William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin on June 13, 1865. His childhood lacked the harmony that was typical of a happy family. Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered "little of childhood but its pain". In fact, he inherited (继承) excellent taste in art from his family — both his father and his brother were painters. But he finally settled on literature, particularly drama and poetry.
Yeats had strong faith in the coming of new artistic movements. He set himself the fresh task in founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s. His early theatrical experiments, however, were not received favorably at the beginning. He didn't lose heart, and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama.
Compared with his dramatic works, Yeats's poems attract much admiring notice. The subject matter includes love, nature, history, time and aging. Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he brought modern sensibility to them. As his literary life progressed, his poetry grew finer and richer, which led him to worldwide recognition.
He had not enjoyed a major public life since winning the Nobel Prize in 1923. Yet, he continued writing almost to the end of his life. Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40, he would probably now be valued as a minor poet, for there is no other example in literary history of a poet who produces his greatest works between the ages of 50 and 75. After Yeats's Death in 1939, W. H. Auden wrote, among others, the following lines:
Earth, receive an honoured guest:
        William Yeats is laid to rest.
        Let the Irish vessel (船) lie
        Emptied of its poetry

1.
Which of the following can describe Yeats's family?
1. A.
  It filled Yeats's childhood with laughter
2. B.
  It was shocked by Yeats's choice
3. C.
  It was a typically wealthy family
4. D.
  It had an artistic atmosphere
2.
According to the passage, what do we know about Yeats's life?
1. A.
  Yeats founded the first Irish theater
2. B.
  Yeats stuck to modern forms in his poetry
3. C.
  Yeats began to produce his best works from the 1910s
4. D.
  Yeats was not favored by the public until the 1923 Noble Prize
3.
What kind of feeling is expressed in W. H. Auden's lines?
1. A.
  Envy
2. B.
  Sympathy
3. C.
  Emptiness
4. D.
  Admiration
4.
What is the passage mainly about?
1. A.
  Yeats's literary achievements
2. B.
  Yeats's historical influence
3. C.
  Yeats's artistic ambition
4. D.
  Yeats's national honor

People today expect to be examined when they enter a doctor's office. At least they expect their blood pressure and temperature to be measured. However, as recently as two hundred years ago, a doctor's treatment depended on talking with patients. In general, the communication between doctors and their patients was the most important part of medical methods. The modem age of medicine began with the stethoscope ,an instrument for listening to patients heartbeat and breathing. Before that, a doctor did not touch a patient. In fact, there was no such things as a medical examination.
The stethoscope──and all other medical instruments──-had a serious effect, on the practice of medicine. Doctors became better at finding the medical problems. More lives were saved. At the same time, doctors gave less importance to the communication between patients and doctors. Some doctors actually stopped talking to their patients. It is easy to understand why some sick people thought themselves as broken machines.

1.
A stethoscope can be used to________.
1. A.
  check health conditions
2. B.
  cure some illness
3. C.
  measure temperature
4. D.
  treat heart disease
2.
Doctors gave less importance to the communication between patients and doctors mainly because________.
1. A.
  modern medical instruments were used
2. B.
  they could cure more diseases and save more lives
3. C.
  they had much more medical experience than before
4. D.
  they were too busy to have time to talk with patients
3.
Some sick people thought of themselves as broken machines, which suggested that_______.
1. A.
  modern doctors should treat their patients as machines
2. B.
  the level of the treatment was greatly improved
3. C.
  they thought they were useless just like broken machines
4. D.
  they were not satisfied with the manner in which doctors treated them
4.
The best title for this passage should be________.
1. A.
  Medical Methods of Two Hundred Years Ago
2. B.
  The Development of Medical Methods
3. C.
  The Modem Age of Medicine
4. D.
  The Use of the Stethoscope

Haikou: A shark was killed after being dragged to shore at Yalong Berth beach in Sanya, South China’s Hainan Province, on Sunday afternoon.
It was the first time a shark had been caught in the beach area, a popular tourist site in Hainan.
Local fishermen said they caught the 3-meter-long, l-ton shark by chance When they were fishing in sea water 1,000 metres deep near the beach.
Police temporarily（暂时）protected the shark while oceanographers decided whether it was a species belonging to State protection.
Fishermen later killed and sold the shark after oceanographers confirmed that it was a whale shark and therefore not under State protection.
The shark was believed to have drifted into the area from the deep sea due to strong waves caused last week by Typhoon Imbudo. It had no open injuries but experts said they believed it suffered from internal（内部的）bleeding.
Local police officer Fu Chenggeng said beachgoers should not feel threatened by sharks because the fish never attack human beings on their own initiative. Fu said he had never heard of any shark attacks at the Sanya beach since he first started work there eight years ago.
However, police said they will improve the security system to safeguard tourists’ safety on the beach.

