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Students are being forced to take additional exams to get into leading universities because good A-levels do not always indicate the brightest candidates.

Sixth-formers applying to courses such as medicine and law are being asked to sit American-style aptitude（智能）tests, which are designed to assess（评价）thinking skills, among fears that too many A-level candidates are getting top grades. Last year, almost one in six students applying to universities such as Oxford and Cambridge from independent schools had to sit additional test to secure a place.

Head teachers criticized the move, which they said would pile more pressure on schools and students. But universities insisted that the reforms were unavoidable, because A-level exams were no longer an accurate barometer（标准）of ability.

In 1986, 40 percent of students starting at Oxford achieved straight. As at A-level, Mike Nicholson, its admissions director, said that this year almost every candidate offered a place would get perfect grades. It meant the university had to stage additional test to identify the most able candidates. “The ability to achieve three A grades is no longer the end-point in the admissions process,” he said. “The potential to achieved three A grades will allow them to enter the race for a place.”

Oxford is not the only university turning to aptitude tests. At Cambridge, the number of students taking the university’s Thinking Skills Assessment shot up 26 percent to more than 3,000. A survey of 16,830 sixth formers applying to higher education from private schools last year showed that 2,860 had to sit at least one exam.

Earlier this year, the National Foundation for Educational Research recommended that most sixth formers should sit SAT tests — a standard reasoning exam widely used in American colleges —to make it easier to pick out the best candidates.

5．What is the attitude of head teachers to the reform?

       A. Approving.               B. Doubtful.          C. Opposed.           D. Neutral（中立的）

6．Which British university first started to use aptitude tests to pick out the best candidates?

       A. Harvard.                  B. Oxford.             C. Cambridge.              D. Washington D.C.

7．What can we know about the A-level system?

       A. It can indicate the brightest candidates.

B. It was designed to assess students’ thinking abilities.

C. It is longer an accurate way to assess students’ abilities.

D. It was recommended by the National Foundation for Educational Research.

8．What can we infer from the passage?

       A. The reform is more popular in American colleges than in British ones.

       B. The reform will be applied by all universities in the future.

       C. Universities used to depend on the A-level system to choose the best students.

       D. Passing additional tests will allow the student to enter Oxford, regardless of whether he or she gets As.

9．What is the passage mainly about?

       A. How to get into leading universities.

       B. The disadvantages of the A-level system.

       C. Different ways to identify students’ abilities.

       D. Universities using extra exams to choose students.

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While some think the Internet has made e-books more popular, paperback ones are still going strong．Now let me take you to visit some new concept bookstores．

Dukou Bookstore

Opened only a few months ago, Dukou Bookstore has already gained interest among Shanghai’s fashionable people．Book lovers come here to read books and magazines while having a cup of tea or coffee．Unlike most bookstores, books here are not catergorized.（分类）

Location：No．830 Julu Lu, Jing’an District

Tel：021-62496339

Monsoon Bookstore

Drinks at Monsoon Bookstore are cheap．They help readers have a better experience at the store．In terms of books, Monsoon has a wide selection of the latest books as well as new and cheap books．The store’s location are inside railway stations．

Location: Huaihai Nanlu/ Shaanxi Lu/ Lianhuang Lu subway station．

Tel：021-62555339

Diaoke Shiguang Cafe

Diaoke Shiguang has a large customer base of college students．Combining the function of cafe and bookstore, Diaoke Shiguang has books mainly for reading instead of buying．It was founded by a young couple who had been to Xin jiang and were struck by the natural scenery．It was then that they decided to live a quiet life．They named it after a book by Russian movie director Andrei Tarkovsky．

Location: No．7, Weigongcunlu, Haidian

Tel: 010-68946825

The Bookworm

The Bookworm is a mixture of a lending library, a cafe and a bar．By paying 200 yuan for 6 months or 300 yuan for a year’s membership, readers can borrow books from here．In addition, the Bookworm readers can also attend lectures given by visiting authors．To know the latest upcoming activities, readers can check out their website at www．beijingbookworm．com．

Location: Nan Sanlitun Road

Tel: 010-65869507

1．Compared with the other bookstores, Monsoon Bookstore is special because ______．

    A．it has the widest range customers from kids to the old

    B．its location provides convenience for passengers to buy books

    C．it offers readers not only paperback books but also e-books

    D．it provides readers with websites to get more information

2．What can we learn about Diaoke Shiguang Cafe?

