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Over the years I’ve been teaching kids about a simple but powerful concept — the ant philosophy.

They have ___71____ amazing four-part philosophy. First, ants never quit. They’ll climb over, they’ll climb under, and they’ll climb around. They keep looking for another way. ___72____ a neat (了不起的) philosophy it is to never quit ___73____ (look )for a way to get where you are supposed to go! Second, ants think about winter and summer. That’s an important attitude. You can’t be ___74____ naive (幼稚的) as to think summer will last forever. People ___75____ have a little experience are clear about this. So ants are gathering in their winter food in the middle of summer. It’s important to be ___76____ (real). You have to think about rocks as you enjoy the sand and sun. Think ahead. The third part is that ants think summer all winter. During the winter, they remind ___77____, “This won’t last long; we’ll soon be out of here.” And ___78____ the first warm day, the ants are out. If it turns cold again, they’ll dive back down. But they come out again if it is warm. They can’t wait to get out. Last, how much will an ant gather during the summer ___79____ (prepare) for the winter? All that it ___80____ (possible) can.

     What a great philosophy to have — the ant philosophy: never give up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can.

  A. National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside represents the full collection of museums and galleries in the city and offers the Eight Pass for a small fee, this enables the visitor a year's unlimited visits to all eight establishments.
   B. Although it is mainly associated with classical music, the Philharmonic Hall has branched out into popular music and the varied program now includes country, rock, jazz and pop concerts; similar acts can be seen at the Empire. There is also the Picket on Hardman Street, and The Life Cafe on Bold Street also has live music, including the occasional big name wanting to play in a smaller venue.
  C. London Theatre may be separated into three parts. One section encompasses the sophisticated end of the theatre spectrum- plenty of Shakespeare and excellent modern plays. There are also the 'West End' shows- this refers to the big productions, not to where they're located. There are many big-production plays and operas that make for a great evening out.
  D. Humanities College will set targets in three humanities-based specialist subjects. Applicants must choose a minimum of one key subject from history, geography or English. They will choose two other subjects from the following: religious education, citizenship, classics, English, history and geography.
  E. Dance performances tend to center on Sadler's Wells theatre, where contemporary dance, ballet and opera can all be found. The Royal Festival Hall and the Barbican Centre also house excellent productions, and the ICA is a media for experimental dance.
  F. Sefton college is the leading specialist catering (餐饮) training centre in the education sector. Everyday we offer healthy, innovation and exciting menus, which meet the government standards. We have provided catering and cleaning services to Saint Francis Xaviers College and the whole Liverpool for many years and recently won the contract to supply catering to Manchester. So join us, you will get lot of practice.
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66. Jon Murphy: I have worked for six months in California and have been to places as far as Bangkok,     Australia, Canada and throughout Europe. Working with the communities is fantastic.

67. James Barton: I suppose I was born with a love of music. Everyday, I listen to music for at least two hours and music bands are my favourite.

68. Jane Lake: I was at university studying Religious Studies and English. And now my area of practice is painting and drawing.

69. Dave Kirby: I met my great friend Andrew Schofield and it was probably he who introduced me to the theatre and plays.

70. Gary Birkett: Being a chef involves a lot of work. Not only do you have to cook but you learn about stock control, sourcing quality food, compiling rosters and creating attractive and exciting menus.

A woman suffering from cancer during pregnancy can pass the disease on to her unborn child, scientists have shown in a study that solves a puzzle that has confused doctors for a century.

The rare occurrence of a mother and child appearing to share the same cancer---of which there have been about 30 known cases---is a result of genetic mutation (基因突变) that allows the cancer to pass to the baby unnoticed.

There was previously no genetic evidence to explain why a child’s immune system would not recognize and destroy any invasive cancer cells that were of maternal---and therefore, foreign origin.

The new study, led by Mel Greaves, of the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), and published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, used advanced genetic fingerprinting to prove that infant’s leukaemic cells (白血病细胞) were unquestionably of maternal origin.

The case, involving a Japanese mother aged 28 and her daughter, showed that both patients’ leulaemic cells carried the identical transformed cancer gene BCR-ABL even though the infant had not inherited (遗传的) this gene.

This meant that the child, who had cancer diagnosed at 11 months, old, could not have developed this type of leukaemia in isolation.

To investigate how the cells could have crossed the placental barrier (胎盘膜) and survived in the offspring (后代), the scientists looked for evidence of some form of immunological (免疫学的) acceptance of tolerance of the foreign cells by the foetus (胎儿).

Professor Greaves, who worked with colleagues in Japan with funding from Leukaemia Reasearch, said that it had bee assumed that cancer spread was impossible because of the placenta’s role in preserving materno-foetal (母体-胎儿) health.

61.  What is the main idea of the passage?

A. An Unborn child can be infected by the mother with cancer.

B. Scientists have solved a confusing puzzle for a century.

C. A genetic mutation leads to the cancer of the unborn child.

D. Women can’t be cured during pregnancy.

62.  Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. There are many cases of a genetic mutation causing cancer.

