Can dogs and cats get along well in the same home? People who are thinking about getting a dog as a friend for their cat are worried that they will fight. A recent research has found that if the cat is taken back home before the dog, and if they are introduced when still young (less than 6 months for cats, a year for dogs), it is highly probable that the two pets will get along swimmingly. In two-thirds of the homes cats and dogs have a good relationship.
However, it wasn’t all sweetness and light. There was a reported coldness between the cat and dog in 25% of the homes, while aggression(侵略，好斗) and fighting were found in 10% of the homes. One reason for this is probably that some of their body languages are just different. For example, when a cat turns its head away it means aggression, while a dog doing the same means submission(顺从).
In homes with cats and dogs living peacefully, researchers found a surprising behavior. They are learning how to talk each other’s language. It is a surprise that cats can learn how to talk “Dog”, and dogs can learn how to talk “Cat”.
What’s interesting is that both cats and dogs have appeared to become smarter. They can learn to read each other’s body languages, suggesting that the two may have more in common than was expected. Once familiar with each other’s body language, cats and dogs can play together, and enjoy sleeping together on the sofa.
The importance of this research on cats and dogs may go beyond pets — to people who don’t get along well, including neighbors, colleagues at work, and even countries. If cats and dogs can learn to get along, surely people have a good chance.

  1. 1.

    The underlined word swimmingly in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________.

    1. A.
      early
    2. B.
      mostly
    3. C.
      quickly
    4. D.
      smoothly
  2. 2.

    Some cats and dogs may fight when ________.

    1. A.
      they are cold to each other
    2. B.
      they look away from each other
    3. C.
      they misunderstand each other’s body languages
    4. D.
      they are introduced at an early age
  3. 3.

    What is found surprising about cats and dogs?

    1. A.
      They eat and sleep together.
    2. B.
      They watch each other’s behaviors.
    3. C.
      They learn to speak each other’s language.
    4. D.
      They know something from each other’s voices.
  4. 4.

    It is suggested in Paragraph 4 that cats and dogs ________.

    1. A.
      have common interests
    2. B.
      are less different than was thought
    3. C.
      have a common body language
    4. D.
      are not so smart as was expected
  5. 5.

    What can we human beings learn from cats and dogs?

    1. A.
      We should learn to get along well with others
    2. B.
      We should know more about animals.
    3. C.
      We should live in peace with animals.
    4. D.
      We should learn more body languages.

从A、B、C、D中找出划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项marry


  1. A.
    many
  2. B.
    village
  3. C.
    passenger
  4. D.
    local

Once upon a time, two brothers who lived on neighboring farms fell into conflict(冲突) . It was the first serious one between them in 40 years of farming peacefully side by side. In the end, they fell apart.
One morning, a man with a carpenter’s toolbox came for some work. The elder brother said, “I have a job for you. Look at the farm across the creek（河沟）. My younger brother lives there. It was he who used his bulldozer（推土机）to dig the creek last week to spite(刁难) me. So I want you to build me a fence, an 8 – foot – high fence,  in order not to see his place any more.” The carpenter smiled and said, “I see. I’ll try to do a job that satisfies you.” Then the elder brother went downtown.
At sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. The farmer’s eyes opened wide! To his surprise, there was no fence there at all! Instead, there was a bridge stretching from one side of the creek to the other! A fine piece of work! He saw his younger brother coming to him with the hands outstretching. The brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met in the middle, taking each other’s hands. They turned to see the carpenter lift his toolbox on his shoulder.
“No, wait! Stay a few days. I’ve a lot of other work for you,” said the elder brother.
“I’d love to stay on,” the carpenter said, “but I have so many more bridges to build.”

  1. 1.

    What was the life like for the two brothers before the conflict?

    1. A.
      They lived a poor life.  
    2. B.
      They lived in peace.
    3. C.
      They never spoke to each other.  
    4. D.
      They lived on the same farm.
  2. 2.

    It can be learned that the carpenter was ________.

