I can still remember it as it was yesterday. I was a college freshman and had ____36___ up most of the night, laughing and talking with friends. Now just before my first ____37___ of the day, my eyelids were feeling heavier and heavier and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a ____38___. A few minutes nap(瞌睡) time before class wouldn’t ____39___, I thought.

  BOOM! I lifted my head suddenly and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my ____40___ beating wildly trying to find the cause of the ____41____. My young professor was looking back at me with a boyish smile on his face. He had ____42____ dropped the textbooks he was carrying onto his desk. “Good morning!”, he said, still ____43____. “I am glad to see everyone is ____44___. Now let’s get started.”

  For the next hour I wasn’t sleepy at all. It wasn’t from the ____45___ of my professor’s textbook alarm clock either. It was instead from the ____46___ discussion he led. With knowledge and good ____47___ he made the material come ____48___. His insights were full of both wisdom and loving-kindness. And the enthusiasm and joy that he ____49___ with were contagious(富有感染力的). I ___50___ the classroom not only ___51___ awake, but a little smarter and a little better as well.

  I learned something far more important than not ____52___ in class that day too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life, do it with ____53___. What a wonderful place this would be if all of us did our work joyously and well. Don’t sleepwalk your way through ____54___ then. Wake up! Let your love fill your work. Life is too ___55___ not to live it well.

36. A. took                  B. divided                   C. stayed                           D. put

37. A. lecture                     B. test                        C. task                        D. class

38. A. platform            B. pillow                      C. carpet                            D. wall

39. A. lose                   B. help                        C. last                         D. hurt

40. A. heart                B. mind                       C. thought                  D. head

41. A. trouble                    B. noise                      C. failure                            D. Incident

42. A. angrily               B. carelessly                C. intentionally           D. accidentally

43. A. smiling                     B. talking                           C. complaining            D. shouting

44. A. active               B. curious                   C. present                   D. awake

45. A. voice                B. shock                      C. interruption                  D. blow

46. A. fascinating     B. convincing         C.puzzling                  D.encouraging

47. A. point            B. sense              C.humor            D.look

48. A. strange                    B. natural                           C. handy                            D. alive

49. A. taught                     B. spread                           C. combined               D. started

50. A. decorated         B. filled                       C. left                         D. entered

51. A. high                  B. wide                       C. narrow                           D. widely

52. A. discussing         B. speaking                 C. cheating                 D. sleeping

53. A. joy                           B. speed                            C. aim                         D. determination

54. A. work                 B. life                          C. journey                   D. college

55. A. hard                  B. complex                  C. short                       D. simple

The following is a recent survey among teenagers:

   The survey carried out recently is mainly concerned with ______.

A. how teenagers consume media

B. what electric devices teenagers favor

C. which new trend teenagers are following

D. how teenagers contact others and make their social net

   As is mentioned in the survey, the reason why teenagers watch less TV mainly lies in that ______.

A. teenagers do not watch regular programs

B. all the TV programs are on for only a few weeks

C. teenagers may turn to other devices to watch their favorite

D. the TV adverts coming on every channel are just the same

   Which of the following is TRUE according to the survey?

A. Radio presenter or DJ used to invite the listeners to choose the songs they want.

B. The main source for teenagers to get news is Internet as well as newspapers.

C. Google is the most common social networking sites due to its convenience.

D. Some features of modern mobile phones are not widely used by teenagers.

I don’t ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it’s like to work in a field dominated by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space-time and the nature of black holes.

At 19, when I began studying astrophysics, it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement—jobs, research papers, awards—was viewed through the lens of gender (性别) politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus (相对于) right brain, or nature versus nurture (培育), I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.

Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations: I don’t talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn’t want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don’t study sociology or political theory.

Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how may of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don’t dismiss those concerns. Still, I don’t tell them “war” stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that’s a sight worth talking about.

Why doesn’t the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?

A. She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields.

B. She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination.

C. She is not good at telling stories of the kind.

D. She finds space research more important.

   From Paragraph 2, we can infer that people would attribute the author’s failures to ________.

