From the day that she learned to walk, Katie’s parents had warned her not to walk past the wire fence. The fence divided the farm from the open grassland that ran for miles. A child would get lost in the high, waving grass. Katie’s mother would remind her about her sister Hannah. “Hannah was no older than you the day that she disappeared, ” Mama would say. Katie couldn’t think of anything worse than to be separated from her parents.

Katie had never seen her sister. Hannah had been lost before Katie was born. Katie often imagined one day a beautiful stranger would come up the road and it would be Hannah.

Now, more than twelve years after her disappearance, Hannah was coming home! She was found at a small village far away. A woman found the lost child many years ago and raised Hannah like one of her own children.

Katie and her mother were busy cleaning the spare bedroom all day.

The next day Hannah arrived. Katie raced out into the yard, her arms open wide. As she came closer to the tall, young woman, her arms dropped. The cry of welcome died in her throat. Hannah had sun—Browned skin. A blanket pulled around her shoulders. She stood staring, looking helpless as Katie’s mother moved forward to embrace(拥抱) her.

At that moment, Katie remembered the rabbit she caught last winter. She carried it home gently and built a comfortable house for it. The next morning the rabbit was gone. “It was used to freedom,” her mama had explained.

Hannah stayed at her new home for almost a month. She never slept in the soft bed. She seldom came out of her room. Whenever Katie went in, she always found Hannah looking our of the window. Katie’s parents kept telling her that it was just a matter of time. Hannah would get used to their ways. “After all,” Mama said, “we’re her real family.”

Then one night, when Katie went in to say good night, Hannah was gone. Her window was open wide. Katie looked around the empty room. She started to run downstairs to call her parents, but then stopped. She thought of the rabbit that she had caught. She wouldn’t tell. She would let her parents discover Hannah’s absence in the morning. Then Hannah would have had a head start on her long journey back to her family.

1．What happened to Hannah many years ago?

       A．She went to catch a rabbit and got lost.

       B．She got lost in the grass and was taken to a village.

       C．She walked past the fence and found a small village.

       D．She didn’t like living with her parents and ran away.

2．Katie’s experience with the rabbit helps her to believe         .

       A．people are cruel animals

       B．family members should always stay together

       C．people belong where they feel most comfortable

       D．both people and animals enjoy a life close to nature

3．Which words best describe Katie?

       A．Lonely and shy                                    B．Brave and confident.

       C．Honest and helpful.                              D．Kind and understanding

4．What can be inferred from the story?

      A．Hannah didn’t want a sister.

       B．It is always dangerous to walk alone.

       C．Hannah, in fact, was not Katie’s sister.

       D．We should think more of others’ happiness.

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Imagine landing in a foreign country where you cannot speak the language, understand the culture and don’t know anybody. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a friend who could help you out?

John Smith, an English explorer who landed in America in 1607, found the best friend ever. She was a Native American named Pocahontas (1595-1617). And she did more than teach Smith the language: she saved his life, twice.

Smith was captured by members of Pocahontas’s tribe (部落) and was going to be killed. But for some reason, the Chief’s daughter, Pocahontas, felt sorry for Smith (who was probably the first white man she had ever seen) and threw her body over his to protect him. Smith returned safely to the small village he was living in.

During the winter the English settlers did not know how to get food from nature. Pocahontas often brought food for Smith and his friends.

A year later Pocahontas’s father tried to kill Smith again because the Native Americans were very scared the English would try to take over their land. Pocahontas warned him and he was able to escape.

Later she became a Christian and eventually married an Englishman named John Rolfe.

She spent the last year of her life in London.

Pocahontas has become an American legend (传奇). Her life story has been re-created in many books and films, including Disney’s 1995 film, Pocahontas.

One of the reasons she is so popular is that many Europeans look at Pocahontas as an excellent example of how a minority can adjust into the majority. Pocahontas is also respected because of her selfless love. She proved that people can be kind and loving even to people of a different race or culture. John Smith was very different from Pocahontas but she could see he was a good man and that was all that mattered. No race or country owns goodness, love and loyalty.

1.What difficulties might early European settlers meet in America EXCEPT ______?

A. the fierce conflict with Native Americans

B. bad-tempered natives who enjoyed killing

C. unfamiliarity with a foreign land

D. lack of food in winter

2.Pocahontas saved John Smith twice because ______.

A. he was the first white man she had ever seen in her life

B. she wanted to become a Christian and marry an Englishman

C. she believed in general kindness even to people of a different race

D. she was on the settlers’ side and against her cruel father

3.Which is NOT an element to make Pocahontas a legend?

A. Her tribal background and her marriage to a white settler.

B. Her selfless help to people regarded as enemy of her tribe.

C. Her complicated life story different from common people’s.

D. The recreation of her life story in the 1995 Disney film.

4.According to the text, Europeans think Pocahontas _____.