    1. A.
      unwilling to obey the farmer      
    2. B.
      fond of building bridges
    3. C.
      unable to build a fence       
    4. D.
      willing to help others
  3. 3.

    The best title for this passage is ________.

    1. A.
      A Fine Piece of Work  
    2. B.
      A Carpenter
    3. C.
      A Conflict between Two Brothers
    4. D.
      Two Brothers
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is true according to the passage?

    1. A.
      The elder brother used his bulldozer to dig a creek.
    2. B.
      The elder brother helped the carpenter build the bridge.
    3. C.
      The brothers were both satisfied with the carpenter’s work.
    4. D.
      The carpenter planned to build an 8-foot - high fence as asked to.

Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He stopped by the fence in front of the house where he lived with his aunt Polly. He looked at it, and all joy left him. The fence was long and high. He put the brush into the whitewash and moved it along the top of the fence. He repeated the operation. He felt he could not continue and sat down.
He knew that his friends would arrive soon with all kinds of interesting plans for the day. They would walk past him and laugh. They would make jokes about his having to work on a beautiful summer Saturday. The thought burned him like fire.
He put his hand into his pockets and took out all that he owned. Perhaps he could find some way to pay someone to do the whitewashing for him. But there was nothing of value in his pockets —nothing that could buy even half an hour of freedom. So he put the bits of toys back into his pockets and gave up the idea
At this dark and hopeless moment, a wonderful idea came to him. It filled his mind with a great, bright light. Calmly he picked up the brush and started again to whitewash.
While Tom was working, Ben Rogers appeared. Ben was eating an apple as he walked along the street. As he walked along, he was making noises like the sound of a riverboat. First he shouted loudly, like a boat captain. Then he said “Ding-Dong-Dong”, “Ding-Dong-Dong” again and again, like the bell of a riverboat. And he made other strange noises. When he came close to Tom, he stopped.
Tom went on whitewashing. He did not look at Ben. Ben stared a moment and then said: “Hello! I’m going swimming, but you can’t go, can you?”
No answer. Tom moved his brush carefully along the fence and looked at the result with the eye of an artist. Ben came nearer. Tom’s mouth watered for the apple, but he kept on working.
Ben said, “Hello, old fellow, you’ve got to work, hey?”
Tom turned suddenly and said, “Why, it’s you, Ben! I wasn’t noticing.”
“Say —I’m going swimming. Don’t you wish you could? But of course you’d rather work — wouldn’t you? Of course you would.”
Tom looked at the boy a bit, and said “What do you call work?”
“Why, isn’t that work?”
Tom went back to his whitewashing, and answered carelessly.
“Well, maybe it is, and maybe it isn’t. All I know is, it suits Tom Sawyer.”
“Oh come, now, you don’t mean to say that you like it?”
The brush continued to move.
“Like it? Well, I don’t see why I shouldn’t like it. Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?”
Ben stopped eating his apple. Tom moved his brush back and forth, stepped back to look at the result, added a touch here and there, and stepped back again. Ben watched every move and got more and more interested. Soon he said,
“Say, Tom, let me whitewash a little.”
Tom thought for a moment, was about to agree; but he changed his mind.
“No —no —it won’t do, Ben. You see, Aunt Polly wants this fence to be perfect. It has got to be done very carefully. I don’t think there is one boy in a thousand, maybe two thousand, that can do it well enough.”
“No —is that so? Oh come, now —let me just try. Only just a little.” “Ben, I’d like to, but if it isn’t done right, I’m afraid Aunt Polly … ”
“Oh, I’ll be careful. Now let me try. Say —I’ll give you the core of my apple.”
“Well, here —No, Ben, now don’t. I’m afraid …”
“I’ll give you all of it.”
Tom gave up the brush with unwillingness on his face, but joy in his heart. And while Ben worked at the fence in the hot sun, Tom sat under a tree, eating the apple, and planning how to get more help. There were enough boys. Each one came to laugh, but remained to whitewash. By the time Ben was tired, Tom sold the next chance to Billy for a kite; and when Billy was tired, Johnny bought in for a dead rat —and so on, hour after hour. And when the middle of the afternoon came, Tom had won many treasures.
And he had not worked. He had had a nice idle time all the time, with plenty of company -and the fence had been whitewashed three times. If he hadn’t run out of whitewash, Tom would have owned everything belonging to his friends.
He had discovered a great law of human action, namely, that in order to make a man or a boy want a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to get.

