6、Are you   1   that you will miss about one-third of this coming year? You will “miss” it by   2  . Researchers tell us that the   3   person sleeps about one-third of each year – or one-third of a   4  .

But the experts also tell us that something important   5   when we sleep –we   6 . Apparently all people dream, even if they don’t   7   dreaming. And over the next twelve months, most of us will have about a thousand dreams.   8   is important. But   9    important those are “dreams” we have for our   10   -- those plans, hopes and goals we will draw up   11   our relationships, our spiritual growth, self-improvement, our   12  health and our world. The dreams, or wishes, we have for our lives are just as   13   as dreaming while we sleep.

Dr Norman Vincent Peale used to tell of a 79-year-old woman who was   14   by a hit and-run driver. She was expected to   15   from her injuries. When he visited, he found her   16   in plaster from her hips to her heels. He   17   around the room, full of mementos（纪念品）of a lifetime. He saw a paisley shawl（披肩），a child’s drawing of a horse (lavender) and shelves of much loved, much-thumbed books.

One shelf was a row of brand new books—the only new items in the room. They looked as if they had never been   18  . Dr Peale asked her if she cared for poetry. Her   19   was a beautiful tribute （证明，标示）to hope and dreams, “I love poetry, but I haven’t read those yet.” Her face   20   up. “I’m saving them for my old age.”

She did, too. She lived to read those books many times. When she finally died at 91, she was planning a trip to Europe.

1．A．aware                   B．sure                    C．glad                    D．ready

2．A．living                    B．playing                C．sleeping               D．working

3．A．usual                    B．average               C．common             D．ordinary

4．A．year                      B．month                 C．period                 D．lifetime

5．A．goes                     B．happens               C．comes                 D．takes

6．A．play                      B．work                   C．dream                 D．speak

7．A．forget                   B．say                     C．remember            D．want

8．A．Working                B．Dreaming            C．Playing                D．Living

9．A．equally                  B．specially              C．quite                   D．possibly

10．A．work                  B．lives                    C．programs            D．purpose

11．A．including             B．resulting              C．concerning          D．according

12．A．mental                 B．normal                C．spiritual               D．physical

13．A．necessary            B．important             C．possible               D．good

14．A．hit                      B．struck                 C．attacked              D．fought

15．A．survive                B．live                     C．die                      D．pass

16．A．slept                   B．wrapped              C．lay                      D．stood

17．A．walked                B．examined             C．checked              D．glanced

18．A．read                    B．touched               C．moved                D．arranged

19．A．answer                B．word                   C．speech                D．response

20．A．made                 B．lit                        C．woke                 D．set

5、One day, Moyer sat down with his mother, Janne O’Donnell, to talk about his goal of going to law school. Don’t count on it , O’Donnell told him. She couldn’t afford the cost and Moyer doubted if he could get a loan, given how much he owed already. “He said he felt like a failure,” O’Donnell recalls. “He didn’t know how he had gotten into such a mess (混乱).”

A week later, the 22-year-old boy hanged himself in his bedroom, where his mother found him. “He tried to pay his debts off,” she says. “And he couldn’t manage it.”

To be sure, suicides (自杀) are extremely rare. But despair is common – and it sometimes leads students to rethink whether college was worth it. In fact, there are quite a few jobs that don’t require a college degree, yet pay very well. On average, though, college graduates can expect to earn 80 percent more than those with only a high school diploma (文凭). Also, all but two of the 50 highest paying jobs require a four-year college degree. So quitting a college education is often not a wise choice.

Merit Mikhail, who graduated last June from the University of California, Riverside, is glad she borrowed to get through school. But she left Riverside owing $20,000 in student loans and another $7,000 in credit card debt. Now in law school, Merit hopes to become a public-interest lawyer, yet she may have to put off that goal – which bothers her. To handle her debt, she’ll probably need to start with a better legal job.

Like so many other students, Mikhail took out her loans on a kind of blind faith that she could deal with the consequences. “You say to yourself, ‘I have to go into debt to make it work, and whatever it takes later, I’ll manage.’” Later has now arrived, and Mikhail is finding out the true cost of her college degree.

1．The reason why Moyer hanged himself was that _______.

       A．he had a quarrel with his mother            B．his mother didn’t allow him to attend college

       C．the bank refused to give him a loan        D．money pressure was too much for him

2．According to the author, _______.

       A．most students are satisfied with their college education

       B．most high-paying jobs require a four-year college degree

       C．college education does certainly mean good job chances

       D．all college graduates get better paid than those without a college education

3．Which of the following words can best describe Mikhail’s feeling now?