A. was brave to break away from her own tribe

B. set a good example for other natives to accept the white settlers

C. was a selfless Christian who can love her enemy

D. was open to a more advanced culture

5.What can we infer from the passage?

A. The battles between early settlers and Native Americans resulted from their               fighting for land.

B. The Europeans think the early settlers should have learned to adjust to the local cultures.

C. The creation of America is based on the settlers’ victory over the Native  Americans.

D. People from different cultures can never really get along well with each other.

B

Chinese students aren’t the only ones who have a sleep loss problem. In Australia, teenagers are also missing out on, on average, one hour’s sleep every night during the school week.

Organized activities and homework push bedtimes later, the first large-scale Australian study of children’s sleeping habits has revealed (显示). Their sleep deprivation (剥夺) is enough to cause “serious drop-offs in school performance, attention and memory”, and governments should consider later or flexible school start times, said the study’s leader, Tim Olds.

 His survey, of more than 4,000 children aged 9 to 18, found those who slept least did not watch more television but spent their time socializing (相处) with family or friends or listening to music.

“Almost all children get up at 7 or 7:15 — they have to get to school on time,” said Olds. He favors a later start over an earlier finish because he believes organized sports and activities would still consume the latter end of the day.

Olds’research also establishes lack of sleep as a cause of weight gain in children, and a possible source of future problems with depression, anxiety and increased susceptibility (易感性) to illness.

It was already known that overweight children sleep less, but Professor Olds found sleep duration (时长) was strongly linked to weight across the full range of body sizes. The thinnest children sleep 20 minutes more than the obese. This showed being overweight had no specific effect on sleep patterns, and it was more likely that shorter sleep times stimulate (刺激) appetite and make kids hungry.

The US National Sleep Foundation says teenagers aged 13 to 18 need eight to nine hours’ sleep a night. Younger school-aged kids need 9 to 11 hours.

On that basis, Professor Olds said, half of Australian children are under-sleeping on weekdays and a quarter on weekends.

6. The Australian students surveyed don’t sleep enough because they spend more time on the following EXCEPT _____.

A. organized activities and homework

B. communication with friends and family

C. watching television programs

D. enjoying music 

7. What effects does lack of sleep directly have on the students according to the survey?

A. They become overweight but begin to eat less than before.

B. They feel more depressed and anxious about their school work.

C. They are more likely to be affected with illness in the future.

D. They pay less attention in class and their memory declines.

8. Which of the following suggestions did Mr. Olds raise?

A. The students should go to bed earlier to have longer sleeping time.

B. The students should participate less in organized activities.

C. The school should put off the start time in the morning.

D. The school should finish earlier in the afternoon.

9. What does "obese" in the sixth paragraph mean?

A. average      B. fat     C. sleepless   D. overeating

10. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Australian students usually take part in activities in the afternoon.

B. More students are short of sleep on weekends than on weekdays.

C. Being overweight has an effect on the length of the sleeping time.

D. The survey suggests that teenagers need 8-9 hours’ sleep a night.

C

By day he is just a normal cat but when the lights go out, he glows (发光) in the dark.

Scientists have genetically modified (更改) a cat as part of an experiment that could lead to treatments for diseases.

Named Mr. Green Genes, he looks like a six-month-old cat but, under ultraviolet (紫外线的) light, his eyes, gums (牙龈) and tongue glow green. That is the result of a genetic experiment at the Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species in New Orleans, US.

Mr. Green Genes is the first fluorescent (荧光的) cat in the US and probably the world, said Betsy Dresser, the center's director.

The researchers made him so they could learn whether a gene could be introduced harmlessly into a cat's genetic sequence (次序).

If so, it would be the first step in a process that could lead to the development of ways to treat diseases via gene therapy (治疗).

The gene, which was added to Mr. Green Genes' DNA, has no effect on his health, Ms Dresser said.

Cats are ideal for this project because their genetic makeup is similar to that of humans, said Dr Martha Gomez, a scientist at the center.

To show that the gene went where it was supposed to go, the researchers settled on one that would glow.

The gene "is just a marker"，said Leslie Lyons, an assistant professor at the University of California, Davis. Lyons is familiar with the center's work.

 "The glowing part is the fun part," she said.

 Glowing creatures made international news earlier this month when the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three scientists who had discovered the gene through their work with jellyfish (水母).

