Answering the Community Needs of Our City

The Silver City Council recognizes that citizens have certain needs. To better meet your needs, we have made several changes to community facilities in 2004. This chart shows how we have tried to make your life better.

Transport

☆Some facilities at Station Street Hospital have been upgraded.

☆Three stations for the suburbs have been added to the western train service.

☆20 new buses for the southern line were purchased in January.

☆50 percent of city bus-stops have been upgraded.

☆Buses to the eastern suburbs will run every 15 minutes.

Education

☆Textbooks will be free to all primary students in 2004 !

☆Rental for private schools has been reduced.

☆Teachers report that the 'no hat - no play' rule has been successful.

Communication

Protection and Security

☆Broadband cable is now available to all parts of the city.

☆All of the new Government buildings are ' smart'-wired for better computer service!

☆Extra police now patrol (巡逻 ) the tourist areas.

☆50 new police officers graduated in July and have taken up duties in the city area.

Medical Facilities

Entertainment / Recreation

☆The new state-of-the-art Nightingale Hospital was opened in June.

☆To overcome a shortage of trained medical staff at Dover Hospital, 10 doctors have been   employed from overseas.

☆The John Street basketball courts have been re-surfaced !

☆The new Central Community Building opened in May.

☆5,000 new fiction books were bought for the Silver City Library.

44．The public notice is from _________.

A. the community               B. the local government

C. the citizens                D. a travel agency

45．The notice is mainly about _________.

A. the work carried out by the people of Silver City

B. the facilities available in Silver City

C. some improvements in Silver City

D. information for interested tourists

46．All the following are true EXCEPT that ___________.

A. both residents and tourists can enjoy more security now

B. Station Street Hospital had out-dated facilities before 2004

C. primary students had to pay for their textbooks in 2003

D. Dover Hospital is still short of trained medical staff

47．Which of the following changes would tourists to Silver City be most happy with?

A. Travel books are provided in the new library.

B. Traveling by train is more convenient in Silver City.

C. Free medical treatment is available at Station Street Hospital.

D. There are more police officers on duty now.

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在答题卡相应的位置上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式（每空只写一词）

66. On _______ (平均)，people who don’t smoke are healthier than people who do.

67. For a goalkeeper, it’s a great _______ (优势) to have big hands.

68. Many of his finest pictures are ______(悬挂) in the national museum.

69. Sydney wants to become a ______(律师) in the future.

70 He ______(按下) the button and the doorbell rang.

71. Farmers are reporting a very big ______(收成) this year.

72. I washed and _______(剃须), then hurried out of the house.

73. John missed the game because of _______(胃) pains.

74. Callie will start ______(幼儿园) in September.

75. The old lady needs a few feather______ （枕头）to make herself comfortable.

Recently, a study was carried out to determine who was the greatest American president．Sixty-five presidential historians took part in it, and they judged the past forty-two American leaders based on ten leadership qualities, including public persuasiveness(信服), crisis leadership, management of the economy, moral leadership, and conduct of international relations．The historians also looked at administrative ability (管理能力), relations with Congress, ability to set goals, and the pursuit of equal justice for all．Finally, the experts took into consideration the historical period in which the president lived．
The historians chose Abraham Lincoln as American’s greatest president．He had also been named best president in a similar study in 2000．Abraham Lincoln was the president who led the nation through the Civil War in the 1860s, and was able to unite it in the end．He also took the first steps to abolish slavery in America．
Edna Medford, a professor of history at Howard University in Washington, D.C., was an adviser on this study and the earlier one．She says Abraham Lincoln is seen to represent the values the nation most honors, such as truthfulness, moderation, and respect for human rights．
The historians put American’s first president, George Washington, second on the list, while Franklin D．Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, and Harry Truman follow in that order．John   F．Kennedy, the country’s first Roman Catholic president, is sixth on the list．Like Lincoln, Kennedy was murdered while in office．
Among recent presidents, Ronald Reagan was named the tenth best and Bill Clinton rated fifteenth, while the historians put former president George W．Bush at number thirty-six．His father, George H.W．Bush, did much better, being placed at number eighteen．
【小题1】We learn from the text that ___________．

Thirty- two people watched Kitty Genovese being killed right below their windows. She was their neighbor. Yet none of the 32 helped her. Not one even called the police. Was this in gunman cruelty? Was it lack of feeling about one’s fellowman?

