The Rockford police chief and some city officials want to install （安装） video cameras in all 100 police cars．They think this will reduce the number of lawsuits （法律诉讼）．In the last five years, Rockford has paid out more than five million dollars to settle about 40 lawsuits．

The chief said, "If cameras had been in those cars．we wouldn't have had to pay one cent． We're always pulling over drunks or drug users who try to fight the police or shoot them．Then they always claim （声称） that the police start beating them first or start shooting at them first．"

The cost of installing cameras will be about $500 each．The city council （委员会） will vote on the proposal （提议） next Monday．Ten of the 13 council members said that they like the idea． One member said that it makes good sense．

The police officers enthusiastically support camera use．One officer said that too many people think the police often lie; cameras would show citizens that police tell the truth．"The money that we've been spending on lawsuits will be better spent on more cameras," said one officer．

Citizen opinions to the idea of police car cameras are mixed．One person, said that the police should have started doing this years ago when video cameras were invented．But an elderly man strongly objected．'These police are trying to stick their nose into everything," he said．He was going to attend the council meeting to condemn the proposal．He hoped that other citizens would join him.

1.We can learn from what the chief said that with cameras on ___．

A．the police will not be treated unjustly    

B．the police will be free from any lawsuits

C．the police can beat the law-breakers first  

D．the police can monitor everything around

2.What's the purpose of installing video cameras in police cars?

A．To pay less money on lawsuits．         

B．To cut the number of lawsuits．

C．To prevent lawsuits from happening．    

D．To stop being beaten by law-breakers．

3.Which group of people support camera use most?

    A．Council members,                 B．Police officers．

    C．Local people．                   D．Drug users．

4.What can be learned from the last paragraph?

    A．Most citizens support camera use in police cars,

    B．The police are trying to take control of everything．

    C．The man showed great disagreement on camera use in police cars．

    D．Other citizens will join the man to object to camera use in police cars．

Pulling heavy suitcases all day in the summer is hard work, especially when you’re a thin 14-year-old. That was me in 1940—the youngest and smallest baggage boy at New York City’s Pennsyl­vania Railway Station．

After just a few days on the job, I began noticing that the other fellows were overcharging pas­sengers．I’d like to join them, thinking, “Everyone else is doing it．”

When I got home that night, I told my dad what I wanted to do．“You give an honest day’s work,” he said, looking at me straight in the eye．“They’re paying you．If they want to do that, you let them do that．”

I followed my dad's advice for the rest of that summer and have lived by his words ever since．

Of all the jobs I've had, it was my experience at Pennsylvania Railway Station that has stuck with me．Now I teach my players to have respect for other people and their possessions．Being a member of a team is a totally shared experience．If one person steals, it destroys trust and hurts everyone．I can put up with many things, but not with people who steal．If one of my players were caught stealing, he'd be gone．

Whether you’re on a sports team, in an office or a member of a family, if you can’t trust one another, there’s going to be trouble．

1.What can be inferred about the baggage boys?

       A．They could earn much, but they had to work hard．

       B．Many of them earned money in a dishonest way．

       C．They were all from poor families．

       D．They were all thin, young boys．

2.What does the father's advice imply?

       A．It is wrong to give more pay to the passengers．

       B．Don’t believe them if they are paying you more．

       C．Don’t follow others to overcharge the passengers．

       D．It is difficult to work hard and live as an honest boy．

3.The writer can't put up with stealing because he thinks that ______．

       A．it is a totally shared experience          B．it is considered as the most dangerous

       C．it does great harm to human relationship       D．it may lead to the loss of his sports team

4.It can be concluded from the text that ______．

       A．his father's advice helped him to decide which job to take up

       B．working in the sports team was his most important experience

       C．he learnt much from his shared experience with his team members

       D．his experience as a baggage boy had a great influence on his later life

I know what you’re thinking: pizza（比萨饼）? For breakfast? But the truth is that you can have last night’s leftovers in the a.m. if you want to.

I know lots of women who skip breakfast（不吃早餐）, and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it. Some say they don’t have time; others think they’re “saving” calories（卡路里）；still others just don’t like breakfast food . 

But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when you’re trying to lose weight. “Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all,” says Katherine Brooking R.D., who developed the super-easy eating plan for this year’s “SELF CHALLENGE”. And even pizza can be healthy if it’s loaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece. 

Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories. Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.

So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up having no breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last night’s leftovers—it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, “You can always eat it tomorrow,” I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it. You may save yourself some pre-bedtime calories. And watch your body gain the fat-burning effects.