1.
A possible title of the article should be .
1. A.
  Tourists in Danger
2. B.
  Killing Whale Shark
3. C.
  Shark Caught in Beach Area
4. D.
  Whale Shark in Danger
2.
From the article it can be learned .
1. A.
  the shark was caught because of obvious injuries
2. B.
  the number of the whale shark may be small
3. C.
  typhoon Imbudo may have brought the shark to the area
4. D.
  it’s not unusual to see a shark on the beach
3.
The underlined word “confirmed” probably means .
1. A.
  said
2. B.
  believed
3. C.
  thought
4. D.
  made sure

There was an American writer who often told such a story to his friends and readers:
It was an exhibition of the artists’ works organized by the Red Cross. I was invited as a special guest to take part in the exhibition. During this period, two cute girls of 16 or 17 years old came to me and asked for my signature(签名).
“I haven’t brought my pen. Is the pencil okay?” I asked. In fact I knew they wouldn’t refuse. I just wanted to show a well-known writer’s good manners to the common readers.
“Certainly,” the young girls readily agreed. I could see they were very excited. Of course, their excitement also made me more pleased with myself. One of the girls handed her notebook to me. I took out my pencil, wrote a few words of encouragement, and signed my name. The girl read my signature, frowned(皱眉), looked at me carefully and asked, “Aren’t you Robert Charboss?”
“NO,”I told her proudly, “I’m the author of Alice Adams, the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes.”
The young girl turned to another one, and said, “Mary, lend your eraser to me.”
At the moment, all my pride turned into a bubble (泡沫) immediately. Since then, I always warn(告诫)myself：Don’t think too highly of yourself even though you are so outstanding（杰出的）.

1.
The writer went to the exhibition because he .
1. A.
  would put out his new book
2. B.
  got a special invitation
3. C.
  wanted to meet his fans
4. D.
  wanted show off (炫耀) that he was an outstanding writer
2.
We can infer that the two girls were the fans of .
1. A.
  the writer
2. B.
  Alice Adams
3. C.
  Robert Charboss
4. D.
  the Red Cross
3.
The underlined sentence “all my pride turned into a bubble immediately” means that the writer .
1. A.
  had realized that he was too proud of himself
2. B.
  felt very angry when he heard the girl’s words
3. C.
  was so polite to the girls and helped them a lot
4. D.
  was regret to sign his name for the girl
4.
This story teaches us to be a(an) person.
1. A.
  careful
2. B.
  outstanding
3. C.
  modest
4. D.
  easy-going

The woman was very glad and said, "That will help me very much. I'll give you a list of things to buy"
She wrote out the list and gave it to him.
The man took the baby to the supermarket and put him in the shopping cart. Then he pushed the shopping cart along the rows of things and looked for those that were on his list.
At first everything was OK, but then the baby began to cry.
Then he started to scream.
And scream!
And SCREAM!
“Keep calm, George,” the man said. “Don’t get excited. Don’t shout, George. Don’t lose your temper, George.”
A woman in the supermarket heard him saying so. She walked up to him.
“I think you are wonderful,” she said. “You are so patient with your little George.”
“Madam,” the man said, “I’m George. He’s Edward.”

1.
The man took care of the baby instead because his wife was .
1. A.
  ill
2. B.
  busy doing housework
3. C.
  angry
4. D.
  going to buy things
2.
The baby cried so hard .
1. A.
  at home
2. B.
  in the supermarket
3. C.
  in the street
4. D.
  in the car
3.
When the baby was crying, the father kept taking to for relaxing.
1. A.
  his baby
2. B.
  the woman
3. C.
  himself
4. D.
  George
4.
The underlined sentence “Don’t lose your temper.” in this passage means“ ”.
1. A.
  become angry
2. B.
  shut up
3. C.
  walk on
4. D.
  calm down

In the last few years, some researchers have decided to study why kids lie(撒谎)，So they made up a special team of 12 students, all under the age of 21.
Each student was given 36 cards, and each card listed a topic that teens sometimes lie about to their parents, The researchers worked through the cards with the teens, learning what things the kid was lying to his parents about, and why.
By the end of the interviews, the kids saw for the first time how much they were lying and how many of family’s rules they had broken. It was reported that 98% of the teens had lied to their parents.
Out of the 36 topics, the average(平均) teen was lying to his parents about 12 of them. The teens lied about what movie they went to, and whom they went with .They lied about how they spent their afternoons while their parents were at work, and something like that.
Most parents hear their child lie and think he’s too young to understand what lies are or that lying is wrong. They believe their child will stop when he gets older. Many books also advise parents to just let lies go — they’ll grow out of it. But the truth is that kids grow into it. In studies where children are observed(观察) in their natural environment, a 4-year-old child will lie once every two hours, while a 6-year-old child will lie about once every hour and a half.