A. the very fact that she is a woman

B. her involvement in gender politics

C. her over-confidence as a female astrophysicist

D. the burden she bears in a male-dominated society

What did the author constantly fight against while doing her Ph.D. and post-doctoral research?

A. Lack of confidence in succeeding in space science.

B. Unfair accusations from both inside and outside her circle.

C. People’s stereotyped attitude toward female scientists.

D. Widespread misconceptions about nature and nurtured.

Why does the author feel great satisfaction when talking about her class?

A. Female students no longer have to bother about gender issues.

B. Her students’ performance has brought back her confidence.

C. Her female students can do just as well as male students.

D. More female students are pursuing science than before.

What does the image the author presents to her students suggest?

A. Women students needn’t have the concerns of her generation.

B. Women have more barriers on their way to academic success.

C. Women can balance a career in science and having a family.

D. Women now have fewer problems pursuing a science career.

I don’t like my parents. They always tell me I should do this, and should not do that. It sometimes makes me angry,” said Liu Dan, a middle school student in Beijing. Do you have the same problem? Perhaps your parents had the same problem when they were your age long ago. Why does it seem that some parents are not so friendly in their children’s eyes?

One of the biggest things is when someone becomes a parent, he or she likes worrying things. They worry about everything about you from the time you were born. They do a lot for you, though something would make you angry, because they care about you and worry about you. They worry about your choice of friends, the food you eat, your work at school, how much sleep you get, etc. All these things are part of your life. They want you to grow up healthily and happily.

So how can you make things easier on yourself? It’s easier than you think. Just make sure your parents know what you’re doing. Get them to know your friends. Call them if you stay somewhere else later than usual. Say sorry to them when you make mistakes. Take responsibility for what you have done. Talk about your ideas with them. They may talk about theirs with you.

Most of all, try to think about why your parents do this or do that. They are still practicing being parents and need help you can give them. Someday, when you become a parent, they may be able to help you how to get on with your children.

The writer of the passage doesn’t agree that _______.

 A. parents want you to grow up healthily

 B. parents don’t want you to make some bad friends

 C. parents worry about everything about you

 D. parents want to control you

Some of the children are angry with their parents in the passage because ________.

A. the parents think they eat too much

 B. the parents don’t like the friends that their children have made

 C. the children don’t live with their parents

 D. the children are limited by their parents

“They are still practicing being parents.” means _______.

A. parents are not always right            B. parents should practice more

C. parents have many mistakes            D. parents are always right

The main idea in this passage is that _______.

A. some of the parents in China don’t love their children

B. children and parents should understand more about each other

C. parents should worry too much about their children

D. children should bear everything their parents arranged

The holiday is upon us. Finally, after months of study, you have some time to yourself. So, why not read a book? Well, some people will say, "Why bother with books? We have the Internet and other media that offer a lot of more colorful entertainment. Books are history!" But don't be fooled. I'm sure there's still a lot to be said for reading.

       One clear reason is that a well-chosen book is a wonderful source of vocabulary, so long as you have a good dictionary, of course. Believe me, it's far easier to get new English words and phrases from a book or an article than it is from the TV or the Internet.

       But another more important point is that books give you something that modern media simply can not. The average webpage is picture-heavy and the text is often designed to make it as easy to read as possible. While "easy" may be attractive, unfortunately it's of little use for any long-term development of reading skills and the general language level. Because of that, there's still no substitute (替代品) of a book.

       But perhaps the best single reason is that simply choosing what you read and doing it independently means that it's something you do by and for yourself. You can choose what you want to read. It's hard work, but somewhere down the line, you'll find that what once seemed like a duty is now a pleasure.

How many reasons for reading a book does the author mention in the passage?

       A. Three            B. Two        C. One       D. Four

According to the passage, we basically need a ________ in reading.

       A. television             B. pencil       C. notebook    D. dictionary

In the author's opinion, reading on the Internet may_________.

       A. develop long-term reading skills        B. improve the general language ability

       C. not take the place of reading books      D. be an effective way of reading

The passage is written mainly to _________.

       A. share the pleasure of reading books       B. advise readers to read books

       C. stress the importance of reading online    D. help readers to choose good books