  1. 1.

    How many characters are mentioned in this story?

    1. A.
      7
    2. B.
      6
    3. C.
      5
    4. D.
      4
  2. 2.

    Why did Tom take all his bits of toys out of his pockets?

    1. A.
      Because he is tired and wanted to play with his toys.
    2. B.
      Because he wanted to throw his toys away.
    3. C.
      Because he wanted to know if he could buy help with his toys.
    4. D.
      Because he wanted to give his toys to his friends.
  3. 3.

    Tom was about to agree to let Ben whitewash when he changed his mind because ______.

    1. A.
      Tom wanted to do the whitewashing by himself
    2. B.
      Tom was afraid Ben would do the whitewashing better.
    3. C.
      Tom was unwilling to let Ben do the whitewashing
    4. D.
      Tom planned to make Ben give up his apple first
  4. 4.

    We can learn from the passage that ________.

    1. A.
      Tom was good at whitewashing the fence, so he looked at the result of his work with the eye of an artist.
    2. B.
      Tom was unwilling to whitewash the fence, but he managed to let other boys do it for him
    3. C.
      Tom had a lot of friends who are ready to help others.
    4. D.
      Tom was interested in whitewashing the fence.
  5. 5.

    What made Ben Rogers eagerly gave up his apple and offer to brush the fence for Tom?

    1. A.
      His curiosity about Tom’s brushing job.
    2. B.
      His warm heart and kindness to friends.
    3. C.
      Tom’s threat.
    4. D.
      Aunt Polly’s idea.
  6. 6.

    Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?

    1. A.
      Tom And His Fellows
    2. B.
      The Happy Whitewasher
    3. C.
      Whitewashing A Fence
    4. D.
      How To Make The Things Difficult To Get

From the health point of view we are living in an amazing age. We are free from many of the most dangerous diseases. A large number of once deadly illnesses can now be cured by modern medicine. It is almost certain that one day medicines will be found for the most stubborn remaining diseases. The expectation of life has increased greatly. But though the possibility of living a long and happy life is greater than ever before, every day we witness the unbelievable killing of men, women and children on the roads. Man vs the motor-car! It is a never-ending battle which man is losing.
Thousands of people all over the world are killed or horribly killed each year and we are quietly sitting back and letting it happen.
It has been rightly said that when a man is sitting behind a steering wheel(方向盘), his car becomes the extension of his personality. There is no doubt that the motor-car often brings out a man’s very worst qualities. People who are normally quiet and pleasant may become unrecognizable when they are behind a steering-wheel. They say, they are ill-mannered and aggressive, willful as two-year-olds and completely selfish. Their hidden angers and disappointments seem to be brought to the surface by the act of driving.
The surprising thing is that society smiles so gently on the motorist and seems to forgive his behavior. Everything is done for his convenience. Cities are allowed to become almost uninhabitable because of heavy traffic; towns are made ugly by huge car parks; the countryside is ruined by road networks; and the deaths become nothing more than a number every year, to be easily forgotten.
It is high time a world rule was created to reduce this senseless waste of human life. With regard to driving, the laws of some countries are unbelievable lenient(宽容的) and even the strictest are not strict enough. A rule which was universally accepted could only have an obviously beneficial effect on the accident rate. Here are a few examples of some of the things that might be done. The driving test should be standardized and made far more difficult than it is; all the drivers should be made to take a test every three years or so; the age at which young people are allowed to drive any vehicle should be raised to at least 21; all vehicles should be put through strict tests for safety each year. Even the smallest amount of alcohol in the blood can damage a person’s driving ability. Present drinking and driving laws(where they exist) should be made much stricter. Speed limits should be required on all roads. Governments should lay down safety specifications for car factories, as has been done in the USA. All advertising stress power and performance should be banned. These measures may not sound good enough. But surely nothing should be considered as too severe if it results in reducing the number of deaths. After all, the world is for human beings, not motor-cars

  1. 1.

