Recently we’ve observed an increasing request from disadvantaged and regional schools for attending one of our zoo areas at no cost or partly paid some organizations．Zoos Victoria believes that all children should have the opportunity to have aft early memory of visiting the zoo，and gain an understanding of the wild and natural world that humans share with animals．Zoos Victoria wins the support of the Ian Potter Foundation to help achieve this goal．

    Funding available for schools to enter an educational program at Zoos Victoria in 2012.

    Applications are open from November 23，2011 to February l2，2012．

    Children from disadvantaged and originally isolated schools are provided with the opportunity to visit the zoo and attend an interactive education experience at no charge．

The program objectives are.

 ·To start developing “environmentalists” within low social and economic groups．

   ·To support the youth from disadvantaged backgrounds to have greater awareness of wildlife and have ongoing opportunities to get relevant information about animals and the environment through the zoos’ website．

    What is covered under the program?

    ·Travel to the zoo-transport costs will be partly or fully paid back to the school off the basis of the number of children applied for the program．

    ·Student entry to one area of Zoos Victoria and an educational experience．

    Which schools are able to take part in the program?

    ·Open to schools in Victoria．

    ·Consideration will be given to schools that have not previously been able to enter one of our zoo areas，list as “disadvantaged” ones or conic from regionally isolated areas．

    ·Able to visit an area of Zoos Victoria within the 2012 school year．

    ·Applications must be supported by the school principal．

    ·Able to complete a short evaluation of the program．

    How to apply for the program?

    ·Download the application forms．

    ·Complete all the details，including a signature from your principal and attaching a quote for transport costs．

    ·Return the application forms to Margaret Harwood at Zoos Victoria by email to mharwood@zoo.org.au or by post to PO Box 74，Parkville，VIC 3052．

    ·Please contact Margaret Harwood at 03 9285 9462，if there are any further questions．

59．Zoos Victoria wanted to help students in disadvantaged and regional schools    .

  A．take action to protect wildlife in isolated areas

  B．develop a passion for wildlife and nature

  C．raise money for wildlife in the zoo

  D．enjoy the pleasure of visiting a zoo

60．Whether your transport costs are free or partly charged depends on     .

  A．if you have a deep ecological understanding

  B．what connections you build with nature

  C．how many applications there are for the program

  D．which area of Zoos Victoria you will visit

61．Which of the following schools is most likely to take part in the program?

  A．A disadvantaged school in New York．B．A school from all isolated area of Victoria

  C．A poor private adult school in America  D．A school with a lack of wildlife education．

62．To be qualified for the program，you have to           .

  A．come from a school near Zoos Victoria

  B．pay a visit to Zoos Victoria all the year round

  C．get your parents’ support for the application

  D．make a short comment on the program

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号( ∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

   删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

    修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

    注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不记分。

    One afternoon after I was on my way home，the weather changed suddenly．Dark clouds were gathered．I began to feel worried because I didn’t have both a raincoat or umbrella about me．It soon started to rain. Just as 1 was hurrying home, I heard of someone calling me from behind．I turn to have a look and found that he

 was Liu Wei, a good neighbor of mine．He offered to share his umbrella with me．We walked all the ways home．With Liu  Wei’s  help, I would  have got wet to the skin．How thankful 1 was to his help!

I asked him to ______ me a few minutes so that we could go over all the problems.

1. A.
   spend
2. B.
   spare
3. C.
   save
4. D.
   share

Many businesses today use conferences as a means of discussing new plans for company. As people are paying more attention to the environment and green problems, more businesses are looking for ways to reduce their negative effect on the environment. Many businesses do this by using web conferencing.

     Web conferencing is a technology that allows people to communicate more effectively over the Internet. It is an easy way of hosting and attending conferences without having to leave the office. Each of the people involved in a web conference will be posted an invitation to the conference with the time and date of the web conference on it. When the conference is ready to begin, all participants (参与者) must sit at their computer and they will be connected over the Internet.

Obviously, in doing this no fuel is used in traveling to and from a conference, and less work time is taken up in attending a conference.

Any material to be used during the web conference is simply e-mailed to all the participants before the conference. This not only saves paper but also greatly reduces mailing cost for the business.

As a conference hall or business center isn’t being used, it means that the only power that is used is the power used by the participants’ personal computers. Similarly conference organizers don’t have to arrange for food or overnight accommodation (住宿) for participants. All this means that less energy is used.

Many companies actively do many things to reduce their negative impact (影响) on the environment. So web conferencing is much cheaper and greener and more people are willing to host and attend a web conference.

What is the passage mainly about?

A. Ways of protecting the environment.

B. Green benefits of web conference.

C. Ways of hosting a web conference.

D. Impacts of web conferencing on costs.

According to paragraph 1, many companies use web conferencing because they________.

A. are interested in using any new technology

B. believe that web conferencing is more convenient

C. want to do something to protect the environment

D. haven’t enough money to hold a traditional conference

Web conferencing has all of the following advantages EXCEPT _________.

A. saving time                B. promoting understanding

C. saving energy              D. saving paper

The participants of a web conference_________.

A. will be e-mailed an invitation before the conference

B. are required to sit in the office together

C. will receive many paper materials

D. must have access to the Internet

“Football is a very short-term career. Football really prepares you for almost nothing. The only thing I got out of football was the ability to work hard.” says Gales Sayers. So what do you do after your glory days on the field are over? Here’s what one of the top players, Gales Sayers did after he put down the pigskin.

Gales Sayers: #40, Chicago Bears, Running Back.  

Gales Sayers became famous in 1965. After recovering from a serious knee injury in 1968, Sayers returned to the Bears in 1969 and was awarded the George Halas Award as “the most courageous player in professional football.” At the award ceremony, he owed his prize to his friend and teammate Brian Piccolo, who was dying of cancer.

Sayers couldn’t get away from the injuries, though, and another blow to his knee put an end to his football career in 1971. His personal life was unfortunate as well, as he and his wife, Linda, split up that year. Shortly after that, Sayers started a new life and career as an assistant athletic director in the University of Kansas. By 1976 he was moving up the ladder at Southern Illinois University, becoming the first African-American athletic director at a major university.

Sayers started a computer supplies company in 1984 with his second wife, Ardie, whom he married in 1973. The couple was looking for a field with a future, and computers seemed to have it all. Seventeen years later, the company that bears his name is a national provider of technology solutions, with 10 locations and over 350 employees across the country. Just like in the old days the honors started rolling in. Sayers was listed into the Chicago Area Entrepreneurship(企业家) Hall of Fame in 1999.

What does the underlined sentence “he put down the pigskin” mean?

A. Sayers ended his football career.                

B. Sayers was too tired to go on playing.

C. Sayers intended to start a new career.            

D. Sayers only wanted to rest for some time.

 How many times was Sayers honored in his life?

A. Only once as a football star.                      

B. Only once as a businessman.

C. Twice in all.                                        

D. We are not quite sure.

 Sayers started his new career mainly because of _______ .

A. the first knee injury in l 968                         

B. his unfortunate personal life

C. another more serious knee injury                  

D. a friend’s being deadly ill

What can be learned from this passage?

A. Football players are not successful all the time.

B. A successful businessman should be a ball player first.

C. A retired football player can easily make money.

D. Whatever you do, working hard is the most important.