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No one can believe that the over 6,300-kilometer Great Wall might disappear some day. Believe it or not, the Great Wall is being destroyed by people. Less than 20 percent of the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty, is still perfect, but about 80 percent is in danger. The Great Wall can be called "great" mostly because of its amazing length. But we should realize that the length was made up of one brick at a time. If we do nothing to save the Great Wall, it will become a series of separate wasteland rather than a historic site.

The Great Wall is actually a series of walls built and rebuilt by different dynasties over the past 2,000 years. It began in the rule of China's first emperor, Qin Shihuang of the Qin Dynasty(221 BC-206 BC), and lasted into the Ming Dynasty. The parts built before the Ming Dynasty have nearly disappeared. People are familiar with sections such as Badaling in Beijing and Jiayuguan Pass in Gansu, because they have been open to tourists for many years. But those sections far away from the public eyes have been almost forgotten.

Few local people knew the 3-metre-high walls made of earth and stones beside them are part of the Great Wall. The lack of knowledge is considered as one of the main reasons behind human.

The bricks on the Great Wall are carried off by countryside people to build their houses, sheep corrals and pigsties. Some were taken away to build roads. Bricks carved with people's names are put away as remembrances. Rubbish is spread over the battlements. The bricks can be sold for 15 yuan per tractor load. Those who destroyed and are destroying the Wall know its name, but are not clear about its cultural meaning. It will take a long time to let them know this. The local farmers not only carried off the body of the Wall but also dug out the entire base.

It is necessary to protect the Great Wall. First of all, the officials should be aware of the importance of the Great Wall. Young Chinese should know more about the nation's great civilization and learn to love it.

64. Why does the writer say the Great Wall might disappear?

A. It is useless from now on.

B. It will be replaced by a new one.

C. Some parts of it are being destroyed.

D. It is too old to be used again.

65. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. The Great Wall was completed in the Ming Dynasty.

B. Not all the foreign tourists like the Great Wall.

C. The first part of the Great Wall was built in 221 BC.

D. The Qin Great Wall was protected well.

66. The underlined part "those sections far away from the public eyes" (in Paragraph 2) refers to the parts of the Great Wall _____.

A. that are too difficult to find

B. nobody can watch

C. that are too far to be seen

D. that are not well-known to the public

67. What's the main reason of the Great Wall's being destroyed?

A. The local people are short of culture knowledge.

B. The local people need bricks and stones to build houses.

C. The local people think that the Great Wall is not important.

D. The local people sell the bricks for a living.

Living away from your country can be a really interesting and unforgettable experience, but at the same time it has very important effects on your life．

       The major effect, and also a very common one, is that once you start a regular life away from home, you miss everything．This fact doesn't mean that you are unhappy but that you are aware of being on your own．Missing your family and the attention they all paid to you is a very unusual thing．Little details like sitting on a Sunday morning watching TV alone instead of helping your dad organizing his things or having a nice chat with your mom makes you realize how valuable your family really is．It's clear that you have started to appreciate everything you had before．

       The second main effect is that you may learn how to accept another type of society and culture into your daily life．Since you are living in a place with different customs and traditions from yours, you have to be able to develop yourself in unknown conditions．This means making new friends, learning other points of view, accepting different opinions and values, and seizing every opportunity you have to go to new places．Therefore, you'll be able to achieve true knowledge．Suggesting to change your mind totally would be foolish; the best thing to do would be to stick to your most important values and then change those that you believe could be improved.

       The most important effect of living away from home is the independent Behavior（行为） that grows inside of you．Living on your own far from your family gives you a lot of experiences toward organizing your life．Since it is up to you and no one else to go to school, clean your room, wash your clothes, and organize your expenses, it is certain that you will have a good and strong sense of responsibility．Being independent and responsible will help you get through life．

       Living far from home, even for a short period of time, can be really hard at the beginning．We have to remember that all changes are difficult but it is necessary for us to go through them to build our character．Most important of all, it helps us appreciate everything we have．

1．According to the text, which of the following statements is NOT true?

      A．Once living away from home, you should change your mind wholly．

     B．Once living away from home, you would think about common things that ever happened to you．

      C．Once living away from home, you have to arrange everything by yourself．

      D．Living away from home helps you have a sense of responsibility．

2．While living away from home, you can do all of the following EXCEPT ____．

      A．build up a sense of responsibility         B．experience another type of society

      C．become more independent                 D．be proud of yourself

3．It is clear from the text that the writer____．

      A．is in favor of living away from home     B．is against living away from home

     C．is sad about living away from home

     D．is a little worried about living away from home

4．The underlined words "go through" in the last paragraph probably means ____．

     A．examine carefully                          B．experience

     C．walk through                             D．take part in

Kids are far better than adults at learning how to speak multiple（多样的） languages. Research now shows that very young infants might have some of the best language skills of all.

A new study suggests that babies between 4 and 6 months old can tell the difference between two languages just by looking at the speaker’s face. They don’t need to hear word. Sometimes between 6-8 months of age, babies raised in homes where just one language is spoken lose this ability. Babies from bilingual (双语的)homes, on the other hand, keep the face-reading ability until they’re at least 8 months old.