1. The word “leftovers” in Paragraph 1 probably means_______. 

   A. food remaining after a meal         B. things left undone

   C. meals made of vegetables           D. pizza topped with fruit

2. What can we infer from the text?

A. Working women usually have breakfast in a hurry.

   B. Many people have wrong ideas about breakfast. 

   C. There are some easy ways of cooking a meal. 

   D. Eating vegetables helps save energy. 

3. According to the last paragraph, it is important to________. 

A. eat something for breakfast           B. be careful about what you eat

   C. heat up food before eating it          D. eat calorie-controlled food

4. The text is written mainly for those________. 

   A. who go to work early        B. who want to lose weight

   C. who stay up late            D. who eat before sleep

Most American students go to traditional public schools．There are about 88, 000 public schools, all over the US．Some students attend about 3000 independent public schools called charter schools．

         Charter schools are self-governing．Private companies operate some charter schools．They are similar in some ways to traditional public schools．They receive tax money just as other public schools do．Charter schools must prove to local or state governments that their students are learning．These governments provide the schools with the agreement called a charter that permits them to operate．

         Charter schools are different because they do not have to obey most laws governing traditional public schools．Local, state, or federal governments cannot tell them what to teach．Each school can choose its own goals and decide the ways it wants to reach them．Class size is usually smaller than in traditional public schools．

         The Bush Administration strongly supports charter schools as a way to re-organize public schools that are failing to educate students．But some education agencies and unions oppose charter schools．One teachers' union has just made public the results of the first national study comparing the progress of students in traditional schools and charter schools．

         The American Federation of Teachers criticized the government's delay in releasing the results of the study, which is called the National Assessment of Educational Progress．Union education experts say the study shows that charter school students performed worse on math and reading tests than students in regular public schools．

         Some experts say the study is not a fair look at charter schools because students in those schools have more problems than students in traditional schools．Other education experts say the study results should make charter school officials demand improved student progress．

1.If a private company wants to operate a charter school, it must______．

         A．try new methods of teaching       B．prove its management ability

         C．obey the local and state laws                      D．get the government's permission

2.What's the government's attitude toward charter schools?

         A. Doubtful     B. Supportive.   C. Subjective．   D. Optimistic．

3.What can we learn from the text?

         A．More students choose to attend charter schools．

         B．Charter schools are better than traditional schools．

         C．Students in charter schools are well educated．

         D．People have different opinions about charter schools．

4.It can be interred from the text that ___.

         A．charter schools are part of the public education system

         B．one-on-one attention should be paid to students

         C．the number of charter schools will be limited

         D．charter schools are all privately financed   

Which are you more likely to have wath you at sny given mement—your cell phone or your wallet? Soon you may be able to throw your wallet away and pay for things with a quick wave of your smart phone over an electroue scannet.

In January, Starbucks announced that customers could start using their phones to buy coffee in 6,800 of its states. This is the first pay-by-phone practice in the U.S., but we’re likely to see more witeless payment alternatives as something called ucar field communcation(NFC)GETS IN TO America’s consumet electanies. Last Deccmbet some new smart phanes which cantain an NFC chip were introduced to the public.

Already in use in part of Asia and Europe, NFC allows shoppers to wave theie phones a few inchs above a payment terminal-a contact-free system build for speed and convenience.  plan a few incees live a payment tetminal a one a few ptaht need to be worked out, like who will get to collect the profitable trunsacian(交易)fees. Although some credit card providers have been experimenting with wave and pay systems that use NFC enabled credit cards, cellphone service providers truay try to mused their way into the point of sale (POS)market. Three big cell phone service providers have formed a joinf tenture(合资企业)that will go into opention over the next 15 months. Its goal is“to lead the U.S. payments industry from cards to mobile phone.”

The other big NFC sue, apart from how paymeats will be processed, is security, For instance, what’s to stop a thief from digitally pickpocketing you? “We’re still not at the point where an attacker can just brush against yee in a crowd and steal all the money out of your phone,”says Jimmy Shah. A mobile security rescarcher, “Usera may also be able to set transaction timeits,requiring a password to be enteced for larger putchases.

Bussiness? Keep in mund you lost your smart phone, it can be located on a located on a map and remotely disabled. Plus, your phone can be password protected, Your wallet isn’t.

1.What is predicted to happen in the U.S.?

A.The expansion of cellphone companices.

B. The boom of pay by phone business.

C. The dissppearanceof credit cards.

D. The increase of Starbucks sales.s

2.The NFC technology can be used to________.

A. ensure the safety of shoppers

B. collect transaction fees easily

C. make purchase faster and smpler

D. improve the quality of cellphones

3.Three cellphone service providers form a joint venture to__________.

A. strengthen their relationship

B .get a share in the payments industry

C .sell more cellphones

D. test the NFC teehnoingy

4.According to the what can users do if they lose their smart phones?

A. Stop the luneting of niet phones.

B .Stop a passwant.

C .Cat all the money out of their phones.

D. Can large purchases.