11.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A. A Glowing Cat                  B. Mr. Green Genes

C. One Cat’s Life                  D. An experiment on cats

12. What can we conclude from the passage?

A. Fortunately, scientists have found ways to treat diseases via gene therapy.

B. Scientists think cats’ genetic makeup is the same as that of human beings.

C. Three scientists who had discovered the gene were given Nobel Prize in  Physics.

D. Scientists have managed to introduce a gene into a cat’s genetic sequence.               

13. What does “settled on” most probably mean in Paragraph 9?

A. chose         B. killed        C. took          D. raised

14. From the passage we can see that ____.

A. Mr. Green Genes was made by researchers to treat diseases

B. the cat named Mr. Green Genes can glow when it is dark

C. Mr. Green Genes is the first fluorescent cat in the world

D. Mr. Green Genes is a cat of seven months old up to now

15. Which of the following is WRONG according to the text?

A. The gene added to Mr. Green Genes’ DNA doesn’t affect its health at all.

B. The scientists came up with the idea of the glowing genes totally for fun.

C. Earlier this month glowing creatures became news all through the world.

D. Scientists had discovered the gene from the jellyfish they worked with.

听力理解

　　第一节　听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C、三个选项中选出最佳选项．听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题．每段对话仅读一遍．

1．What does the Woman mean?

[　　]

A．His brother should let them use the car.

B．The subway is fine with her.

C．A car wouldn't be any faster.

2．What does the man have to do now?

[　　]

A．Complete the research.

B．Put the material in order.

C．Finish typing the paper.

3．What do you know about the woman?

[　　]

A．Perhaps she is a doctor.

B．She was badly ill.

C．She didn't like to see the film.

4．What did Jane do after the party?

[　　]

A．She had to finish her homework.

B．She went to bed.

C．She went to the teachers' office.

5．How is the man leaving?

[　　]

A．By bus.

B．By air.

C．By train.

　　第二节　听下面5段对话或独白．每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项．听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间．每段对话或独白读两遍．

听第6段材料，回答第6～8题．

6．What time is it now?

[　　]

A．It’s 10: 10 p. m.

B．It’s 10: 30 p. m.

C．It’s 9: 50 p. m.

7．How long will it take the woman to get lo the railway station?

[　　]

A．Less than fifteen minutes.

B．More than fifteen minutes.

C．Less than fifty minutes.

8．Why did the man invite the woman to his house?

[　　]

A．They had a tea party.

B．They had a dinner party.

C．They had a dancing party.

听第7段材料，回答第9～11题．

9．Why does the man want to have a word with the waitress?

[　　]

A．Because he has been kept waiting for a long time.

B．Because he wants to complain of the food.

C．Because he wants to pay the bill.

10．What do We learn about the restaurant?

[　　]

A．It must be a new one.

B．They don’t know how to serve the people.

C．They need more waiters.

11．If the waitress had known about his opinion, what would have happened?

[　　]

A．She would have served him right away.

B．She would have let him leave the restaurant.

C．She would have turned to her boss for help.

听第8段材料，回答第12～14题．

12．What did the boy mean by asking Mary“How did you do that”?

[　　]

A．How was Mary’s holiday?

B．Why did Mary go to Denver?

C．How would Mary be away from school for such a long time?

13．What can we infer about Washington's Birthday from the dialogue?

[　　]

A．It is perhaps a national holiday.

B．It Was fine that day and nobody wanted to stay in.

C．Maybe there was a national holiday near that day

14．How did Mary go to the mountain on Washington's Birthday?

[　　]

A．By bus.

B．By car.

C．By train.

听第9段材料，回答第15～17题．

15．What did the woman learn about the job from?

[　　]

A．The newspaper.

B．The radio.

C．The TV．

16．If the woman accepts the job, how long does she have to work every day?

[　　]

A．Three hours.

B．Four hours.

C．Five hours.

17．Which of the following statements is true about the job?

[　　]

A．You can get at least 300 pounds for the job per month.

B．You need to come to work before 10 o'clock every morning.

C．No experience and qualifications (条件) are required.

听第10段材料，回答第18～20题．

18．Why does Billy do a part-time job?

[　　]

A．Because he has to make a living by himself.

B．Because he has a strong will to put himself into the society.

C．Because he has to pay for his schooling.

19．How much can Bill get by delivering newspapers in a year?

[　　]

A．About 840 dollars.

B．About 700 dollars.

C．About the money for a new bicycle.

20．How often and when does Bill collect money from his customers?

[　　]

A．Once a day at night.

B．Once a month in the afternoon.

C．Once a month at night.

　　第三节听下面一段独白，每段独白读三遍，第一遍听短文大意，第二遍边听边写下所缺的词或者短语，第三遍检查．

　　Matthew Hobbs was sixteen years old. He had been at the same school for five years, and he (1) ________. He was lazy, he fought with other students, (2) ________, and he did not (3) ________ the rules of the school. His headmaster (4) ________ to make him work and become better, (5) ________, and the worse thing was that, as Matthew grew older, he had (6) ________ .

　　Then at last Matthew (7) ________. He tried to find a job in a company, and the (8) ________ wrote to the headmaster to find out what he could (9) ________ about Matthew. The headmaster wanted to be (10) ________ but he also did not want to be hard. So he wrote, “If you can get Matthew to work for you, you will be very lucky. ”