　　“Not so,”say scientists John Barley and Bib Fatane. These men went beyond the headlines to research into the reasons why people didn’t act. They found that a person has to go through two steps before he can help. First he has to notice that is an emergency（紧急情况）. Suppose you see a middle-aged man fall to the side - walk. Is he having a heart attack? Is he in a coma（昏迷） from a headache? Or is he about to sleep off a drunk? Is the smoke coming into the room from a leak（漏洞）in the air conditioning? Is it “steam pipes”? Or is it really smoke from a fire? It’s not always easy to tell if you are faced with a real emergency. Second, and more important, the person faced with an emergency must feel personally responsible（负责任的）. He must feel that he must help, or the person won’t get the help he needs.

　　The researchers found that a lot depends on how many people are around. They had college students in to be “tested.”Some came alone. Some came with one or two others. And some came in large groups. The researchers started them off on the “tests.”Then they went into the next room. A curtain divided the “testing room”and the room into which they went. Soon the students heard a scream, the noise of bookshelves falling and a cry for help. All of this had been prerecorded on a tape recorder.

　　Eight out of ten of the students taking the test alone acted to help. Of the students in pairs, only two out of ten helped. Of the students in groups, none helped.

　　In other words, in a group, Americans often fail to act. They feel that others will act. They, themselves, needn’t. They do not feel any direct responsibility.

　　Are people bothered by situations where people are in trouble? Yes. Scientists found that the people were shocked, they sweated, and they had trembling hands. They felt the other person’s trouble. But they did not act. They were in a group. Their actions were shaped by the actions of those they were with.

60. The purpose of this passage is ________.

　A. to explain why people fail to act in emergencies

　B. to explain when people will act in emergencies

　C. to explain what people will do in emergencies

D. to explain how people feel in emergencies

61. Which of the following is NOT true?

　　A. When a person tries to help others, he must be clear that there is a real emergency.

　　B. When a person tries to help others, he should know whether they are worth his help.

　　C. A person must take the full responsibility for the safety of those in emergencies if he wants to help.

　　D. A person with a heart attack needs the most.

62. The main reason why people fail to act when they stay together is that ________.

　 A. they are afraid of emergencies

　 B. they are not willing to get themselves involved

　 C. others will act if they themselves hesitate

D. they do not have any direct responsibility for those who need help

63. The author suggests that ________.

　　A. we shouldn’t blame a person if he fails to act in emergencies

　　B. a person must feel guilty if he fails to help

　　C. people should be responsible for themselves in emergencies

D. when you are in trouble, people will help you anyway

The early 1900s were very different from today, when toys were still the delight of children everywhere.

Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency marks the beginning of the “Teddy Bear”. In the year 1902，toy bears were named “Teddy” after the president's nickname. The Teddy Bear became known worldwide and it was only a few years later that the Teddy Bears were mass produced.

In 1913，an item called the Erector Set was invented. It was a steel，motorized toy that children could use to build models of anything. Its creator was A．C.Gilbert，a medical doctor.

Charles Pajeau created a similar wooden set called Tinker Toys in the year 1914.Tinker Toys were made for younger children.

Raggedy Ann dolls first came on the scene after newspaper cartoonist Johnny Gruelle reproduced the doll he made for his daughter. That was in 1915.

The following year，an architect's son named John Lloyd Wright，invented Lincoln Logs，which were interlocked to make structures.

Two years after Mickey Mouse was created，stuffed(填塞)Mickey Mouse dolls were made by Charlotte Clark. This was the start of Disney merchandise.

The yo­yo became popular in the United States after Donald Duncan bought a yo­yo company in 1929.

The View­Master，a three dimensional viewer，was developed by a camera enthusiast named William Gruber. The toy became popular when Gruber licensed Disney characters to make still, 3­D images from Disney movies and television programs.

Finally，in 1940，model airplanes were mass produced. They started out as a way for manufacturers to sell planes to the military，but later caught on as a toy.

The toys that we know and love today have had their roots from these ancient times. Thanks to all these creative man’s efforts, we know otherwise what we may never know.

1.Why were toy bears named “Teddy”？

A．To be suitable for mass production

B．To be easily pronounced by children.

C．To meet the advertisers' needs.

D．To memorize President Theodore Roosevelt

2.In which aspect do the toys created by Gilbert differ from those by Charles?

A．Shape            B．Material used      C．Themes           D．Price

3.When did the View­Master become popular?

A．After William Gruber was born

B．After Gruber licensed Disney characters

C．Two years after Mickey Mouse was created.

D．When Disney merchandise was started