language．They could talk to one another by using signals or sign language．
54．From the passage we can infer thatB．
A．Indian language was difficult to learn，so many Indians never learned it
B．among the Indian tribes there was no common spoken language
C．many Indians couldn't communicate with each other
D．Indians talked with each other only in two ways---sign and signal language
55．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage？A
A．One or two clouds of smoke sent different message．
B．In Indian sign language，"man''meant friend and"horse"meant enemy．
C．If an Indian rode his pony in a large circle，it meant there was danger．
D．Signals with smoke could be used to send messages at night．
56．What is the best title of this passage？D
A．Indians'way of life B．Each Indian tribe had its own language
C．How to use signals and sign language D．Talking without sound．

18．-Is this computer working well now？
-Yes．My mother _______ it repaired．（　　）

should have had

17．How much rain has fallen on the earth in the past﹖Man has not always kept weather records． Because scientists need a way to learn about past rainfall，they study the tree rings．
A tree's trunk （树干） keeps growing year by year．Under its bark（树皮），a tree adds a layer（分层） of new wood each year it lives．If you look at a tree stump （树根），you can see the layers．They are called annual rings （年轮）．
On some trees，all of the rings are of the same width．But the ponderosa （美国黄松） that grow in the Arican southwest have rings in different width．The soil in the southwest is dry．The pines depend on rainfall for water．In a year of good rainfall，they form wide rings．In a dry year they form narrow ones．
Scientists do not have to cut down a pine to study its rings．With a special tool，they remove a narrow piece of wood from the trunk without harming the tree．Then they look at the width of each ring to see how much rain fell in the year it formed．
Some pines are hundreds of years old and have hundreds of rings．These rings form an annual record of past rainfall in the southwest．
66．We could infer from the passage thatA．
A．a tree grows faster when it has a lot of water
B．scientists cut down trees to study tree rings
C．pine trees form rings of the same width every year
D．the ponderosa grows in the southeast
67．A tree grows a new layer of woodC．
A．each week    B．whenever it rains    C．every year    D．every season
68．On the whole，this passage is aboutB．
A．why the tree trunks grow bigger         B．why scientists study tree rings
C．trees that lived hundreds of years ago   D．the ponderosa in the US
69．The scientistsDto know how much rain fell in a certain area in the past．
A．climbed up the trees
B．moved the pine tree
C．removed a piece of wood
D．studied the width of the tree rings
70．Which of the following does the passage lead you to believe﹖A
A．Young trees have fewer annual rings than old ones．
B．The trunk of a tree never changed in size．
C．Trees in the southwest do not need rain．
D．The soil in the southwest is fit for the growth of trees．

16．Laugh and the world laughs with you．Even better，you might live longer，a Norwegian researcher reports．"Adults who have （48）a sense of humor live longer than those who don't find life funny，and the survival edge is particularly large for people （49）with cancer．"says Sven Svebak of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology．
He presented his study of about 54，000Norwegians，（50）who/whom he followed for seven years，at the American Psychosomatic Society meeting．At the start，patients filled out questionnaires on how easily they found humor in real-file situations （51）and how important a humorous idea was．
"The study showed the greater role humor played in （52）their lives，the greater their chances of surviving seven years were，"Svebak says．"Adults scoring in the top one-quarter for humor appreciation were 35% more likely to be alive （53）than those in the bottom quarter，"he says．"The study showed that in a smaller group of 2015people diagnosed with cancer at the start，
（54）when the people having a good sense of humor were compared with those who had a （55）poor/bad sense of humor．，the chance of dying was decreased by about 70%，"Svebak says．

15．Have you ever suddenly felt that someone you knew was in trouble-and was he？Have you ever dreamed something that came true later？Maybe you have ESP（特异功能）．ESP stands for Extrasensory Perception．It may be called a sixth sense．It seems to let people know about events before they happen，or events that are happening some distance away．
Here's an example．A woman was ironing clothes．Suddenly she screamed，"My father is dead!I saw him sitting in the chair!"Just then，a telegram came．The woman's father died of a heart attack．He died sitting in a chair．
There are thousands of stories like this one on record．Scientists are studying them to find out what's behind these strange mental messages．Here's another example-one of hundreds of dreams that have come true．
A man dreamed he was walking along a road when a horse and carriage came by．The driver said，"There's room for one more．"The man felt the driver seemed dead，so he ran away．The next day，when the man was getting on a crowded bus，the bus driver said．"There's room for one more．"
Then the man saw that the driver's face was the same face he had seen in the dream．He wouldn't get on the bus．As the bus drove off，it crashed and burst into flames．Everyone was killed!
Some people say stories like these are coincidences．Others，including some scientists，say that ESP is real．From studies of ESP，we may someday learn more about the human mind．
59．According to the passage，the author believes that the sixth sense isA．
A．possible    B．imaginativeC．not real    D．impossible
60．By studying ESP，scientists may get toC．
A．learn how people tell lies
B．know more about human dreams
C．know more about human mind
D．learn how strange things happen
61．In the last paragraph the underlined word"coincidences"probably means"B"．
A．things that may not happen
B．things that happen by accident
C．things that must happen
D．things that happen in a dream
62．This article is mainly aboutD．
A．the human dream
B．a crowded bus
C．the human mind
D．the sixth sense．

14．How many men do housework？Recently a European Commission tried to find out people's ideas and reactions to the women's movement．As part of their survey （调查），they asked many men and women the question，"Who does the housework？"The men answered very differently from the women!
The housework they asked people about were：preparing meals，washing dishes，cleaning the house and babysitting.48% of British husbands said they did these things.37% of Danish men helped in the house．But only 15% of Italian men said they did the housework，many of them said they never helped at all!
But there was an interesting point of view from the wives．According to British wives，only 38% of their husbands helped in the house．And Italian wives said that their husbands hardly ever helped．The Italian and British men did not tell the truth!The Commission found that Danish men were the most trustful husbands； their answers were the same as their wives'answers．
Do the men you know help in the house？Do you think the survey gives a true picture in your experience？Write and tell us what you think．
55．The survey was carried out inB．
A．BritainB．EuropeC．Denmark D．Italy
56．The subject for the survey isD．
A．how many boys do the housework
B．who are more diligent（勤劳），wives or husbands
C．how many women do the housework
D．who does the housework at home
57．From the passage we can see thatC．
A．there were more husbands who did the housework than wives
B．husbands did half of the housework all the time
C．there were more wives who did the housework than husbands．
D．wives did all the housework at home
58．MoreA husbands help in the house thanA husbands．
A．British； Danish B．Italian； Danish C．Danish； BritishD．Italian； British．

13．Busy as he is，he ______ a few hours for exercise every day．（　　）

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