A survey of 1000 people was carried out, which is organised by the National Centre of Language .The study suggested people in London were the most likely(78%) to have studied another language, Scots were next at 74%, followed by the northeast of England (71%).In the west of England, more than six in ten have knowledge of another language.
Barrie Hunt from OCR said, “People are often very negative about Britain，s grasp of foreign languages but in reality the number of people who can speak a second language is impressive. The great joke is that many of these people will have no formal qualification to show their family, friends and employers what they can do. Whether they are fluent or just able to hold a short conversation in another language is unknown.”
He said OCR had set a new language scheme called Asset Languages to encourage people of all ages to learn languages in bite-sized amounts and get a qualification.
The scheme also provides assessment for community languages spoken at home, such as Chinese, Urdu and Punjabi.
Isabella Moore from the National Centre of Languages said, “Employers want evidence of good communication skills, confidence and outward-looking attitudes, so a language qualification is an important addition to anyone，s resume.”

1.
It can be inferred that___________________________ .
1. A.
  foreign language study is popular in UK
2. B.
  foreign language study is a must for people of all ages
3. C.
  it is especially easy for British people to study foreign languages
4. D.
  students of over 14 no longer study foreign languages
2.
Which of the following has the most to have studied a foreign language?
1. A.
  People from Scotland.
2. B.
  People from the northeast of England.
3. C.
  People in London.
4. D.
  People from the west of England.
3.
Which statement is true according to the text?
1. A.
  A language qualification is the only evidence of a high-quality employee.
2. B.
  Speaking foreign languages is the most important skill required in employment among all.
3. C.
  A language qualification is very difficult to get in UK.
4. D.
  Many people in UK don，t have a qualification although they can speak foreign languages.
4.
What’s the best title for the text?
1. A.
  An Interesting Survey
2. B.
  UK Loves After All
3. C.
  Language Teaching in UK
4. D.
  Better to Get a Language Qualification

Bored? Don't know what to do with your time? Get your friends or family together, go to the park or go hiking, do something fun —just don't turn on your TV.
The 10th annual TV-Turnoff Week starts on Monday. The TV-Turnoff Network, a nonprofit organization, began the program in 1994 to get children and adults to watch less television so that their time is spent doing more productive things. This year, millions of people will participate and find much more interesting things to do besides sitting in front of the television.
Experts are convinced（确信）that watching too much TV keeps kids from participating in healthy physical activities. The average household has a television on for 7 hours and 40 minutes a day! Kids spend more time watching TV than they spend in school. Turning off the TV gives you a chance to be with your family and friends. Going without it frees up valuable time that could be spent reading a good book, writing, drawing, or discovering something else that may interest you.
There are many organizations that support TV-Turnoff Week, including The Boys and Girls Clubs of America, YMCA, Girl Scouts USA, and Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America.Even First Lady Laura Bush is a supporter. "Television is no substitute for a parent. It doesn't help develop language skills; it's simply background noise," says Mrs. Bush.
Even kids who may not have liked going without TV have discovered the benefits. "I really didn't like TV-Turnoff Week except I did notice that my grades went up and I was in a good mood all week," said Drew Henderson, a student in Donora, Pennsylvania.

1.
The TV-Turnoff Network started TV Turnoff Week to _____.
1. A.
  to get people to spend more time doing more productive things
2. B.
  to keep kids from participating in healthy physical activities
3. C.
  to advise people not to buy television sets
4. D.
  to persuade more people to join the organization
2.
Which is not the advantage of turning off the TV?
1. A.
  Giving you a chance to be with your family and friends.
2. B.
  Sparing more time reading books.
3. C.
  Developing language skills.
4. D.
  Participating in healthy physical activities.
3.
Laura Bush must be _____.
1. A.
  the first woman to support TV-Turnoff Week
2. B.
  the wife of American President
3. C.
  the first woman to organize TV-Turnoff Week
4. D.
  the first lady in the Boys and Girls Clubs of America
4.
Drew Henderson’s words in the last paragraph imply that _____.
1. A.
  he doesn’t like TV-Turnoff Week
2. B.
  he doesn’t support TV-Turnoff Week at all
3. C.
  it’s unnecessary to have TV-Turnoff Week
4. D.
  he doesn’t support TV-Turnoff Week until he finds it does good to his study.

Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated(躲避) into books. Despite her love of reading, she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate.
In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the university’s Writers’ Workshop, however, she felt lonely----a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her “Creative voice.”
“It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That’s when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn’t write about.”
Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection

1.
Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?
1. A.
  She had seven brothers
2. B.
  She felt herself a nobody
3. C.
  She was too shy to go to school
4. D.
  She did not have any good teachers
2.
The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to _____
1. A.
  develop her writing style
2. B.
  run away from her family
3. C.
  make a lot of friends
4. D.
  work for a school magazine
3.
According to Cisneros, what played the decisive role in her success?
1. A.
  Her early years in college
2. B.
  Her training in the Workshop
3. C.
  Her childhood experience
4. D.
  Her feeling of being different
4.
What do we learn about The House on Mango Street?
1. A.
  It wasn’t success as it was written in Spanish
2. B.
  It is the only book ever written by Cisneros
3. C.
  It is quite popular among students
4. D.
  It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine

Mrs. Keller had a big family .Her husband had a factory in the town .One of her sons was a lawyer and the other two were drivers .And her two daughters worked in the post office .The old woman stayed at home and could do all housework and wouldn’t employ anybody .
One evening ,the telephone rang while the old woman was preparing supper .She went to answer it .She was told that one of her sons died in a traffic accident .She heard this and fell in a faint .When she came back to life ,she was in hospital .And she needed to be helped after that .
Several months later she was told on the telephone her daughter died while she was being operated on .The old woman was so sad that she had to be in hospital again .From then on she was afraid to answer any telephones and sometimes she was afraid to hear the bell .Of course it brought them some trouble and some important business was held up .So her husband advised her to see a psychiatrist .The man examined her carefully and then asked her some questions.
“You will soon be all right if you follow my advice ,Mrs. Keller” said the psychiatrist.
The old woman took the medicine the doctor gave on time and tried to forget her dead son and daughter .And two months later she went to see the psychiatrist again .
“You have saved me, Doctor ,”the old woman said ,as soon as she saw him .
“Are you afraid to answer the telephone now?”
“No,” answered Keller .
“I dare answer it whether it rings or not ”

1.
Mrs Keller could do all housework because ______.
1. A.
  she had no money to employ a helper.
2. B.
  she was strong enough to do all at home
3. C.
  she didn’t believe anybody
4. D.
  only she was free at home
2.
The old woman fell in a faint because _____
1. A.
  she went to answer the telephone.
2. B.
  she was very ill that evening
3. C.
  she walked in the room carelessly
4. D.
  she heard the news about her son’s death.
3.
After she came out of hospital , Mrs Keller wasn’t ___as before .
1. A.
  strong
2. B.
  able
3. C.
  clever
4. D.
  sad

Have you ever dreamed of visiting a planet in the Milky Way (银河系)? While the trip sounds exciting, it would take years and years to reach your destination. So in the future, bedtime for astronauts may be more than a few hours of regular shut eye. They would have to sleep for years.
European researchers are now conducting hibernation experiments. The study may help them understand whether humans could ever sleep through the years it would take for a space flight to distant planets. "If there was an effective technology, it could make deep-space travel a reality," said Mark Ayre of the European Space Agency last month.
What seems like a science fiction is not completely unlikely. Researchers have been able to use chemicals to put living cells into a sleep-like state where they don’t age. They have now moved on to the small, non-hibernating mammals (哺乳动物) like rats.
A major challenge is the fact that cells can be very simple systems, whereas body organs are far more complex (复杂的). "It’s like moving from a simple Apple computer to a supercomputer," said Marco Biggiogera, a hibernation researcher at Italy’s University of Pavia.Just like bears and frogs, the hibernation of human beings would cause a person’s metabolism (新陈代谢) to lower so they would need less energy.
Medical research, however, is just half of a space flight hibernation system. There is a challenge of designing a suitable protective shelter (栖身所). Such a shelter would provide the proper environment for hibernation, such as the proper temperature. It would also have to monitor (监控) life functions and serve the physiological needs of the hibernator.
According to Ayre, the six-person Human Outer Planets Exploration Mission (使命) to Jupiter’s moon (木星的卫星) Callisto could be an opportunity to use human hibernation. The mission aims to send six persons on a five-year flight to Callisto, where they will spend 30 days, in 2045.

