That year , in the local school, there was a new math teacher, as well as some new pupils. One of the new kids was the stupidest child anyone had ever seen. It made no difference how quickly or how slowly they tried explaining numbers to him; he would always end up saying something enormously stupid. Like two plus two was five, seven times three was twenty-seven, or a triangle had thirty corners……
Before this boy arrived, math lessons had been the most boring of all. Now they were great fun. Encouraged by the new teacher, the children would listen to the pieces of nonsense spouted by the new kid, and they would have to correct his mistakes.
Whenever the new teacher asked questions, the stupid kid would stand up but made the wrong answers, the other students all wanted to be the first to find his mistakes, and then think up the most original ways to explain them. To do this they used all kinds of stuff : sweets, playing cards, oranges, paper planes, etc. It didn’t seem like any of this bothered the new kid.
However, Little Lewis was sure that it was bound to make him feel sad inside. Lewis was sure he would see him crying. So, one day, he decided to follow the new kid home after school. On leaving school, the new kid walked a few minutes to a local park, and there he waited for a while, until someone came along to meet him……
It was the new teacher!
The teacher gave the new kid a hug, and off they went, hand in hand. Following from a distance, Lewis could hear they were talking about math.
【小题1】根据短文第二三段描述，可知这位新老师的工作很有创造性，故选A。
【小题2】根据短文最后一段Following from a distance, Lewis could hear they were talking about math.描述，可知选B，这个所谓的最蠢的学生其实比其它学生知道的多。
【小题3】根据Lewis was sure he would see him crying. So, one day, he decided to follow the new kid home after school.描述，可知选B。
【小题4】联系上文To do this they used all kinds of stuff :可知选C。
【小题5】The math lessons became interesting again because of the new teacher’s ___________.

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. Tim seldom failed in his exam, ________?

  A) did Tim        B) didn’t Tim       C) did he         D) didn’t he

　　Remember a very popular TV series “Meteorr Garden (《流星花园》)”, in which four richest boys (“F4”) played the important part? Why was it banned (禁播) in China of that time? Read the passage to find out the reason and to learn some comments from different people．

　　“Meteor Garden”, a popular TV play of Taiwan, was banned a few months ago as it would mislead (误导) young 　1　．

　　The play is situated in a school for 　2　 students, where a girl may 　3　 half a million US dollars making herself more beautiful．When a poor 　4　 brave girl enters the campus, four richest boys (“F4” meaning Flower Four) at the school soon 　5　 a love-hate relationship with her．

　　In recent years, more and more plays of this kind from Japan and South Korea have become 　6　 TV for young people．And “Meteor Garden” which is based on a Japanese comic book (漫画册), is one of the 　7　 popular．

　　8 many teenagers like to watch such plays and 　9　 every teenage girl is fond of love stories 　10　 , more and more 　11　 have complained about the play．They say it has a 　12　 influence on their children．“It seems that the teenagers in”Meteor Garden never 　13　 their studies, and what they do every day is all about dating and love．It 　14　 lead some students to think that school life isn't worthwhile unless a similar love affair 　15　 to them．

　　A psychology (心理学) teacher in Beijing considers it 　16　 for teenagers to idolize (视……为偶像) pop stars and actors．“But they will realize that this is simply naive (幼稚的) when they grow 　17　 ,”he said．“They need proper guidance

(引导)．”In his 　18　 , parents should talk to their children 　19　 , and teachers and the media also need to let them know what 　20　 life is about．

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How far would you be willing to go to satisfy your need to know? Far enough to find out your possibility of dying from a terrible disease? These days that’s more than an academic question, as Tracy Smith reports in our Cover Story.

There are now more than a thousand genetic（基因的）tests, for everything from baldness to breast cancer, and the list is growing. Question is, do you really want to know what might eventually kill you? For instance, Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson, one of the first people to map their entire genetic makeup, is said to have asked not to be told if he were at a higher risk for Alzheimer’（老年痴呆症）.

“If I tell you that you have an increased risk of getting a terrible disease, that could weigh on your mind and make you anxious, through which you see the rest of your life as you wait for that disease to hit you. It could really mess you up.” Said Dr. Robert Green, a Harvard geneticist.

“Every ache and pain,” Smith suggested, could be understood as “the beginning of the end.”“That ’s right. If you ever worried you were at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, then every time you can’t find your car in the parking lot, you think the disease has started.”