Researchers in Canada studied 36 infants from English-speaking families. Twelve of the babies were 4 months old,12 were 6 months old, and the rest were 8 months old. Each baby sat on his or her mother’s lap and watched video clips of a woman talking. The woman was fluent in both English and French. In some clips, she read from a storybook in English. In other clips, she read in French. In all of the videos there was no sound.

After watching clip after clip of the woman reading in just one language, the babies eventually started to look away, apparently because they were bored. The researchers then showed the babies a new silent clip of the woman reading a story in the other language. At that point, the 4-month-olds and 6-month-olds started looking at the screen again. The 8-month-old,by contrast, paid no attention. That suggests that a baby’s ability to distinguish between languages get lost before 8 months of age.

“Visual information about speech may play a more critical role in language learning than previously expected,” says researcher psychologist Whitney. It’s not yet clear, she adds, which part of the speaker’s face babies are looking at for clues. Next, scientists want to see whether babies can match faces with the voices of foreign-language speakers. If babies can do this, the scientists would then like to know if this ability also declines（下降） toward the end of the first year of life.

48. What is mainly discussed in the passage ?

   A. Language teaching.

B. Language learning

C. Infants and language learning

  D Parents and language teaching

49.  What do the underlined words in the second paragraph refer to ?

A. Telling the difference between languages.

    B. Looking at their mothers’ faces

   C. Speaking different languages

D. Hearing words spoken by mothers.

50. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ?

   A. All the infants in the study are of the same age.

   B. The infants could hear the woman’s voice while watching the videos.

   C. The stories the woman read were written in either French or German.

D. It’s still unknown how infants could tell the difference between languages.

51. Why did the 8-month-old pay no attention when the language was changed ?

   A. They had lost the ability to distinguish different languages.

B. They were too tied to open their eyes and fell asleep.

C. They couldn’t hear what the speaker was talking about.

D. They had lost the interest in bilingual speakers.

Kids are far better than adults at learning how to speak multiple（多样的） languages. Research now shows that very young infants might have some of the best language skills of all.

A new study suggests that babies between 4 and 6 months old can tell the difference between two languages just by looking at the speaker’s face. They don’t need to hear word. Sometimes between 6-8 months of age, babies raised in homes where just one language is spoken lose this ability. Babies from bilingual (双语的)homes, on the other hand, keep the face-reading ability until they’re at least 8 months old.

Researchers in Canada studied 36 infants from English-speaking families. Twelve of the babies were 4 months old,12 were 6 months old, and the rest were 8 months old. Each baby sat on his or her mother’s lap and watched video clips of a woman talking. The woman was fluent in both English and French. In some clips, she read from a storybook in English. In other clips, she read in French. In all of the videos there was no sound.

After watching clip after clip of the woman reading in just one language, the babies eventually started to look away, apparently because they were bored. The researchers then showed the babies a new silent clip of the woman reading a story in the other language. At that point, the 4-month-olds and 6-month-olds started looking at the screen again. The 8-month-old,by contrast, paid no attention. That suggests that a baby’s ability to distinguish between languages get lost before 8 months of age.

“Visual information about speech may play a more critical role in language learning than previously expected,” says researcher psychologist Whitney. It’s not yet clear, she adds, which part of the speaker’s face babies are looking at for clues. Next, scientists want to see whether babies can match faces with the voices of foreign-language speakers. If babies can do this, the scientists would then like to know if this ability also declines（下降） toward the end of the first year of life.

1. What is mainly discussed in the passage ?

  A. Language teaching.

B. Language learning

C. Infants and language learning

 D Parents and language teaching

2. What do the underlined words in the second paragraph refer to ?

A. Telling the difference between languages.

  B. Looking at their mothers’ faces

  C. Speaking different languages

D. Hearing words spoken by mothers.

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ?

  A. All the infants in the study are of the same age.

  B. The infants could hear the woman’s voice while watching the videos.

  C. The stories the woman read were written in either French or German.

D. It’s still unknown how infants could tell the difference between languages.

4. Why did the 8-month-old pay no attention when the language was changed ?

  A. They had lost the ability to distinguish different languages.

B. They were too tied to open their eyes and fell asleep.

C. They couldn’t hear what the speaker was talking about.

D. They had lost the interest in bilingual speakers.

　　A travelling salesman had to walk so much that his feet often 1 . His doctor told him that 2 water was the best thing for them, 3 the salesman decided 4 to the sea 5 his holiday that year. Since all of the hotels near the sea were expensive, he went to a small hotel 6 from the beach.

　　In the morning he went 7 to the calm sea 8 a bucket in his hand, went 9 to the lifeguard and asked whether he would 10 to take a bucket of salt water. The lifeguard seemed very surprised 11 said, “Yes, although you'll have 12 twenty-five cents for it.”

　　The salesman gave the lifeguard twenty-five cents, 13 his bucket, 14 it to his hotel and put his 15 in the water.

　　After lunch, he came down to the beach again. The tide 16 out now, so the sea was 17 lower. The salesman thought, “That man has a very 18 business. He must 19 thousands of buckets 20 this morning.”

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