       A．Excited                                               B．Frightened                

       C．Relaxed                                              D．Disappointed

4．What’s the best title for this passage?

       A．Go for Your Dream                              B．Education in California

       C．Is College Really Worth the Money?       D．A College Degree, a Bright Future

4、Vocabulary learning is a continuing process. It continues all your life. When you are young you learn something day in and day out. You should keep squeezing every moment of the day into a new and different learning situation. You continually ask questions and drive yourself to learn more. The more you learn, the more vocabulary you will know. No matter what your age, you must continue to learn. Words are “symbols (符号)”for ideas. These ideas make knowledge and knowledge is gained largely through words. The following are some suggestions which may help you increase your vocabulary.

Read books from fields other than your major.

Read books which interest you and concentrate while you read.

The more you read, the more words you will come in contact with.

Use new vocabulary in your everyday communication (writing, speaking).

Become familiar with the vocabulary in your text books.

Become familiar with the dictionary. Understand the pronunciation rules as well as the multiple (众多的) meanings of words.

Try to learn 5 words a day. If you know these words, use them in your communications. Without using these new words, it is a waste of your time.

1．The main idea of the passage is ______.

       A．how to remember vocabulary                B．how to learn vocabulary

       C．how to use vocabulary                        D．how to teach vocabulary

2．The underlined word “ squeezing” probably means “_______”.

       A．压出                   B．利用                   C．浪费                      D．挤出

3．Which of the following statement is NOT suggested in the passage as a way of vocabulary learning?

       A．Use the new words you have learned when you write and speak.

       B．Use your dictionary and be familiar with it.

       C．Concentrate only on the books on your major.

       D．The more you read, the more words you will get.

4．From the passage we know ______.

       A．most of your knowledge is gained through words.

       B．dictionary is the most important way of vocabulary learning.

       C．if you learn a new word, just keep it in your mind.

       D．you should spend most of your spare time on vocabulary learning.

3、With generous support from the Japan-united States Friendship Commission, the Organization of American Historians (OAH) and the Japanese Association for American Studies (JAAS), we will send two American scholars to Japanese universities for two-week residency (居住). There, in English, the American historians give lectures and seminars (研讨会) in their specialty and provide individual consultation (咨询) to Japanese scholars, graduate and sometimes visitors also participate in the collegial life of their host institutions and help expand scholarly networks between Japan and the U.S. The aim of the program is to contribute to the expansion of personal scholarly networks between the two countries. We are pleased to announce the eleventh year of the competition.

Round-trip airfare to Japan, housing, and modest daily expenses are covered. Awardees are also encouraged to explore Japan before or after their two-week residency at their own expense. Applicants must be members of OAH, have a Ph.D., and be scholars of American history. Applicants from previous competitions are welcome to apply again. Winners of the competition are expected to attend the 2007 OAH annual meeting in Minneapolis, so that they can meet with visiting Japanese scholars and graduate students as well as the OAH-JAAS Historians’ Collaborative (合作的) Committee.

The two host institutions Japan for 2007 are:

Nanzan University  From modest beginnings as a college of foreign languages in 1946, Nanzan has since grown into a full-fledged (完全有有资格的) university with a worldwide reputation for academic excellence. Applicant’s area of specialty: Modern American History with an emphasis on race, ethnicity and labor.

Tokyo woman’s Christian University Founded in 1910, Woman’s University has established a nation wide reputation for its high level of academic instruction. Applicant’s area of specialty: U.S. Woman’s History.

More information about the Japanese host institution is available at <http://www.org/actiuities>.

1．The following statements are true EXCEPT that _____.

       A．awardees will stay in Japan for two weeks

       B．applicants must have a PhD

       C．the winners needn’t pay for the air tickets

       D．scholars can give lectures in either English or Japanese

2．Applicants can get more information by ______

       A．telephoning                                      B．visiting a website   

       C．faxing                                           D．visiting to consulting

3．Nanzan University needs scholars majoring in __________.

       A．Japan History with emphasis on Woman Rights

       B．American History emphasizing law

       C．Japanese History emphasizing labor

       D．American History emphasizing race

4．Which of following is TRUE?

       A．The purpose of the program is to expand national relationship

       B．The program has a history of 20 years.

       C．Tokyo Woman’s Christian Univer sity has a history of 100 years.

       D．Former applicants can’t apply again this year.