B. No genetic evidence is known why the unborn child was infected.

C. Mel Greaves’s study indicates the infant’s leukaemic cells were of maternal origin.

D. Based on Mel Greaves’s study, mothers may know cancer’s transportation.

63.  What was used to prove the infant’s leukeaemic cells were from the mother?

A. genetic mutation      B. placental barrier 

C. immune system       D. genetic fingerprinting

64.  What does the underlined phrase “in isolation” mean in the 6 paragraph?

A. in a hurry    B. in no way    C. on purpose    D. on its own

65. What can we infer from the passage?

   A. The placental barrier doesn’t prevent any disease.

   B. Earlier theories supposed cancer couldn’t go across placenta.

   C. Scientists have got evidence for some diseases.

   D. Professor Greaves gets money from the government.  

Knowing that Louise Mallard had heart trouble, care was taken to tell her the news of her husband’s death.

    It was her sister, Josephine, who told her. Her husband Richard had been in the newspaper office when the news of the railway accident was received, with Brent Mallard’s name leading the list of “killed”.

    On hearing the news Louise cried at once in her sister’s arms. When her tears ended she went to her room alone. She would have no one follow her. She sank into the comfortable armchair that faced the open window, as if she was pressed down by a sadness that seemed to reach into her soul.

From the window she could see the tops of trees and new green spring life. The delicious smell of rain was in the air. Some blue sky could be seen through the clouds. She was young, with a fair, calm and intelligent face. But now there was an empty look in her eyes, as she dully stared out at the sky.

Fearing for her sister, Josephine came to the door and begged Louise to come out. Finally she opened the door. She held her sister’s waist and together they came down the stairs. Richard stood waiting for them at the bottom.

Suddenly there was the sound of someone opening the front door. Brent Mallard entered. He had been far from the accident, and did not even know there had been one. He stood in shock as Louise let out a scream.

When the doctor came, he said Louise Mallard had died of a heart attack.

56. Why was great care needed to tell Louise about the news of the death of her husband?

A. It was feared that she would kill herself.

   B. It was not yet certain he was dead.

   C. She had no one there to support her.

   D. It was feared that the shock would kill her.

57. Which of the following statements about Louise is true?

   A. Her brother-in-law was a journalist.

   B. Josephine was her cousin.

   C. Her husband worked as a train driver.

   D. She died in the spring.

58. How did Brent feel when Louise let out a scream?

A. Sad                   B. Surprised               C. Joyful                  D. Excited

59. Which family tree shows the correct relationship between the characters in the story?

  

60. What is the best title for this story?

   A. The Spirit                                               B. A Shocking Death

   C. The Accident                        D. Home Coming

    

The kids at Shute Country Primary School in Devon are surprisingly quiet when it’s time to go home in the afternoon. Instead of the usual shouting and running you can hear them asking each other, “Are the lights all off?”, “Shall we check the taps in case they are dripping?”, “How many paper towels did we use today?”

But it’s not unusual here. The kids have declared a war on waste.

“We’ve never made the children do anything,” explains Liz Templar, the school’s head teacher. “They came up with all the ideas themselves. They’re doing this because they want to.”

If you take a look around the school you won’t see anything thrown away unnecessarily. Everything is collected and reused, or sent to be recycled.

Shute School started its green revolution two years ago. They looked carefully at every part of school life—from the teaching to the cleaning. They looked at the way stationery was used especially photocopying, the way cleaning was carried out, and how food was used and wasted!

Even parents were looked at: how many children came in each car? Did they use unleaded (不含铅的) petrol? Could they bring more children in fewer cars?

High on the list was the waste of paper. Next came unfriendly cleaning products. Paper towels were replaced with recycled paper. But the hardest thing for the kids was when they found out how much rubbish was created by the chocolate, crisps and other snacks eaten at lunch time. Of their own accord(自愿的), the children gave them up. Now they bring apples and home-made snacks.

The school has its own garden where they grow vegetables and flowers so that they can learn about the environment. They also use this area for their recycling store—large containers to collect aluminum, bottles, paper and fabric.

Even the school’s play area is made from recycled things.

Since the children started, the school’s heating and lighting bills have fallen obviously and the number of rubbish bags has gone down from seven a week to two or three.

Everywhere in Shute School there are bright posters asking everyone to take their rubbish home, to save energy and paper and to keep the green flag flying.

51. Which of the following BEST describes the writer’s idea?

   A. The pupils at Shute School are fighting against pollution.

 B. The pupils at Shute School are learning to save things.

  C. The pupils at Shute School have declared a war on waste.

  D. The pupils at Shute School have found a way to recycle waste things.

52. Children at Shute Country Primary School bring apples and homemade snacks to school in order to       .

   A. create less rubbish               B. save money

C. obey the school’s rules            D. keep their promise

53. We can infer from the text that “green revolution” means       .

A. beautifying schoolyard             B. activity against waste

C. planting green plants               D. throwing away waste

54. What do the children think creates the most waste?

A. Paper towels.      B. Cleaning products.     C. Snacks.     D. Paper.

55. We can learn from the text that the children’s behaviour       .

   A. has brought arguments                     B. has saved the school’s cost

   C. was against their parents               D. was forced by their head teacher

It is of great importance for students to be able to get a feel for the rhythm and sounds of a poem---more so than for most pieces of prose (散文). This isn’t always easy in a second language, and so listening to their teacher read the poem, or to a professional recording, perhaps by the poet or by an actor, is, I feel, necessary.