    What is the main idea of this passage?

    1. A.
      Traffic accidents are mainly caused by motorists
    2. B.
      Thousands of people all over the world are killed each year
    3. C.
      The laws of some countries about driving are too lenient
    4. D.
      More strict traffic laws can prevent accidents
  2. 2.

    What does the author think of society toward motorists?

    1. A.
      Society laughs at the motorists
    2. B.
      Huge car parks are built in the cities and towns
    3. C.
      Victims of accidents are nothing
    4. D.
      Society forgives their rude driving
  3. 3.

    What does the author mean by saying “his car becomes the extension of his personality” in
    Paragraph 3?

    1. A.
      Driving can show his hidden qualities
    2. B.
      Driving can show the other part of his personality
    3. C.
      Driving can bring out his character
    4. D.
      Driving can represent his manners
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way against traffic accidents?

    1. A.
      Perfect the road network
    2. B.
      More strict driving tests
    3. C.
      Test drivers every three years
    4. D.
      Raise age limit and lay down safety specifications
  5. 5.

    The author’s attitude towards the traffic situation is ______

    1. A.
      confused
    2. B.
      discontented
    3. C.
      appealing
    4. D.
      doubtful

A three-year independent investigation into the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon has yielded new eyewitness evidence which, according to the Southern California-based researchers who conducted the investigation conclusively (and unfortunately), establishes as a historical fact that the violence which took place in Arlington that day was not the result of a surprise attack by suicide hijackers, but rather a military black operation involving a carefully planned and skillfully executed deception."
A CNN Reporter at the scene states that there is no evidence that a 757 hit the Pentagon.
  What hit the Pentagon? A Boeing 757 loaded with passengers and fuel right? Who was on Flight 757? According to the Flight Information there were No Arabs on it. That makes me wonder if Flight 757 actually existed at all.
From the pictures and the videos, people can find that there are several doubtful points that need to be taken into consideration, for example the marker line on the grass in the satellite and ground pictures, the different colors of the smoke, the hole which the plane impacted, and the standing pylons (架线塔).
Also, from the comparison of the different pictures, people can find some other strange points. For example, the gear (齿轮) is not the matching one. The wreckage of the plane is not the one from the American Airlines. The glass on the pavement of the pole is another doubtful point. The last thing that need considering is about the collapse. One of the gif video shows the plane impacting the Pentagon. The only problem with this video footage is that it has been altered (改变) and can not be fully trusted.
These crash photos and videos shown here clearly have been doctored (篡改) and don't even match the physics of what happened. So where is the real video? It leaves me many questions. Is this a missile? It is a real enigma.

  1. 1.

    Where can you possibly read this article?

    1. A.
      In a newspaper.
    2. B.
      In a book.
    3. C.
      On a website.
    4. D.
      In a magazine.
  2. 2.

    What the word “yielded” mean in the first sentence?

    1. A.
      given in
    2. B.
      surrendered
    3. C.
      given away
    4. D.
      produced
  3. 3.

    Which of the following doubtful points is not mentioned in the passage?

    1. A.
      the colors of the smoke
    2. B.
      the model of the plane
    3. C.
      the standing pylons
    4. D.
      the marker line on the grass
  4. 4.

    What is the author’s attitude towards the 911 investigation?

