B
Mom was a teacher most of her life. When she wasn’t in the classroom, she was educating her children or grandchildren: correcting our grammar; starting us on collections of butterflies, flowers or rocks; or inspiring a discussion on her most recent “Book of the Month Club” topic. Mom made learning fun.
It was sad for my three brothers and me to see her ailing in her later years. At eighty-five, she suffered a stroke and she went steadily downhill after that.
Two days before she died, my brothers and I met at her nursing home and took her for a short ride in a wheelchair. While we waited for the staff to lift her limp body back into bed, Mom fell asleep. Not wanting to wake her, we moved to the far end of the room and spoke softly.
After several minutes our conversation was interrupted by a muffled sound coming from across the room. We stopped talking and looked at Mom. Her eyes were closed, but she was clearly trying to communicate with us. We went to her side.
“Whirr,” she said weakly.
“Where?” I asked. “Mom, is there something you want?” “Whirr,” she repeated a bit stronger. My brothers and I looked at each other and shook our heads sadly.
Mom opened her eyes, sighed, and with all the energy she could muster said, “Not was, say were!”
It suddenly occurred to us that Mom was correcting brother Jim’s last sentence. “If it was up to me…”
Jim leaned down and kissed her cheek. “Thanks, Mom,” he whispered. We smiled at each other and once again shook our heads…this time in awe of a remarkable teacher.
44．When Mom said, “Whirr”, what did she really want to do?
A. She wanted to tell her sons her will.
B. She wanted to have something to eat before she died.
C. She wanted to correct the mistakes Jim made while talking.
D. She wanted to teach her sons more because she was dying.
45. Which of the following statements is NOT right?
A.    Mom was a good teacher and never wanted to stop her teaching.
B.    Mom was always making her teaching fun.
C.    Mom didn’t forget her teaching until she died.
D.    Mom was no longer a teacher when she was at home.
46. What does the writer think of his mother?
A.    He loved her but was tired of his mother’s teaching at home.
B.    His mother should forget her teaching and enjoyed the rest of her life.
C.    His mother was great because she devoted herself to teaching.
D.    His mother was an excellent teacher before she was retired.
47. Which of the following is the best title of this passage?
A. Once a teacher, always…  B. Mom’s will  C. A teacher’s life  D. A teacher’s devotion

A．DETECTIVES ABROAD
Read about the lives of real detectives. This monthly magazine brings you up-to-date true stories about real life of detectives as they chase criminals across continents. Find out how some of the most dangerous criminals in the world are caught by some of world’s finest detectives. Follow their routes on the free map which comes with every issue.
B. WORLD TRAVEL
This weekly magazine can bring the world to your home. Have you ever wondered what the Chinese eat for breakfast? Did you know that the Sahara Desert is getting bigger every year? This fascinating magazine, full of color photographs, is your window on the world.
C. ONLY 16
Every week well-known writers bring you the latest teenage love stories. Each magazine carries three full-length stories as well as cartoons and color pictures of your favorite film stars.
D. EUROPE NEWS
The weekly magazine keeps you in touch with what’s happening. Filled with facts and figures about almost everything you can think of, plus articles by our regular writers on the week’s most interesting news stories. Special back page sums up the news for the busy readers.
E. OLD SCHOOLHOUSE
The magazine is approximately 200 pages, full color, and packed with support and fun! Columns: Creation Answers with AiG’s Ken Ham, Resource Room for special needs home schooling with Christine Field, Diana Waring’s History column, our Finishing the Race (High School) department, and Show and Tell – where readers share their own detailed methods and curriculum choices.
F. CRIME AND CRIMINALS
These exciting short stories are written by well-known crime writers. Every magazine brings you the best in criminal thrillers, stories are so good that you won’t be able to put the magazine down. And every month we leave one crime unanswered so that you, that reader, can play detective.
请阅读以下读者的信息，然后匹配读者和适合他/她的杂志：
【小题1】Emi is a university student studying Italian and Politics. She doesn’t have much time to read anything very detailed but she is looking for something with plenty of news and information.
【小题2】Carrie is sixteen years old and loves spending time listening to pop music and lying on her   bed reading. She is always interested in finding out more about some of the stars in the world of pop and fashion.
【小题3】Bill travels a lot when he was younger. Now that he has stopped his work, he enjoys reading about foreign people, places and customs even if he has already visited that part of the world.
【小题4】 Leroy used to be a detective. He still takes an active interest in the work of the police, but these days he enjoys reading fictions after years spent chasing real criminals.
【小题5】Brigitte has a five-year-old daughter and after several talks with her husband, she is considering to educate their daughter at home. She would like a magazine to learn about this new trend.