As with any listening activity, students will need some kind of preparation and task so that they can be actively engaged. They might be asked to check predictions that arose from a warm-up discussion, to compare their suggested rhyming couplets with the poet’s, or to identify stressed words and syllables.

You might also want to get your students to listen to recorded or live discussions about poems. This can, for example, take the form of a couple of teachers or a group of students giving their views on a poem, or even an interview with the poet.

I’m a big fan of jigsaw listening because of the natural information gap. If your school has the facilities, you might like to:

divide your students into two, or even three groups

give each group a different cassette or CD and tasks to work on

then they come back together to share what they have learned.

Remember that your own enthusiasm is a key factor in any activity relating to literature in the classroom.

Finally, don’t forget to encourage art for art’s sake. Listening for pleasure, to poetry (or to anything else, for that matter), is to be fostered at every opportunity, because of the obvious benefits which include motivation, vocabulary acquisition and learner independence. Many good song lyrics (歌词) could be termed poetry and treated accordingly in the classroom, copyright rules permitting.

46.  Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A.      An English student will have difficulty understanding Li Bai’s poems.

B.      An English student will have some difficulty understanding Walt Whitman.

C.     A Chinese student will have some difficulty understanding Du Fu’s works.

D.     An American student will have some difficulty understanding William Shakespeare.

47.  What kind of preparations should the students do in the listening activity?

                     a.              They’d better predict what the poem is about.

                     b.              They’d better have a warm-up discussion.

                     c.              They will share their own works with their classmates

                     d.              They should know the stressed words.

                     e.              They should make clear the stressed syllables.

                     f.              They should first go to an actor.

    A. abcf        B. abde         C. cdef         D. bcdf

48.  Who do you think is this passage written for?

A. The students.    B. The poets.    C. The teachers.    D. The readers.

49.  What can we get from listening to poetry or good song lyrics?

A. Motivation, enlargement of vocabulary and the independence of learning.

B. Opportunity, encouragement, and the independence of learning.

C. Ability of understanding poetry and learning awareness.

D. Ability of understanding poetry and copyright rules.

50.  What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. How to use poems to develop the students’ skills.

B. Listening to poem is more difficult than reading prose.

C. The schools should encourage the students to study poems.

D. Preparations should be done before teaching.

                             

The earth’s surface temperature has risen by about 1 degree Fahrenheit and sea level has risen 4-8 inches over the past century. ____31____ has occurred in both the northern and southern hemispheres (半球), and over the oceans. Confirmation of global warming is further proved by ____32____ glaciers, decreased snow in the northern hemisphere and even warming below ground.

There is new and stronger ____33____ that most of the warming over the last 50 years is ____34____ human activities. Human activities have altered the chemical composition of the atmosphere through the buildup of greenhouse gases. Problems may arise when the atmospheric concentration (浓度) of greenhouse gases ____35____. Scientists generally believe that the ____36____ of fossil fuels and other man activities are the primary reasons for the increased concentration of carbon dioxide. Fossil fuels are burned to ____37____ cars and trucks, heat homes and businesses, and power factories. Increased agriculture, deforestation, landfills, industrial production, and mining also____38____ a significant share of emissions.

Global warming poses real ____39____. Our health, agriculture, water resources, forests, wildlife and coastal areas are in danger to the rapid ____40____ changes that global warming may bring. This is why we have to use our best judgment to determine what the most appropriate response should be. Individuals should recognize that ____41____ they can make a difference. It only ____42____ little changes in lifestyle and behavior to make some big changes in greenhouse gas ____43____. Keep in mind that the changes are significant when the ____44____ is multiplied by the 6 billion people worldwide. Everyone’s contribution ____45____, so why not do your share?

31. A. Earthquake                     B. Flooding                 C. Warming                 D. Starvation

32. A. melting                            B. high                        C. icy                          D. huge

33. A. situation                   B. condition                 C. circumstance          D. evidence

34. A. due to                      B. because of                    C. owing to                  D. thanks to

35. A. decreases            B. goes                       C. increases               D. comes

36. A. burning                           B. destruction                    C. waste                      D. treatment

37. A. drive                        B. run                          C. start                        D. use

38. A. take part in                    B. consist of                C. contribute to           D. devote to

39. A. trouble                            B. difficulties               C. discussion                     D. risks

40. A. climate                            B. weather                  C. industrial                D. agricultural

41. A. collectively         B. totally             C. generally          D. suddenly

42. A. takes                       B. pays                       C. costs                      D. spends

43. A. productions                    B. reductions                     C. attractions                     D. instructions

44. A. call                           B. situation                  C. action                            D. condition

45. A. evaluates                 B. works                      C. helps                      D. counts

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