2、Friends play an important part in our lives, and although we may take friendship for granted, we often don’t clearly understand how we make friends. While we get on well with a number of people, we are usually friends with only a few, for example, the average among students is about six per person. In all the cases of friendly relationships, two people like one another and enjoy being together, but beyond that, the degree of intimacy (亲密) between them and the reasons for their shared interest vary enormously. As we get to know people we take into account things like age, race, economic condition, social position, and intelligence. Although these factors are not of prime importance, it is more difficult to get on with people when there is a marked difference in age and background.

Some friendly relationships can be kept on argument and discussion, but it is usual for close friends to have similar ideas and beliefs, to have attitudes and interests in common—they often talk about “being on the same wave length”. It generally takes time to reach this point. And the more intimately involved people become, the more they rely on one another. People want to do friends favors and hate to break a promise. Equally, friends have to learn to put up with annoying habits and to tolerate difference of opinion.

In contrast with marriage, there are no friendship ceremonies to strengthen the association between two people. But the supporting and understanding of each other that results from shared experience and emotions does seem to create a powerful bond, which can overcome differences in background, and break down barriers of age, class race.

1．What are friends according to the author?

       A．Friends are those who can get on well with each other.

       B．Friends are those who can understand each other.

       C．Friends are closer than those who get on well with each other.

       D．Friends are those who know how to get on well with each other.

2．In Paragraph 2,“being to the same wave length” most probably means _____.

       A．keeping friendship all the time

       B．having the same age and background

       C．sharing similar interests, ideas, attitudes and beliefs

       D．sharing the same rights between friends

3．Which of the following statements is implied in the passage?

       A．Sometimes friends may have different ideas.

       B．Close friends must have similar ideas, interests, beliefs and attitudes.

       C．Friends can break a promise.

       D．Friends never argue with each other.

4．To strengthen the association between two people, ______.

       A．friendship ceremonies must be held.

       B．differences in background have to be removed.

  C．people should make friends only with those who are similar to them in age and background.

       D．they should support and understand each other in any case.

1、A．What’s the trouble, Mr. Smith?

B．I’ve a bad cold and a bad headache.

A． 1  .

B．Yes, thirty—nine point five.

A．I see .Open your mouth and say “Ah” 2  Let me ex-amine you. Breathe in Breathe out. That’ll do.

B．3

A．No, it’s only a cold. I’ll give you some medicine. 4

B．How often shall I take the medicine?

B．5

B．Thank you very much, doctor.

A．Be sure to eat it on time.

B．Have you got a fever?

C．Now open your shirt.

D．Drink more water and keep warm.

E．Did you use to stay up too late at night?

F．Is there anything serious, doctor?

G．Three times a day.

28、Directions: 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.

1．

    European television had the idea of taking ordinary people and turning them into “stars” by putting them in unusual situations. “Big Brother” (created in Holland) was one of the first. A group of people were locked in a small house with cameras running 24 hours a day. It was called a “watch and dial” show because viewers vote by telephone to decide who should leave or stay.

2．

    “Big Brother” was probably the first of the new reality shows, bus such a programme has developed. Many have found appeal by having a theme to them, but most are based on the principle of “survival of the fittest” by eliminating participants as the series progresses. So we have the dating shows where winners either pair off or stay true to their partners outside the TV studio. Then there are those that test people’s abilities for specific jobs like running a kitchen, becoming an interior designer or a top model.

3．

    Critics say these programmes are basically bad television, but people watch them. So why are there so many of them? For the viewer it’s an opportunity to “people watch”. It’s natural to like watching other people. They’re interesting. We can imagine what we would do in that situation. We get to know the characters and see them grow and develop week after week. And of course, television is the perfect place to watch people. Like the theatre or cinema we can look at other people and they can’t look back. But with television, we can watch in the privacy of our own homes. We watch, but we don’t have to admit it to anyone.

4．

    The TV companies like reality shows because they are cheap to produce and attract younger viewers, which advertisers like. The last “Big Brother” in Britain attracted enormous advertising revenue. They aren’t dependent on “star” actors with enormous salaries. And your actors won’t go on strike. And why do people participate in them? Well, for fame and money of course. In the past, appearing on television wasn’t for ordinary people. You had to be good at something, like sport, or reading the news, or acting. But not any more.

5．

It seems that most shows do well at the beginning but then the viewing figures begin to fall. And it varies from country to country too. For example, one show had an adopted child try to guess the identity of her real father, and another had a family arguing over an inheritance. Both were cancelled after one episode. Perhaps the novelty has worn off. Certainly, reality TV seems to appeal much more to the younger audience. And now there are so many shows around even the young have become more critical. Reality shows will probably survive – it’s just no longer so easy to make a successful one.