7、When Nancy Lublin got $5,000 from her great-grandfather, she never once considered taking a vacation or paying off her student loans. ___1___, the 24-year-old New York University law student began thinking about the clothing ___2___ faced by most of today’s low-income women. “If she goes for a job interview ___3___ dressed, she won’t get the job,” Lublin says. “But without a job, she can’t ___4___ proper clothing.”

       A few weeks later, Lublin ___5___ Dress for Success and began searching for clothing and volunteers. She asked women to give away ___6___ business clothes that were ___7___ in good condition. She asked the members of diet centers to give away clothes that no longer fitted. At first Lublin ___8___ the clothes in her one-bedroom apartment, but later on she found ___9___ in the Greenwich Village church basement, which now ___10___ as the organization’s main office.

       Today, when women arrive at the office for help with job-hunting, they ___11___ a dress, shoes, a bag, a pair of stocking, jewelry, and self-confidence as well. ___12___ are trying to enter the workforce after being on welfare (福利) for years.

       ___13___Dress for Success fitted its first person who got help a year ago, more than 1,000 women have received help and many have won ___14___. Yarit Polanco was recently ___15___ as a law-firm office manager. “Thanks to Dress for Success, I made a good impression and was accepted,” she says.

       Donations (捐赠) are now ___16___in, including jewelry and 6,000 pairs of trousers and $40,000 worth of handbags. Broadcast journalists have given suits. And Lublin is opening Dress for Success ___17___ in other cities. “Many women have clothes___18___ around that they’ll never wear again,” says a volunteer. “Nancy’s ___19___ is simple and practical and the ___20___ has proved so important to those women who are in great need of it.”

1. A. Anyway        B. Instead              C. Fortunately        D. Meanwhile

2. A. condition              B. direction            C. design               D. plan

3. A. poorly                  B. well                  C. better                D. worse

4. A. make                    B. find                   C. wear                 D. afford

5. A. reached                B. called                C. founded            D. visited

6. A. used                     B. needed                     C. new                  D. torn

7. A. yet                       B. already              C. almost               D. still

8. A. hid                B. stored               C. discovered         D. hanged

9. A. space                   B. employers          C. work                D. office

10. A. regards               B. serves               C. looks                D. lies

11. A. buy                    B. sell                    C. receive              D. watch

12. A. Both                   B. None                 C. All                    D. Some

13. A. When                 B. Once                 C. Although           D. Since

14. A. jobs                    B. shoes                C. business            D. prizes

15. A. fired                   B. hired                 C. interviewed        D. considered

16. A. giving                 B. pouring             C. showing            D. sending

17. A. schools               B. trades                C. races                D. branches

18. A. lying                   B. appearing           C. collecting          D. coming

19. A. promise                     B. belief                 C. idea                  D. opinion

20. A. help                    B. work                 C. shop                 D. money

6、      What would you think if you went back to school on Monday and there were no desks or chairs in your classroom?

       That’s what some fourth-and-fifth-graders at a school in Minnesota discovered earlier this year when they took part in a research project to see if changing their classrooms would make them more active.

       Researchers from the Mayo Clinic were concerned about reports that as many as half of American kids could be seriously overweight—or obese—by the year 2010. So they set up a different kind of classroom, which you might see in the future.

       Instead of desks, the Elton Hills elementary students had adjustable work stations where they could stand, kneel on mats or sit on big exercise balls. Students were given laptops and iPods that allowed them to move and learn at the same time.

       Sensors (传感器) were attached to the kids’ legs to calculate how many calories students burned in their new set-up.

       Their typical school day was probably not anything like yours. One group of students downloaded an audio file (有声文件) of their teacher reading a book; they listen to it while walking for exercise. Another group took a spelling test by listening to their iPods.

       Some students liked the freedom, but others missed the traditional classroom.

       “I don’t like standing up,” Mariah Natrious said. “My legs get tired, and I like sitting down.”

       So, did the experiment work? Researchers still are studying the data, but early results indicate that the kids did move around more in the new classroom.

      “It showed us that, given the opportunity to move, kids will move,” said researcher Lorraine Lanningham-Foster.

       That’s important because studies have shown that even simple movement—climbing stairs instead of taking an elevator, for example, or washing dishes by hand instead of loading the dishwasher—can be as important as formal exercises when it comes to controlling one’s weight.

1. The school in Minnesota carried out the research ___________.

       A. to punish the badly performed students

       B. to prevent children from being too fat

       C. to spare a lot of money for the state

       D. to meet the needs of different children

2. The newly designed classrooms are different from the traditional ones EXCEPT that_________.

       A. there were no desks and chairs

       B. the students can move and learn at the same time

       C. students in different groups are given different tasks

       D. teachers don’t necessarily instruct the students

3. According to Lorraine Lanningham-Foster, _________.

       A. the research got some expected results

       B. the experiment needs further changes

       C. not everyone liked the freedom of this new style

       D. the students should be taught without classrooms

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

       A. No Desks or Chairs in the Classroom

       B. New Classrooms in the Future

       C. School Takes a Stand against Obesity

       D. Washing Dishes by Hand in the Classroom

5、“Mom, can I take some bread?” We were 15; my best friend, Hanna, and I, determined to try our hands at creating some beautiful bread.