1.
The researchers started the project by .
1. A.
  playing cards
2. B.
  free talking
3. C.
  doing a survey
4. D.
  discussion
2.
The topics on 36 cards are mostly between kids and .
1. A.
  parents
2. B.
  teachers
3. C.
  researchers
4. D.
  friends
3.
From this passage, the teens lied on about of the 36 topics as an average.
1. A.
  12%
2. B.
  33%
3. C.
  98%
4. D.
  25%
4.
On this topic, the advice from many books for the parents is that they .
1. A.
  needn’t worry about it too much
2. B.
  should take it serious enough
3. C.
  had better do something to stop it
4. D.
  should regard it as a great problem

Why don’t birds get lost on their long migratory (迁居的) flights? Scientists have puzzled over this question for many years. Now they’re beginning to fill in the blanks.
Not long ago, experiments showed that birds rely on the sun to guide them during daylight hours. But what about birds that fly mainly by night? Tests with artificial stars have proved conclusively that certain night-flying birds are able to follow the stars in their long-distance flights.
One such bird, a warbler(鸣禽) , had spent its lifetime in a cage and had never flown under a natural sky. Yet it showed an inborn ability to use the stars for guidance. The bird’s cage was placed under an artificial star-filled sky at migration time. The bird tried to fly in the same direction as that taken by his outdoor cousins. Any change in the direction of the make-be-live stars caused a change in the direction of his flight. Scientists think that warblers, when flying in daylight, use the sun for guidance. But the stars are apparently their main means of navigation (导航). What do they do when the stars are hidden by clouds? Apparently, they find their way by such landmarks as mountain ranges, coast lines, and river courses. But when it’s too dark to see these, the warblers circle helplessly, unable to get their direction.

1.
The reasons why birds don’t get lost on migratory flights__________.
1. A.
  have been known to scientists for many years
2. B.
  are known by everyone
3. C.
  have only recently been discovered
4. D.
  will probably remain a mystery
2.
Warblers migrate__________.
1. A.
  from North America to South America
2. B.
  using what is apparently an inborn navigational ability
3. C.
  only once during their lifetime
4. D.
  when they are freed from their cages
3.
When the stars are hidden by clouds, warblers find their way by__________ .
1. A.
  an artificial star
2. B.
  some landmarks
3. C.
  their inborn ability
4. D.
  A and B
4.
This article is a good example of the way scientists__________ .
1. A.
  discover workable answers to universal questions by studying particular cases(特别案例)
2. B.
  jump to conclusions
3. C.
  find a law and then investigate（调查）
4. D.
  are disappointed by the habits of animals

There is one thing that everyone wants more than anything else .Some people try to get it by making money .They think that when they have enough money to buy such things as houses ,arms ,and cars ,they will have the one thing that everyone wants .
Other people believe that if they know enough, they will find this thing .They study all their lives in search of it .Still others think that if they have power, they will find this thing .They keep telling themselves: When I am a boss, I will no longer have to search for this thing.
What is it that everyone wants more than anything else? What is it that all of us keep working and searching for each day? It is happiness.
Happiness is a strange thing .It does not mean the same to all men .What will make one man happy may not make another man happy .Some men say that happiness comes from helping others ,other men say that happiness comes from making life more pleasant for everyone .What do you mean when you say“That makes me happy.”
Read what different people have said about happiness .Perhaps you will learn something that will bring you peace of mind ,comfort ,money or may bring you what you search for happiness.

1.
The main idea of this passage is that
1. A.
  happiness means the same to everyone
2. B.
  happiness is the thing that everyone wants to get
3. C.
  money makes one happy, so does helping others
4. D.
  not all people are searching for happiness
2.
The first sentence in the second paragraph means
1. A.
  other people think if they know a lot they will be able to get enough money and that will make them happy
2. B.
  other people think it true that knowledge will bring them enough money
3. C.
  other people hold the opinion that the less they know, the happier they are
4. D.
  other people hold the opinion that if they become knowledgeable enough they will feel happy
3.
“What will make one man happy may not make another man happy ”this sentence means
1. A.
  when one man feels happy, another man will feel sad
2. B.
  when one man feels happy, another man will feel happy, too
3. C.
  different people hold different opinions about happiness
4. D.
  different people have the same opinion about happiness
4.
Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage?
1. A.
  Anyone who owns lots of money will feel happy
2. B.
  Not all the people in the world would help others
3. C.
  What makes one happy may make another sad
4. D.
  All the people in the world work and search for happiness.