B

Mom was a teacher most of her life. When she wasn’t in the classroom, she was educating her children or grandchildren: correcting our grammar; starting us on collections of butterflies, flowers or rocks; or inspiring a discussion on her most recent “Book of the Month Club” topic. Mom made learning fun.

It was sad for my three brothers and me to see her ailing in her later years. At eighty-five, she suffered a stroke and she went steadily downhill after that.

Two days before she died, my brothers and I met at her nursing home and took her for a short ride in a wheelchair. While we waited for the staff to lift her limp body back into bed, Mom fell asleep. Not wanting to wake her, we moved to the far end of the room and spoke softly.

After several minutes our conversation was interrupted by a muffled sound coming from across the room. We stopped talking and looked at Mom. Her eyes were closed, but she was clearly trying to communicate with us. We went to her side.

“Whirr,” she said weakly.

“Where?” I asked. “Mom, is there something you want?” “Whirr,” she repeated a bit stronger. My brothers and I looked at each other and shook our heads sadly.

Mom opened her eyes, sighed, and with all the energy she could muster said, “Not was, say were!”

It suddenly occurred to us that Mom was correcting brother Jim’s last sentence. “If it was up to me…”

Jim leaned down and kissed her cheek. “Thanks, Mom,” he whispered. We smiled at each other and once again shook our heads…this time in awe of a remarkable teacher.

44．When Mom said, “Whirr”, what did she really want to do?

A. She wanted to tell her sons her will.

B. She wanted to have something to eat before she died.

C. She wanted to correct the mistakes Jim made while talking.

D. She wanted to teach her sons more because she was dying.

45. Which of the following statements is NOT right?

A.    Mom was a good teacher and never wanted to stop her teaching.

B.    Mom was always making her teaching fun.

C.    Mom didn’t forget her teaching until she died.

D.    Mom was no longer a teacher when she was at home.

46. What does the writer think of his mother?

A.    He loved her but was tired of his mother’s teaching at home.

B.    His mother should forget her teaching and enjoyed the rest of her life.

C.    His mother was great because she devoted herself to teaching.

D.    His mother was an excellent teacher before she was retired.

47. Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

A. Once a teacher, always…  B. Mom’s will  C. A teacher’s life  D. A teacher’s devotion

A town in Oxfordshire has become the first in the UK to have biomethane(生物甲烷)gas from human waste piped to their homes for gas central heating and cooking．

    Up to 200 families in Didcot now receive the gas via the national gas power system. Head of energy and technology at British Gas，Martin Orrill，said customers wouldn’t notice any difference as the gas is purified to the highest standard and has no smell．The gas is produced at a sewage(污物) treatment works in Didcot．

   The entire process takes only less than three weeks, with the sewage being collected and sent first to settlement tanks．The solid waste material is then fed into digesters, where anaerobic bacteria(厌氧菌)digest the sewage，with the aid of enzymes(酶)to speed up the process．The digestion process produces methane，which can be burned to drive machines(甲烷)to produce electricity，or can be purified and fed into the gas network and piped to homes and businesses. British Gas says supplying the gas rather than electricity is far more efficient since around two-thirds of the energy is lost in producing electricity.

   Partners in the Didcot project，British Gas，Scotia Gas Network，and Thames Water，all hope to expand the process to other towns，and other companies such as Ecotricity and United Utilities have also announced biomethane projects being planned．One of these projects in Manchester could be supplying 500 homes with biomethane by mid next year. Another British Gas project in Suffolk will provide gas from digestion of brewery(啤酒厂)waste to around 235 families．

   The Didcot project cost￡25 million and was influenced by promises of government aids aimed at encouraging companies to develop renewable technologies．An EU directive means the UK must ensure at least 15 percent of its energy is from renewable sources by 2020．

   The UK produces about 1.73 million tons of sewage annually．If all sewage treatment works in the UK were fitted with the technology，they could supply gas for up to 350, 000 families.

1..   Which of the following is TRUE of the biomethane gas?

   A. it’s mainly made from rotting plants      B. It’s an environmentally friendly gas

   C. Its production process is too long        D. It’s easily recognized by customers

2..   What is the function of the enzymes?   

A. To digest the solid waste material        B. To help get rid of anaerobic bacteria

   C. To help purify the biomethane．         D. To speed up the digestion process．

3..   According to the passage，the biomethane gas had better be used         .

