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Central Park

Outside among the trees, watch the wildlife ― both the human and animal varieties. Call (212) 360 ― 3465 or (212) 360 ― 2726 for daily events and tours. Central park stretches from 59^th to 110^th Sts, and from 5^th Ave. to Central Park West.

Empire State Building

This is among the most striking buildings in the city, the nation, even the world. The observation deck （瞭望台） on the 86^th floor is open to the general public, offering a wonderful view of the city. On the second floor you’ll find the New York Skyride, a simulate helicopter ride over Manhattan. 5^th Ave. at 34^th St., Midtown / (212) 736―3100.

Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum

Five blocks west of Time Square, this museum has hundreds of air, deep-sea and space exhibits. Walk the flight deck of the 900-foot-long aircraft carrier Intrepid, see dozens of old and modern aircraft and ride the Intrepid Navy Flight Simulator. Pier 86, W. 46^th St. and 12^th Ave./(212) 245―0072.

Madison Square Garden

If it’s big, it probably happens at the Garden. Check out sporting events, concerts and much more. Tours are available. 7^th Ave., btwn. 31st and 33th Sts., Midtown/ (212)465―6741.

1．The New York Skyride is for           .

       A．sightseeing                                          B．flight training

       C．model plane sports                               D．city transportation

2．If a visitor is interested in music, he will probably go to          .

       A．Central park                                        B．Empire State Building

C．Intredpid Sea-Air-Space museum          D．Madison Square Garden

3．What is the purpose of this text?

       A．To provide information of living in New York.

B．To provide directions of city traffic in New York.

C．To give visitors a guide to New York.

D．To give a brief introduction of the history of New York.

5、Read the passage below and finish the questions according to the passage. Note that you should finish 3 and 4 in complete sentence.

Please write your answers on your Answer Sheet.

        When it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. I seek friends whose qualities illuminate（照亮） me and train me up for love. It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share.

     When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and too serious about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviours. We said little at school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say, “Let’s start with a train whistle today.” We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we, too, were changing into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped.

When I lived for a period of time in London, I had a friend, He was in despair and I was in despair. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we had felt bad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other.

   For almost four years I have had a remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in a funny way, in the other’s dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind. In my most interesting moments, I often think: “Yes, I must tell…” We have never met.

   It is such comforting companions I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist , who will only fill up the healing silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend.

1．When I was in the eighth grade, we did not learn acceptable social behavior because        

                                                                              .

2．According to paragraph three, we gave London the each other by                      .

3．In the author’s opinion, what kind of person can be regarded as a friend?

                                                                              .

4．In the darkest moments, why does the author prefer to stay with her best friend?

                                                                              .

4、In meditation（冥想），people sit quietly and focus their attention on their breath .As they breathe in and out, they attend to their feelings. As thoughts go through their minds, they let them go. Breathe. Let go. Breathe. Let go.

According to a recent study at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, three months of training in this kind of meditation causes a market change in how the brain allocates attention. It appears that the ability to let go thoughts that come into mind frees the brain to attend to more rapidly changing things and events in the outside world．Expert mediators are better than other people at catching such fast-changing stimuli, like facial expressions.

The study provides evidence for changes in the workings of the brain with mental training. People can learn and improve abilities of all sorts with practice, everything from driving to playing the piano. The study has shown that meditation is good for the brain. It appears to reduce pressure and promote a sense of well-being.

In an experiment, 17 volunteers with no meditation experience in the experimental group spent three months meditating 10 to 12 hours a day .A control group also with no meditation experience meditated for 20 minutes a day over the same period．Both groups were then given the tests with two numbers in a group of letters. As both group looked for the numbers, their brain activity was recorded.

Everyone could catch the first number. But the brain recordings showed that the less experienced mediators tended to grasp the first number and hang onto it, so they missed the second number. Those with more experience gave less attention to the first number .as if letting it go ,which led to an increased ability to grasp the second number ,This shows that attention can change with practice.

Just ask Daniel Levison, who meditated for three months as part of the study. “I am a much better listener,” he said．“I do not get lost in my own personal reaction to what people are saying.”

1．The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 1 refers to         .

       A．thoughts                B．minds                  C．people                D．feelings

2．In the experiment, volunteers doing meditation for longer hours         .

       A．usually ignored the first number observed

B．were used to memorizing numbers in groups

C．were more likely to catch both of the numbers

D．paid more attention to numbers than to letters

3．What can be concluded from the passage?

       A．Meditation improves one’s health.

B．Mediators have a good sense of hearing.

C．Brain activity can be recorded.

D．Human attention can be trained.

3、Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.

       Freelance is a word that goes back to medieval times when it was used to describe soldiers who sold their skills to those prepared to pay their market rate, Today it’s an increasingly common way of working for people in a range of occupations and appeals to many who feel constrained by corporate culture.

       What you gain is freedom of movement, what you can lose is a sense of belonging. You can end up feeling isolated from normal support networks, because suddenly you are responsible for your own welfare, training, safety, career development, equipment, professional updating and a thousand other things, it is easy to remain unaware of these things in the relatively cosseted existence of full-time employment. So before you leap up into this exciting and potentially rewarding way of working, stand back and take a look at the risks.

       Freelancing has always been a common way of working for writers, artists and performers, but the range of occupations with a substantial number of freelancers is growing steadily. Anyone with a marketable skill can choose to go it alone. Websites offer a free directory listing for those with skills to sell. Their categories include accountants, healthcare consultants, landscape architects and computer trainers, Areas of work that have problems recruiting staff are always keen to employ freelancers.

       Being a freelance is different from other forms of self-employment-you still work for an employer or several employers but have to develop a completely different set of relationships with them. Employers are now your customers, you are their supplier. You have to become indispensable to them, providing solutions to their problems, some of which they may not even realize they have. In many ways you have to behave like their dream employee, being more willing and available than you may have got used to while in a “proper job”.

       You also have to be aware of, and sensitive to ,the fact that you can be seen as a threat by your customer’s conventional employees, who may regard you as taking work they can do. Successful freelancing relies on the co-operation of everyone you come into contact with. Work that brings you into conflict with an existing workforce can be more trouble than it’s worth.

2、Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

1．如果必要，马上请医生。（if）

2．她一直幻想着自己变成了故事中的女孩。（imagine）

3．当你紧张的时候，深呼吸可以帮你冷静下来。（breath）

4．对于这件事，所有在场的人除了保持沉默，别无选择。（but）

5．这个职位要求太高，以至于所有的申请者在面试时都非常紧张。（interview）

6．在西方，超过18岁的年轻人独立生活被认为是理所当然。（take for granted）

1、Write an English composition in 120-150words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

现在，有些学生认为和老师之间存在代沟，很难和老师沟通，你认为师生之间的关系该如何处理，请谈谈你的看法。

请以“The New Relationship between Students and Teachers”为题，写一篇120—150字的文章。

28、_______ he had shut the window, Tom returned to check them carefully.

A．Making sure                         B．To make sure

C．Having made sure                    D．Make sure

27、—Excuse me, which of the three buses shall I take to the People’s Park?

—__________ one as you please.

A．Each            B．Every           C．Any        D．Either

26、By playing with the native boys and girls, one can ______ a lot of their language.

A．pick up          B．set up           C．build up         D．put up