One is not born able to speak a language. One is born able to make a noise. I have heard babies cry in America and in China. I can’t tell any difference. But when I hear someone from America speak English and hear someone speak Chinese, I can tell you there are a lot of differences.
I believe a common(普遍的) problem with Chinese students’ learning English is that they were not taught to think in English. They have an idea spoken in English and want to translate the idea into Chinese, then they think in Chinese of the proper reply and translate it into English. After a long period of speaking the language, one begins to think in the foreign language naturally. You will learn faster if you begin to think in English at the very beginning of your study. Many students ask me: What can I do to improve my spoken English?
My reply is: The more English you speak, the better English you will speak. There are many things you can do to improve your spoken English. Of course, the best way is to live where English is spoken as a language of the country.

1.
The cries of American and Chinese babies are _______.
1. A.
  different
2. B.
  the same
3. C.
  not like each other
4. D.
  like each other
2.
The underlined sentence (in Paragraph 2) means that______.
1. A.
  some teachers didn’t teach students to think in English
2. B.
  teachers never gave the students the way of learning English
3. C.
  students didn’t remember the way teachers taught them
4. D.
  teachers didn’t want their students to think in English
3.
The underlined word “they” (in Paragraph 2) refers to “_____”.
1. A.
  Chinese students
2. B.
  English students
3. C.
  Chinese teachers
4. D.
  English teachers
4.
According to the article, which of the following is TRUE?
1. A.
  You must think in English all the time.
2. B.
  You should always translate English into Chinese.
3. C.
  After speaking English for a long time, you may probably think in English naturally(自然地).
4. D.
  The best way of learning English is to live in America.

Before you make friends, you have to decide who you want to be your friends. Most people like to have friends who like to do the same kind of things they do.
The quickest way to make a friend is to smile. When you smile, people think you are friendly and easy to talk to. It may not be easy at first to smile, but remember most people will stay away from a scared or angry looking face.
One easy way to start a conversation with someone is to say something nice about him. Think about how great you feel when someone says something nice to you. Doesn’t it make you want to keep talking to that person?
Ask your new friends questions about themselves. Who’s their favorite singer, where do they live, what do they do after school are all good questions to start a conversation. Make sure you have something to add to the conversation, too. When someone asks you a question, do have an answer for them. There’s nothing that will stop a conversation quicker than a shrug (耸肩) for an answer.
Kids who show an interest in other kids and who are kind and friendly make good friends. Remember, everyone wants to be around people who like to do similar things and people who are nice to them.

1.
This passage gives us some advice on _________.
1. A.
  how to make friends
2. B.
  what kind of person you can make friends with
3. C.
  how to start a conversation
4. D.
  the importance of smile
2.
Most people like to make friends with those______.
1. A.
  who are sad every day.
2. B.
  who share the same interest
3. C.
  who are fond of talking
4. D.
  who say bad things to them
3.
According to the third paragraph, most people enjoy talking to one _______.
1. A.
  who is always smiling
2. B.
  who seems to be friendly
3. C.
  who praises them
4. D.
  who points out their shortcomings.
4.
The underlined (划线的)part in this passage means “_______”.
1. A.
  being very proud
2. B.
  making no answer
3. C.
  knowing nothing
4. D.
  not hoping to answer

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Which of the following can describe Yeats's family?

According to the passage, what do we know about Yeats's life?

What kind of feeling is expressed in W. H. Auden's lines?

What is the passage mainly about?

A stethoscope can be used to________.

Doctors gave less importance to the communication between patients and doctors mainly because________.

Some sick people thought of themselves as broken machines, which suggested that_______.

The best title for this passage should be________.

A possible title of the article should be .

From the article it can be learned .

The underlined word “confirmed” probably means .

The writer went to the exhibition because he .

We can infer that the two girls were the fans of .

The underlined sentence “all my pride turned into a bubble immediately” means that the writer .

This story teaches us to be a(an) person.

The man took care of the baby instead because his wife was .

The baby cried so hard .

When the baby was crying, the father kept taking to for relaxing.

The underlined sentence “Don’t lose your temper.” in this passage means“ ”.

The researchers started the project by .

The topics on 36 cards are mostly between kids and .

From this passage, the teens lied on about of the 36 topics as an average.

On this topic, the advice from many books for the parents is that they .

The reasons why birds don’t get lost on migratory flights__________.

Warblers migrate__________.

When the stars are hidden by clouds, warblers find their way by__________ .

This article is a good example of the way scientists__________ .

The main idea of this passage is that

The first sentence in the second paragraph means

“What will make one man happy may not make another man happy ”this sentence means

Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage?

The cries of American and Chinese babies are _______.

The underlined sentence (in Paragraph 2) means that______.

The underlined word “they” (in Paragraph 2) refers to “_____”.

According to the article, which of the following is TRUE?

This passage gives us some advice on _________.

Most people like to make friends with those______.

According to the third paragraph, most people enjoy talking to one _______.

The underlined (划线的)part in this passage means “_______”.

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