“It’s not worth the trouble,” my mother said. “It takes lots of time and makes a big mess. Our bakery bread is delicious without all that effort.”

Begging was useless. Mom’s “no” meant “No!”

But several weeks later, opportunity knocked. My parents were going out for the evening. I immediately invited Hanna to be my partner in bread-baking crime.

We studied the recipe. That was easy. “Mix oil into flour then beat in four eggs, one at a time, with remaining sugar and salt.”

We were not good at breaking eggs. I tried to learn from my mother.

“Gradually add eight cups of flour. When dough (面团) holds together, squeeze it.”

We took turns working like that. “Is the dough ‘holding together’?” we asked each other.

I remembered my neighbor’s instructions: “If it’s too sticky, add some flour; if too dry, add water.”

We added water. Then more flour. Then more water. By then, the mass of our dough had grown very much.

“Place dough on floured surface and squeeze till smooth,” the recipe instructed.

We took turns burying our hands in the damp dough, pinching, squeezing, and feeling it leak between fingers. “Clean and oil bowl, and then return dough to bowl. Cover and let dough rise in a warm place for one hour.”

This was good news—we’d have a break. On the dirty kitchen chairs, we dreamed about our beautiful bread. “See?” we would tell my mom. “Isn’t it worth the work?”

Hanna and I couldn’t help glancing at the rising process every few minutes. But nothing happened.

“Maybe something will happen in the hot oven,” I said.

Unfortunately, when we removed the loaves from the oven, they were like hard stones.

Mom was right; it takes time and effort. It sometimes makes a mess. But still it feels good, somehow, to be part of that long, ongoing chain of bread bakers. Since that night, both Hanna and I have learned to do it right.

1. To the writer, what her mother said was _________.

A. law                   B. rubbish                     C. advice               D. warning

2. Which of the following can best describe the children’s feelings while making their first bread?

       A. Confident; hopeful; disappointed

B. Curious; hopeful; disappointed

       C. Interested; excited; satisfied

D. Worried; satisfied; proud

3. Which of the following did the writer do without referring to the instructions?

       A. Placed dough on floured surface.

       B. Added eight cups of flour to eggs.

       C. Returned dough to a cleaned bowl.

       D. Placed the dough into the hot oven.

4. The passage mainly tells us ___________.

       A. the process of making bread

       B. the conflict between mother and daughter

       C. the first experience of making bread

       D. the way of doing housework

4、Mattel Inc. is recalling 4.4 million Polly Pocket toys with magnets after some of them caused serious injuries to children who swallowed magnets that fell off.

       Tiny magnets inside the toys can fall off undetected by parents and caregivers. The magnets can be swallowed, or placed in their nose or ears by young children. When more than one magnet is swallowed, the magnets can attract each other and caused intestinal perforation (肠内穿孔), infection or blockage, which can be fatal.

       The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) received 170 reports of the small magnets coming out of these recalled toys. There are three reports of serious injuries to children who swallowed more than one magnet. All three suffered intestinal perforations that required surgery. A 2-year-old child was hospitalized for seven days and a 7-year-old child was hospitalized for 12 days. An 8-year-old child was also hospitalized.

       The recalled Polly Pocket toys contain plastic dolls and accessories (附件) that have small magnets. The magnets measure one-eighth inch in diameter and are fixed in the hands and feet of some dolls, and in the plastic clothing, hairpieces and other accessories to help the pieces attach to the doll or to the doll’s house.

       The model number is printed on the bottom of the largest pieces on some of the toys. Contact Mattel if you cannot find a model number on your product to determine if it is part of the recall. Poly Pocket magnet toys currently on store shelves are not included in this recall. The model numbers involved in the recall are: B2632, B3158, B3201, B7118, G8605, H1538, and H3211. The toys were sold at discount department stores and toy stores from May 2003 through September 2006 for between $15 and $30.

       Consumers should immediately take these recalled toys away from children and contact Mattel to arrange for the return of the toys. For additional information contact Mattel at 888-597-6597 anytime, or visit the firm’s website.