1.
According to the article, the hibernation research ______.
1. A.
  is just an idea
2. B.
  is always a science fiction
3. C.
  has already finished successfully
4. D.
  has made some progress
2.
In a hibernating state, a person needs ______.
1. A.
  less sleep
2. B.
  more food
3. C.
  less energy
4. D.
  more movement
3.
The first try of the hibernation technology _____ the six-person Human Outer Planets
Exploration Mission to Jupiter’s moon Callisto.
1. A.
  will be
2. B.
  has been planned for
3. C.
  is certain to be
4. D.
  may be
4.
What is the best title of the article?
1. A.
  Hibernation Study For Space Travel
2. B.
  Welcome To Our Space Travel
3. C.
  To Hibernate, To Live Longer
4. D.
  Welcome To The Milky Way

The Internet has opened up a whole new on-line world for us to meet, chat and go where we've never been before.
But just as in face-to-face communication, there are some basic rules of behavior that should be followed when online. The basic rule is simple: treat others in the same way you would want to be treated.Imagine how you'd feel if you were in the other person's shoes.
For anything you're about to send: ask yourself, "Would I say this to the person's face?" If the answer is no, rewrite and reread.Repeat the process till you feel sure that you'd feel comfortable saying the words to the person's face.
If someone in the chat room is rude to you, your instinct is to fire back in the same manner. But try not to do so. You should either ignore the person, or use your chat software to block their messages. If it was caused by a disagreement with another member, try to fix the situation by politely discussing it. Remember to respect the beliefs and opinions of others in the chat room.
Everyone was new to the network once. Offer advice when asked by newcomers, as they may not be sure what to do or how to communicate. When someone makes a mistake whether it's a stupid question or an unnecessarily long answer be kind about it. If it's a small mistake, you may not need to say anything. Even if you feel strongly about it, think twice before saying anything. Having good manners yourself doesn't give you license to correct everyone else.
If you do decide to tell someone about a mistake, point it out politely. At the same time, if you find you are wrong, be sure to correct yourself and apologize to those that you have offended.
It is not polite to ask others personal questions such as their age, sex, and marital status. Unless you know the person very well, and you are both comfortable with sharing personal information, don't ask such questions.

1.
When you send short messages to a person, you must _____.
1. A.
  make sure that they mean no harm
2. B.
  read them again and again
3. C.
  say something good to hear
4. D.
  repeat them later to the person's face
2.
If you are hurt in the chat room by others, you should _____
1. A.
  fight back in the same way
2. B.
  take them seriously
3. C.
  have none of them
4. D.
  be angry at them
3.
If a newcomer who communicates on line makes any mistakes, you _____.
1. A.
  should point them out sharply
2. B.
  shouldn’t give any advice unless required by them
3. C.
  should say something about them
4. D.
  should take your responsibility to correct them
4.
This passage mainly tells us ______.
1. A.
  some rules of Internet communication.
2. B.
  ways of sending messages
3. C.
  rules of the chat room
4. D.
  ways of making friends on the Internet