    A．It is really more a place to read rather than buy books．

    B．It has some branch stores in different areas．

    C．The first of its bookstores was founded in Xinjiang．

    D．A Russian movie director helped to set up the bookstore．

3．From which of the stores can readers borrow books?

    A．Dukou Bookstore                                 B．Monsoon Bookstore

    C．Diaoke Shiguang cafe                           D．The Bookworm

4．All the bookstores in the passage share the similarity that ______．

    A．customers can surf the Internet at any time

    B．customers can enjoy drinks while reading

    C．customers are provided with various books

    D．customers can order books through the Internet．

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　　The Aswan High Dam in Egypt is the biggest in
1．________
the word. It is 3,830 meter long, 980 meters wide at the
2．________
base and 40 meters wide at the top. It has been played
3．________
an important role in people’s life ever since it was
4．________
completed in 1970. River Nile used to flood large areas
5．________
at the same time every year . Now the new dam controls
6．________
the waters of the Nile so that they run regularly in
7．________
all through the year . Beside, 20%~50% electricity
8．________
which Egypt needs are produced from the water
9．________
which rush through the base of the dam.
10．________
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　　MANILA, Philippines(AP)－Villagers and veteran hunters have captured a one-ton saltwater crocodile which they plan to make the star of a planned ecotourism park in a southern Philippine town, an official said Monday．

　　Mayor Edwin Cox Elorde said dozens of villagers and experts captured the 21-foot(6.4-meter)male crocodile along a creek in Bunawan township in Agusan del Sur province after a three-week hunt．It could be one of the largest crocodiles to be captured alive in recent years, he said, quoting local crocodile experts．

　　Elorde said the crocodile killed a water buffalo in an attack witnessed by villagers last month and was also suspected of having attacked a fisherman who went missing in July．

　　He said he sought the help of experts at a crocodile farm in western Palawan province．

　　"We were nervous but it's our duty to deal with a threat to the villagers," Elorde told The Associated Press by telephone．"When I finally stood before it, I couldn't believe my eyes．"

　　After initial sightings at a creek, the hunters set four traps, which the crocodile destroyed．They then used sturdier traps using steel cables, one of which finally caught the enormous reptile late Saturday, he said．

　　About 100 people had to pull the crocodile, which weighs about 2,370 pounds(1,075 kilograms), from the creek to a clearing where a crane lifted it into a truck, he said．

　　The crocodile was placed in a fenced cage in an area where the town plans to build an ecotourism park for species found in a vast marshland(沼泽地)in Agusan, an impoverished region about 515 miles(830 kilometers)southeast of Manila, Elorde said．

　　"It will be the biggest star of the park," Elorde said, adding that villagers were happy that they would be able to turn the dangerous crocodile "from a threat into an asset．"

　　Despite the catch, villagers remain cautious because several crocodiles still roam the outskirts of the farming town of about 37,000 people．

　　They have been told to avoid venturing into marshy areas alone at night, Elorde said．

(1)

What can we infer from the passage?

[　　]

A．

The villagers captured the crocodile by chance．

B．

The crocodile the villagers have captured is the largest crocodile captured in recent years．

C．

The town has already built an ecotourism park for the crocodile．

D．

Not all the crocodile live in saltwater．

(2)

What can we know about the crocodiles in this area according to the passage?

[　　]

A．

The crocodiles in the area are very friendly to the villagers．

B．

The crocodiles usually wander about in the center of the town．

C．

The crocodiles in the town have become a threat to the villagers．

D．

The capture of the male crocodile took three months．

(3)

What happened to the crocodile after it was captured?

[　　]

A．

It was sent to the ecotourism park for species found in a vast marshland．

B．

It was sent back to the wilderness．

C．

It was kept in a fenced cage．

D．

It became the biggest star in the park．

(4)

When Elorde finally stood before the crocodile, how did he feel?

[　　]

A．

Nervous．

B．

Proud．

C．

Shocked．

D．

Happy．

(5)

In Elorde’s opinion, the existence of the crocodile in the wild in this area is ________．

[　　]

A．

threatening

B．

puzzling

C．

reasonable

D．

suspecting

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— ________ do you think it was ________ made Jane so cross?

—Being looked down upon in public yesterday.

A. When; who       B. Who; that

C. Which; what      D. What; that

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