A young father was visiting an old neighbor. They were standing in the old man’s garden, and talking about children. The young man said, “How strict should parents be with their children？”
　　 The old man pointed to a string（绳子）between a big strong tree and a thin young one. “Please untie（解开）that string,” he said. The young man untied it, and the young tree bent （弯）over to one side. “Now tie it again, please,” said the old man, “but first pull the string tight so that the young tree is straight again.”
　 The young man did so. Then the old man said, “There, it is the same with children. You must be strict with them, but sometimes you must untie the string to know how they are getting on. If they are not yet able to stand alone, you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone, you can take the string away.”
49.The story is about____ .
A.how to take care of young trees
B.how strict parents should be with their children
C.how the young father should get on with his old neighbor
D.how to tie and untie the string

50.The young man untied the string____ .
A.in order to throw it away
B.so that both of the trees would grow straight
C.only to find that the thinner one bent over to one side
D.in order to let the old man teach him

51.When can the string be taken away?
A.When the old man has left
B.After you have untied it
C.When the young man has untied it next time
D.When the young tree grows strong enough

52 At last the old man told the young man _______ .

A.that he should be strict with his children if they could not yet stand alone
B.that he should always be strict with his children
C.that he should be hard on them
D.that he should tie his children until they are ready to stand alon

53. the story the relation（关系） of the big strong tree to the thin one is like that of ＿＿.

A.the young father to the old neighbor

B.parents to their children

C.the old neighbor to the children of the young father

D.grown ups to their parents

Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his 36 time, he likes to get out in the country and take some 37 of animals.

   For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his 38. But his father didn’t take Bill along with him 39 he was fifteen.

   He and Bill drove to the farm which 40 to his uncle in the afternoon. They 41 the night there, so that they could 42 out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.

   It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm 43 the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember 44 he was. He turned over 45 and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he 46 that he was at the 47 and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got 48 quickly.

   He ran downstairs. The others were already in the 49. Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It 50 good.

   They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk 51, because they didn’t want to 52 up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle 53 hot coffee and took some sandwiches 54 Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera 55 and started out.

A. busy          B. spare            C. enough       D. limited

A. foods          B. drawings         C. paintings      D. pictures

A. trips          B. buses            C. holidays        D. mountains

A. after         B. when            C. until            D. unless

A. led           B. stuck            C. got             D. belonged

A. cost          B. spent            C. slept           D. took

A. start       B. begin            C. walk           D. step

A. telephone   B. machine          C. bell            D. clock

A. where         B. how            C. who            D. what

A. quickly        B. sleepily          C. quietly         D. suddenly

A. imagined      B. pronounced     C. forgot           D. remembered

A. mountain      B. town            C. farm         D. station

A. dressed        B. ordered          C. eaten         D. prepared

A. bathroom     B. kitchen           C. dining-room    D. sitting-room

A. seemed       B. felt            C. tasted          D. smelled

A. many         B. soundly          C. much                D. highly

A. wake         B. go              C. put                  D. come

A. of            B. with            C. in                   D. by

A. that           B. what            C. after          D. before

A. cover          B. supply          C. operator              D. equipment

You may open your electronic mail and find information about how to buy medicine, cheap airline tickets, and books and, of course, computers and computer products．There may also be offers for investment deals, bank loans and special holidays．However, to many computer users, this use of electronic spam to sell products has become a major problem as it makes computer communication more difficult．

       Many companies who want to send a great deal of advertising might use the services of a “spammer．” A spammer is a person or company that uses computers to send out millions of copies of the same sales information．Spammers find e-mail addresses from websites, news groups and “chat rooms” where people send messages to each other．

       Most spam is sent by companies who are trying to get you to buy their products．Some of these are honest companies that offer good products or services for fair prices．These companies can offer their products for a cheaper price than you might find in a store．However, much of the spam on the Internet is sent by criminals who are trying to sell products that do not exist or offer services they will not provide．They are only interested in stealing your money．When you answer their spam you find you are expected to send them money and receive a gift．One country in Africa has become famous for the number of criminals who try every known trick to separate people from their money．

What does the underlined word “spam” in the first paragraph probably refer to?

       A．Unwanted electronic information that reaches computer users．

       B．Computer virus that causes computer communication difficulties．

       C．Advertisements sent out by companies who want to sell their products．

       D．Companies that send out millions of copies of the same sales information．

Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

       A．Spammers are people who receive spam on their computers．

       B．Spammers are people who collect e-mail addresses from the Internet．

       C．Companies who want to send a great deal of advertising are so-called spammers．

       D．Either individuals or organizations can be regarded as spammers if they send out spam．

Which is the possible suggestion from the writer concerning spam?

       A．Look out for any spam that reaches your computer．

       B．Don’t trust any information on the Internet．

       C．Buy what is cheaper in the spam．

       D．Don’t buy anything advertised in the spam．

What is the main purpose of writing this passage?