    1. A.
      Positive.
    2. B.
      Neutral.
    3. C.
      Skeptical.
    4. D.
      Negative.

Students must apply for a place before attending any class. Applications(申请) whether by post or in person, are dealt with strictly in the order they are received at the Adult Education Office. You can apply:
By post----use the card supplied with the exact fee. You will be accepted on the course unless it is full, in which case we will inform you. An acknowledgement (承认) will not be made nor a receipt (收条) sent unless you supply a stamped addressed envelope. Receipts will normally be given out at the first class.
In person----call at the Adult Education Office (ground floor, C block) between approximately 9:00a.m.and 3:30p.m. (2:30p.m. on Fridays) , or at the College Reception Desk (at the main entrance) at the other time (in the evenings until about 7:30p.m.----not Fridays)
Students should note that popular classes may be full well before the course is to start, so that early application is strongly advised to avoid disappointment.
For the Autumn Tem, applications will be accepted by post (better) or in person from August 1.
For the Spring Term, applications will be accepted from December 1.
For the Summer Term, applications will be accepted from April 1.

  1. 1.

    Students who apply to the college by post will______.

    1. A.
      avoid disappointment
    2. B.
      be sent a bill
    3. C.
      have an advantage over people applying in person
    4. D.
      be informed if they have not got a place
  2. 2.

    Which of the following words has the closest meaning with the underlined word  “approximately”in this notice.

    1. A.
      closely.
    2. B.
      about.
    3. C.
      mostly
    4. D.
      probably.
  3. 3.

    When and where can students apply in person?

    1. A.
      At the College Reception Desk after-about 3:30p.m.
    2. B.
      At the Adult Education Office after about 3:30p.m.
    3. C.
      At the Adult Education Office at 9:30p.m.
    4. D.
      At the College Reception Desk at 2:00p.m. on Fridays.
  4. 4.

    If the students want to apply for the Autumn Term, ______

    1. A.
      they should check whether the course is full
    2. B.
      the college would rather they appliedby post
    3. C.
      applications must be received by August 1
    4. D.
      they must apply in person

For many years, I was sure that my suffering was because of my size. I believed that when the weight disappeared, it would take old wounds, hurts, and rejections with it.
Many obese（overweight）people also mistakenly believe that changing our bodies will fix everything. Perhaps our worst mistake is believing that being thin means being loved, being special, and being cherished. We imagine what it will be like when we reach the long-awaited goal. We work very hard to realize this dream. Then, at last, we find ourselves there.
But we often gain back what we have lost. Even so, we continue to believe that next time it will be different. Next time, we will keep it off. Next time, being thin will finally realize its promise of happiness, and of course, love.
It took me a long while to know that there was something more for me to learn about beauty. Beauty standards are different with culture. In Somoa a woman is not considered attractive unless she weighs more than 200 pounds. More importantly, if it’s happiness that we want, why not put our energy there rather than on the size of our body? Why not look inside? Many of us try hard to change our body, but with no result. We have to find a way to live comfortably inside our body and make friends with and cherish ourselves. When we change our attitudes toward ourselves,  the whole world changes.

  1. 1.

    The passage tries to tell us the importance of ______.

    1. A.
      body size
    2. B.
      attitudes toward life
    3. C.
      culture difference
    4. D.
      different beauty standards
  2. 2.

    What does the underlined word “everything” (paragraph 2) mean?

    1. A.
      All the problems.
    2. B.
      All the bodies.
    3. C.
      The whole world.
    4. D.
      The truth.
  3. 3.

    What can be inferred about the author?

    1. A.
      The author is a Samoan.
    2. B.
      The author succeeded in losing weight.
    3. C.
      The author has been troubled by her/his weight.
    4. D.
      The author probably got wounded in wars or accidents.
  4. 4.

    According to the author, what is the common view of those who have lost some weight first and gained it back later?

    1. A.
      They feel angry about the regained weight.
    2. B.
      They don’t care about the regained weight.
    3. C.
      They feel optimistic（乐观的）about future plans on weight control.
    4. D.
      They think they should give up their future plans on weight control.

The explorers say that these valleys are sure to ________ gold mines, not having been found, though．


  1. A.
    contain
  2. B.
    hold
  3. C.
    include
  4. D.
    hide

It’s reported the newly-built gym stadium can ________ as many as 25 000 audience．


  1. A.
    contain
  2. B.
    hold
  3. C.
    include
  4. D.
    cover
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