The earth's biosphere (the surface layer of the planet and the surrounding atmosphere) provides the land, air, water, and energy necessary to sustain life. This life-support system is a complex, interdependent one in which energy from the sun is changed into food for humans. The entire system depends on the sun, reasonably moderate temperature, and enough supplies of oxygen, pure water, and fertile soil.
Since the earth's creation millions of years ago, the ecosystem has worked as an interdependent system relatively undisturbed by outside forces. But recently, especially since the Industrial Revolution, human beings have begun to disturb the balance of nature. Natural resources have been severely depleted (消耗) (forests have been destroyed, fertile land worn away, water polluted, and minerals used up), and the life-support system of air, water, and land has been poisoned by a variety of waste products and chemicals.
The degree of these problems was noted in a report by the U.N. Developing Council on Environmental Quality. This report predicted that if present trends continue, the world will be more crowded and polluted and less stable ecologically and politically than the world we live in now.
The twin problems of resource shortages and pollution are caused by three social forces. First, the tremendous increase in population growth constantly increases the demand for food, energy, and other products. As the current population continues to increase, the stress on an already overburdened environment will be increased.A second source of the problem is the concentration of people in urban areas, where the ecosystem simply cannot absorb their waste products. Finally, environmental problems are worsened as more and more nations move toward modem development: an increased reliance on modern technology. As these nations become more technological, they will consume more energy, deplete more natural resources, and create more waste products than the biosphere can absorb.

1.
The life-support system is composed of _____.
1. A.
  air, water and land
2. B.
  the earth, the sun and energy
3. C.
  food, land and energy
4. D.
  food, energy and the sun
2.
The life-support system _____.
1. A.
  change energy from the sun into food for humans
2. B.
  depends on the sun for enough supplies of air, water and land
3. C.
  exists in the surface layer of the earth and the surrounding atmosphere
4. D.
  is a complex but independent system
3.
The life-support system has been badly damaged by _____.
1. A.
  natural forces
2. B.
  human activities
3. C.
  social movements
4. D.
  political changes
4.
The passage mainly talks about _____.
1. A.
  the effects of Industrial Revolution on human beings
2. B.
  the importance of life-support system to human beings
3. C.
  the significance of balance of nature
4. D.
  the destruction of life-support system and its causes

You’ve just come home, after living abroad for a few years. Since you’ve been away, has this country changed for the better—or for the worse?
If you’ve just arrived back in the UK after a fortnight’s holiday, small changes have probably surprised you—anything from a local greengrocer suddenly being replaced by a mobile-phone shop to someone in your street moving house.
So how have things changed to people coming back to Britain after seven, ten or even 15 years living abroad? What changes in society can they see that the rest of us have hardly noticed—or now take for granted? To find out, we asked some people who recently returned.
Debi: When we left, Cheltenham, my home town, was a town of white, middle-class families—all very conservative (保守的). The town is now home to many eastern Europeans and lots of Australians, who come here mainly to work in hotels and tourism. There are even several shops only for foreigners.
Having been an immigrant (移民) myself, I admire people who go overseas to find a job. Maybe if I lived in an inner city where unemployment was high, I’d think differently, but I believe foreign settlers have improved this country because they’re more open-minded and often work harder than the natives.
Christine: As we flew home over Britain, both of us remarked how green everything looked. But the differences between the place we’d left behind and the one we returned to were brought sharply into focus as soon as we landed.
To see policemen with guns in the airport for the first time was frightening—in Cyprus, they’re very relaxed—and I got pulled over by customs officers just for taking a woolen sweater with some metal-made buttons out of my case in the arrivals hall. Everyone seemed to be on guard. Even the airport car-hire firm wanted a credit card rather than cash because they said their vehicles had been used by bank robbers.
But anyway, this is still a green, beautiful country. I just wish more people would appreciate what they’ve got.

1.
After a short overseas holiday, people tend to _______.
1. A.
  notice small changes
2. B.
  expect small changes
3. C.
  welcome small changes
4. D.
  exaggerate small changes
2.
How does Debi look at the foreign settlers?
1. A.
  Cautiously.
2. B.
  Positively.
3. C.
  Sceptically.
4. D.
  Critically.
3.
When arriving at the airport in Britain, Christine was shocked by _______.
1. A.
  the relaxed policemen
2. B.
  the messy arrivals hall
3. C.
  the tight security
4. D.
  the bank robbers
4.
Which might be the best title for the passage?
1. A.
  Life in Britain.
2. B.
  Back in Britain.
3. C.
  Britain in Future.
4. D.
  Britain in Memory.