       A．To explain what spam is．

       B．To find out who send out spam．

       C．To warn readers of the possible dangers of spam．

       D．To show the advantages and disadvantages of spam．

Last year, Jack Bleed cut through the bone of his ring finger while working. The 31-year-old resident of North Little Rock, Arkansas, waited for about six hours at a nearby medical center while the medical staff there called all over town — even as far away as Dallas and Memphis — to find a hand surgeon to reattach his finger. Finally, a willing doctor was located in Louisville, Kentucky. But even though Bleed had insurance(保险), he would have to hire a private plane to get himself there, at a cost of $4,300. In the end, he charged the cost to two credit cards, and his finger was saved. His insurance company eventually covered the cost of the plane, but his experience makes people aware of the fact that trauma(外伤) care in the United States is not only geographically limited, but in many places, non-existent.

Only eight states — New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois, New Mexico, California, Oregon, and Washington — have local, fully functional trauma systems. The remaining states have partial systems, and 12 — including Arkansas — have no trauma system at all.

Although the President has signed a bill of $12 million for the purpose of supporting trauma care systems nationwide, many in Congress(国会) are unwilling to spend government money for a service they think should be paid for by states, says Wayne Meredith, medical director for trauma programs at the American College of Surgeons. Meanwhile, many states have also failed to find the dollars to support trauma systems. To make matters worse, many people without insurance depend heavily on the emergency care services, placing a huge financial burden on the medical centers that serve them.

For the same reason, doctors, too, often go unpaid. They are unwilling to perform emergency care, worsening critical shortages of neurosurgeons, orthopedists, and hand surgeons — the very types of specialists Bleed needed at short notice.

Supporting a trauma care system doesn’t take much. A half-penny sales tax in Miami-Dade County makes its outstanding system work. In Arkansas alone, says Wayne Meredith, a well-funded trauma system would possibly prevent 200 to 600 deaths each year. If trauma care systems were to work well across the nation, experts say, many thousands of lives each year could be saved. “You don’t get much better return on your investment than that,” Meredith says.

In Paragraph 1, the writer uses Bleed’s case to ______.

A. make a comparison                               B. describe a person

C. introduce a topic                                          D. tell a story

Many people in Congress argue that trauma care systems should be supported by ______.

A. the President                                       B. each state

C. insurance companies                              D. the US government

The example of Miami-Dade County shows that ______.

A. its tax policy is admirable                      B. running a trauma system is profitable

C. a trauma system is not expensive            D. sales tax is not heavy in small counties

Why are the present trauma care systems in some states not satisfactory?

A. They are shared by all the states.                    B. They are short of financial support.

C. The doctors are not well trained.                    D. The hospitals can’t provide low-cost services.

Is early childhood education really necessary? Early childhood education primarily focuses on learning through playing to develop the child’s physical, sensory, communicational and social development．Early childhood education has become a concern of the government, who pushes poor children to be formally trained before they are old enough for Kindergarten．

There are good reasons for the government to push early childhood education．Studies have shown that orphaned children who did not receive good care and education become developmentally delayed causing failure in school, and even in life．Further studies show that poor children who take part in Head Start programs are more prepared for school, less likely to end up in Special Education classes, and are less likely to receive public help or go to jail．

There are also negative parts to putting a child in formal education programs too early．Time Magazine online explains that “the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work．” I have personally witnessed many children of my generation who went to Head Start programs become frustrated and bored with school before they finished high school．Yet parents have been sure that the earlier the child starts school, the better off he or she is, so they push to start children earlier．

Actually while early formal education of poor children does show great gains in the early elementary years, studies also show that this head start is really a “false start”, as the gains are lost in middle and high school years．It seems that environment is a bigger factor on life’s success than early education．Head Start programs have not achieved its original goal in closing the achievement gap in poor and middle school children．Perhaps it is time to find other ways to close that gap．

The purpose of the government valuing the early childhood education is ________．

A．to develop the children’s communication

B．to give orphaned children good care and education

C．to get the children prepared for the kindergarten

D．to train the children formally and regularly

According to the studies, which of the following is True?

A．Children with good early education may have a rich life．

B．The orphaned children are usually unhappy in their life．

C．Children without early education can do well at school．

D．Head Start programs are helpful to the poor children．

“the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work．” suggests that _________．

A．the early childhood education is helpless to the child’s grade

B．it is good for the young children to receive early education

C．the early education can help the children follow the grade

D．the younger the children are, the cleverer they will be

The author’s attitude toward the early childhood education is _________．

A．puzzling             B．objective   C．indifferent      D．approving

The main idea of the last passage is that __________．

A．the early childhood education is very necessary

B．Head Start programs have helped the children a lot

C．environment is the most important to life’s success

D．better ways should be found to help the poor children