A. as the power for vehicles         B. for heating and cooking

   C. to produce electricity            D. to drive a variety of machines

4..   The last three paragraphs mainly show that        .

A. the UK government supports the biomethane projects

B. the biomethane projects are very costly   

   C. the biomethane projects still face many barriers

   D. the biomethane projects are promising

5..  . What should the text belong to?

A .Computer science    B. Engineering    C. Energy             D. Business

What do Chinese college graduates have in common with ants? The recent 36 　Ant Tribes about the life of some young people 　37 flock （群集）to Beijing after 38 　university, describes the graduates as ants, smart but 39 as individuals, living together in communities.

The book, which 　40 two years of interviews with about 600 low-income college graduates in Beijing, 41 in mid-September, about a month ahead of an announcement by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security that 74% of the 6.11 million new graduates from universities and colleges had been 42 　by Sept.1.

The book’s chief editor, Lian Sir, says that the piece of statistic says 43 　about the real situation for many of these graduates. “I am always 　 44 how many of these employed college graduates are leading a happy life,” Lian said. “I hope this book could offer a window on these graduates, whose stories are　 45 known.”

The setting of the book is several so-called “settlement villages for college students” in the outskirts （市郊） of Beijing, where 46 college graduates 47 　. Most of these graduates work for 　48 or medium-sized（中型的） businesses, 49 less than 2,000 Yuan a month. They live together because it’s 　50　 : The rent in these communities is only around 350 Yuan a month. Many of them travel several hours a day for short-term jobs or job interviews.

Tangjialing, a small 51 20 kilometers from Tian’anmen Square, has around 3,000 52 villagers, but has become a 53 for more than 50,000 migrants （移民）, most of whom 54 from universities or colleges all over the country. The students live in the five or six-storey buildings built by local farmers with 12 rooms on each floor and two or three people crammed （挤） together in each room of about 10 square meters．Up to 70 or 80 people 　55　 the same toilet and kitchen.

36. A. film 　　　　　　　　 　　　 B. story 　　　　　　　　　 C. book　 　　　　　　　　　 D. magazine

37. A. what　　　　　　　　　 　　　 B. who　　　　　　　　 　　　 C. which　　　　　　　 　　　 D. why

38. A. leaving　 　　　　　 　　　 B. entering 　　　　　　　 C. visiting 　　　　　　　　　 D. enjoying

39. A. necessary 　　　 　　　 B. meaningless 　　　　　 C. important 　　　　　　 D. strong

40. A. is determined by 　　　 B. is set in C. is based on D. is taken from

41. A. came up 　　　　　　　　　 B. came on 　　　　　　　　 C. came along 　　　　　　 D. came out

42. A. fired　 　　　　　　　　　　 B. interviewed 　　　　　 C. employed 　　　　 　　　 D. trained

43. A. much 　　　　　　　　　　 　　　 B. little　 　　　　　　　　　 C. some 　　　　　　　 　　　 D. more

44. A. wondering　 　　　　　 B. researching 　　　　　 C. searching 　　　　　　 　　　 D. telling

45. A. seldom　 　　　　 　　　 B. well　　 　　　　　　　　 C. always 　　　　　　　　　 D. often

46. A. few　 　　　　　　　　　 B. a small number of　　 C. a few D. a large number of

47. A. work 　　　　　　　　　　 B. go　 　　　　　　　　　　 C. relax 　　　　　　　　　　 D. live

48. A. small　 　　　　　　　　　 B. big　 　　　　　　　　　 C. famous 　　　　　　　　 D. unknown

49. A. thinking　 　　　　 　　　 B. earning 　　　　　 　　　 C. shopping 　　　　　　　 D. paying

50. A. expensive 　　　　 　　　 B. comfortable 　　　　　 C. cheap 　　　　　　　　　 D. convenient

51. A. city　　 　　　　　　　　　 B. town　　 　　　 　　　 C. community 　　　　　　 D. village

52. A. original 　　　　　　　　　 B. young　 　　　 　　　 C. rich 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. poor

53. A. school 　　　　　　　　　 B. home　　 　　　 　　　 C. hotel 　　　　　　　　　　 D. company

54. A. come　 　　　　　　　　　 B. differ　 　　　　　　　　 C. graduate 　　　 　　　 D. suffer

55. A. clean 　　　　　　　　 　　　 B. build 　　　　　　 　　 C. live 　　　　　　　　 　　　 D. share