When my brother and I were young, my mom would take us on Transportation Days.
It goes like this: You can't take any means of transportation more than once. We would start from home, walking two blocks to the rail station. We'd take the train into the city center, then a bus, switching to the train, then maybe a taxi. We always considered taking a horse carriage in the historic district, but we didn't like the way the horses were treated, so we never did. At the end of the day, we took the subway to our closest station, where Mom's friend was waiting to give us a ride home—our first car ride of the day.
The good thing about Transportation Days is not only that Mom taught us how to get around. She was born to be multimodal (多方式的). She understood that depending on cars only was a failure of imagination and, above all, a failure of confidence—the product of a childhood not spent exploring subway tunnels.
Once you learn the route map and step with certainty over the gap between the train and the platform, nothing is frightening anymore. New cities are just lightrail lines to be explored. And your personal car, if you have one, becomes just one more tool in the toolbox—and often an inadequate one, limiting both your mobility and your wallet.
On Transportation Days, we might stop for lunch on Chestrut Street or buy a new book or toy, but the transportation was the point. First, it was exciting enough to watch the world speed by from the train window. As I got older, my mom helped me unlock the mysteries that would otherwise have paralyzed my first attempts to do it myself: How do I know where to get off? How do I know how much it costs? How do I know when I need tickets, and where to get them? What track, what line, which direction, where's the stop, and will I get wet when we go under the river?
I'm writing this right now on an airplane, a means we didn't try on our Transportation Days and, we now know, the dirtiest and most polluting of them all. My flight routed me through Philadelphia. My multimodal mom met me for dinner in the airport. She took a train to meet me

1.
According to the writer, what was the greatest benefit of her Transportation Days?
1. A.
  Building confidence in herself
2. B.
  Reducing her use of private cars
3. C.
  Developing her sense of direction
4. D.
  Giving her knowledge about vehicles
2.
The underlined word “paralyzed”(in Para.5) is closest in meaning to “________”．
1. A.
  displayed
2. B.
  justified
3. C.
  ignored
4. D.
  ruined
3.
Which means of transportation does the writer probably disapprove of?
1. A.
  Airplane
2. B.
  Subway
3. C.
  Train
4. D.
  Car

Imagine what today’s life would be like if Alexander Bell _____ the telephone more than 130 years ago!

A.
didn’t invent
B.
wouldn’t invent
C.
hadn’t invented
D.
wouldn’t have invented

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It can be inferred that___________________________ .

Which of the following has the most to have studied a foreign language?

Which statement is true according to the text?

What’s the best title for the text?

The TV-Turnoff Network started TV Turnoff Week to _____.

Which is not the advantage of turning off the TV?

Laura Bush must be _____.

Drew Henderson’s words in the last paragraph imply that _____.

Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?

The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to _____

According to Cisneros, what played the decisive role in her success?

What do we learn about The House on Mango Street?

Mrs Keller could do all housework because ______.

The old woman fell in a faint because _____

After she came out of hospital , Mrs Keller wasn’t ___as before .

According to the article, the hibernation research ______.

In a hibernating state, a person needs ______.

The first try of the hibernation technology _____ the six-person Human Outer Planets Exploration Mission to Jupiter’s moon Callisto.

What is the best title of the article?

When you send short messages to a person, you must _____.

If you are hurt in the chat room by others, you should _____

If a newcomer who communicates on line makes any mistakes, you _____.

This passage mainly tells us ______.

The life-support system is composed of _____.

The life-support system _____.

The life-support system has been badly damaged by _____.

The passage mainly talks about _____.

After a short overseas holiday, people tend to _______.

How does Debi look at the foreign settlers?

When arriving at the airport in Britain, Christine was shocked by _______.

Which might be the best title for the passage?

According to the writer, what was the greatest benefit of her Transportation Days?

The underlined word “paralyzed”(in Para.5) is closest in meaning to “________”．

Which means of transportation does the writer probably disapprove of?

Imagine what today’s life would be like if Alexander Bell _____ the telephone more than 130 years ago!

试题分类

The first try of the hibernation technology _____ the six-person Human Outer Planets
Exploration Mission to Jupiter’s moon Callisto.