1. What is the main purpose of the passage?

       A. To criticize Mattel Inc. for their bad product.

       B. To inform the reader of Polly Pocket toys’ recall.

       C. To comfort the injured children by the magnets.

       D. To suggest some ways to return Polly Pocket toys.

2. According to the passage, the three seriously injured children ________.

       A. reported their injuries in time                         B. had many Polly Pocket toys

       C. shared the same injury                                  D. stayed in hospital for many days

3. The word “recall” in the first paragraph can be best explained as “_______”.

       A. taking back               B. destroying                C. giving up                  D. examining

4. If you want to know more about this recall, you may _________.

       A. turn to the CPSC                                          B. go to hospital

       C. visit the injured children                               D. search online

5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

       A. The possible problems caused by the small magnets.

       B. The cases of children seriously injured by the small magnets.

       C. The function of small magnets inside the toys.

       D. The number of the toys that have been returned to Mattel.

3、The first fall of snow is not only an event but it is magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world but wake up to find yourself in another quite different one, and if this is not enchantment (魅力), then where is it to be found? The quietness makes it more magical. If all the snow fell at once in one crash, awakening us in the middle of the night, the event would be robbed of its wonder. But it flutters (飘扬)down, soundless, hour after hour while we are asleep. Outside the closed curtains of the bedroom, a vast transform scene is taking place, just as if a great number of elves were at work. We turn and yawn and stretch and know nothing about it. And then, what an extraordinary change it is! It is as if the house you are in had dropped down in another continent. Even the inside, which has not been touched, seems different, every room appearing smaller and more comfortable, just as if some powers were trying to turn it into a woodcutter’s hut or a small log cabin. Outside, where the garden was yesterday, there is now a white and shining level, and the village beyond is no longer our own familiar cluster of roofs but a village in an old German fairy tale…

       Now it has changed again. The snow is falling heavily, in great soft flakes, so that you can hardly see across the shallow valley, and the roofs are thick and the trees all bending, and the weathercock of the village church, still to be seen through the gray loaded air, had become some creature out of Hans Anderson. From my study, I can see the children flatten their noses against the nursery window, and there is running through my head a rhyme I used to repeat when I was a child and flattened my nose against the cold window watching the falling snow:

       “Snow, snow faster: White alabaster! Killing geese in Scotland; sending feathers here!”

1. What adds to the wonder of the first snow?

       A. Its quietness.

       B. The white and shining flakes.

       C. The house which seems to be smaller and more comfortable.

       D. The shattering crash in the middle of the night.

2. What’s the author purpose of writing this passage?

       A. To inform.

       B. To complain about the cold weather.

       C. To express his emotions.

       D. To describe a rare snow.

3. What’s the author’s feeling towards the first snow?

       A. Surprised.                B. Hopeful.            C. Delighted.          D. Regretful.

2、Why did humans evolve to walk upright? Perhaps it’s just plain easier. Make that “energetically less costly”, scientifically speaking.

       Bipedalism—walking on two feet, is one of the defining characteristics of being humans, and scientists have debated for years how it came about. In the latest attempt to find an explanation, researchers trained five chimps (黑猩猩) to walk on a treadmill (跑步机) while wearing masks that allowed measurement of their oxygen consumption. The chimps were measured both while walking upright and while moving on their legs and knuckles (关节). That measurement of the energy needed to move around was compared with similar tests on humans and the results are published in this week’s online edition of “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

       It turns out that humans walking on two legs use only one-quarter of the energy that chimps use while knuckle-walking on four limbs(肢). And the chimps, on average, use as much energy using two legs as they did when they used all four limbs.

       However, there were differences among chimps in how much energy they used, and this difference corresponded to their different manner of walking and anatomy (解剖构造). One of the chimps used less energy on two legs, one used about the same and the others used more, said David Raichlen, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona.

       “What we were surprised at was the variation,” he said in a telephone interview. “That was pretty exciting, because when you talk about how evolution works, variation is the bottom line, without variation there is no evolution.”

       Walking on two legs freed our arms, opening the door to drive the world, said Raichlen. “We think about the evolution of bipedalism as one of first events that led hominids (原始人) down the path to being humans.

       The research was supported by the National Science Foundation and the L. S. B. Leakey Foundation.

1. The underlined word “Bipedalism” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.

       A. moving sideways                    B. walking upright               

C. walking on four legs                D. running fast

2. We can infer from the passage that_________.

       A. scientists have no idea on how humans’ walking on two legs came about

       B. scientists have had different views on why chimps walk on four legs

       C. scientists have had different views on how humans’ walking on two legs came about

       D. scientists have had similar views on how humans’ walking on two legs came about

3. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

       A. How chimps saved energy.

       B. Why chimps didn’t walk on two legs.

       C. David Raichlen studies chimps.

       D. Different chimps consumed different energy.

4. According to the passage, humans walk upright in order to ________.

       A. conserve energy                      B. differ from other animals

       C. free their brains                       D. strengthen their legs

1、此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

           Dear Mr. Johnson,

                We have just heard with pleasure that you and Mrs.           1._____________

        Johnson are coming Beijing for a holiday this summer.                     2. ____________

        That’s real great! As members of the football team, we            3. ____________

       were sending you this gift to express our gratitude to you            4. ____________

       for spending so much time and energy train our team.                 5. ____________

       Your help enabled us to win the district championship in that              6. ____________

       year. We owe all our victories and achievements on you,             7. ____________

       but we hope the binoculars (望远镜) will be useful to you                8. ____________

       on your trip. May you have wonderful vacation. We’re               9. ____________

       looking forward to meet you in Beijing.                                      10. ____________

                                   Sincerely yours,

                                   Li Mei

36、Be confident my boy, _____ you are born rich or poor.

A．if            B．that         C．which      D．whether