Dr. Green has been thinking about this issue for years. He led a study of people who wanted to know if they were at a higher genetic risk for Alzheimer’s. It was thought that people who got bad news would, for lack of a better medical term, freak out. But Green and his team found that there was“no significant difference”between how people handled good news and possibly the worst news of their lives. In fact, most people think they can handle it. People who ask for the information usually can handle the information, good or bad, said Green.

71.The first paragraph is meant to__________.

A. ask some questions                        B. introduce the topic

C. satisfy readers’ curiosity                 D. describe an academic fact

【答案】B

【解析】通过两个问题引出话题。

72.Which of the following is true of James Watson？

A. He is strongly in favor of the present genetic tests.

B. He is more likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease.

C. He believes genetic mapping can help cure any disease.

D. He doesn’t want to know his chance of getting a disease.

【答案】D

【解析】根据第二段Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson, one of the first people to map their entire genetic makeup, is said to have asked not to be told if he were at a higher risk for Alzheimer’。“James Watson要求如果他的基因表明他有很高的老年痴呆症的可能不要告诉他。”

73.According to Paragraphs 3 and 4, if a person is at a higher genetic risk, it is__________.

A. advisable not to let him know          B. impossible to hide his disease

C. better to inform him immediately      D. necessary to remove his anxiety

【答案】A

【解析】根据这两个自然段可知，如果你提前被告知你将来可能患某种可怕的疾病会mess you up。

74.The underlined part“freak out”in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to“_________”.

A. break down                     B. drop out            C. leave off            D. turn away

【答案】A

【解析】根据下文But的转折，以及no significant difference可知，freak out的意思是A（精神垮掉）。

75.The study led by Dr. Green indicates that people__________.

A. prefer to hear good news         B. tend to find out the truth

C. can accept some bad news              D. have the right to be informed

【答案】C

【解析】根据第五段内容 In fact, most people think they can handle it可知答案选C.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选取出适合填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
There was a boy in India who was sent by his parents to a boarding school．Before being sent away this boy was the ___26___ student in his class．He was at the top in every ___27___．He was a champion．
But the boy ___28___ after leaving home and attending the boarding school．His ___29___ started dropping．He hated being in a group．He was ___30___ all the time．And there were especially dark times when he felt like ___31___ himself．All of this because he felt ___32___ and that no one loved him．
His ___33___ started worrying about the boy．But ___34___ they did not know what was wrong with him．___35___ his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and talk with him．
They sat ___36___ the bank of the lake near the school．The father started asking him ___37___ questions about his classes, teachers and ___38___．After some time his dad said, “Do you know, son,___39___ I am here today?”
The boy ___40___, “to check my grades?”
“No, no” his dad replied, “I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for me．I want to see you happy．I don’t care about grades．I care about ___41___．I care about your happiness．YOU ARE MY ___42___．”
These words caused the boy’s eyes to fill with tears．He ___43___ his dad．They didn’t say anything to each other for a long time．
Now the boy had everything he wanted．He knew there was someone on this ___44___ who cared for him deeply．He ___45___ the world to someone．And today this young man is in college at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him sad!
26．A．richest                B．prettiest               C．laziest                 D．brightest
27．A．game                  B．school                 C．competition         D．group
28．A．changed              B．died                    C．arrived                D．regretted[来源:学科网ZXXK]
29．A．hair                    B．tears                   C．love                    D．grades
30．A．worried               B．careless               C．lonely                 D．busy
31．A．teaching              B．killing                 C．helping               D．enjoying
32．A．cold                    B．worthless             C．well                    D．sick
33．A．parents                B．classmates           C．teachers               D．companions
34．A．even            B．now           C．yet             D．then
35．A．And                   B．But                    C．Or                      D．So
36．A．toward                B．along                  C．opposite              D．on
37．A．serious                B．casual                 C．personal              D．difficult
38．A．work                  B．study                  C．sports                  D．education
39．A．when                  B．where                 C．how                    D．why
40．A．turned away        B．answered back     C．whispered softly D．cried out     
41．A．it              B．you            C．myself          D．us
42．A．LIFE                  B．ANXIETY          C．CARE                 D．NEED
43．A．forgave               B．hit                      C．hugged                D．begged
44．A．side                    B．earth                   C．trip                     D．day
45．A．meant                 B．owed                  C．moved                D．left