WELCOME
Welcome to Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world. Windsor is one of the official residences(住所) of the Queen, who sometimes stays here.
　
Audio tours
Free audio tours are available on leaving the Admission Centre at the start of your visit. There is a descriptive audio tour for blind and poor-sighted visitors.
Guided tours
Visitors can explore the history of the Castle through a tour of the Precincts with an expert guide. Tours depart（出发，起程）at regular intervals（每隔一定时间/距离）throughout the day from the Courtyard and finish at the entrance to the State Apartments.
Visitors with children
For those visiting with children, a special family tour and various activities are offered during school holidays and at weekends. Please note that, for safety reasons, pushchairs are not permitted in the State Apartments. However, baby carriers are available to borrow.
St George's Chapel
Visitors arriving at the Castle after 15:00 from march to October are advised to visit St George's Chapel first, before it closes. Shopping
Shops offer a wide range of souvenirs designed for the Royal Collection, including books, postcards, china, jewellery, and children's toys. Please ask at the Middle Ward shop about our home delivery service（送货服务）.
Refreshments
Bottled water can be purchased from the Courtyard and Middle Ward shops. From April to September ice cream is also available. Visitors wishing to leave the Castle for refreshments in the town may obtain re-entry permits from the castle shops. Eating and drinking are not permitted in the State Apartments or St George's Chapel.
Photography and mobile phones
Non-commercial photography and filming are welcomed in the Castle. Photography, video recording and filming are not permitted inside the State Apartments or St George's Chapel. Mobile phones must be switched off inside the State Apartments and St George's Chapel in consideration of other visitors.[来源:Zxxk.Com]
Security
As Winter Castle is a working royal palace, visitors and their belongings should get through airport-style security checks. For safety and security reasons a one-way system operates along the visitor route.

1.
A visitor can apply for a free audio tour ______.
1. A.
  in the Courtyard
2. B.
  in the State Apartments
3. C.
  at the Admission Center
4. D.
  at St George's Chapel
2.
What is specially offered to visitors with kids?
1. A.
  A security guard
2. B.
  A pushchair
3. C.
  A free toy
4. D.
  A baby carrier
3.
Who can get re-entry permits?
1. A.
  Visitors wishing to eat outside the Castle
2. B.
  Visitors buying gifts in the castle shops
3. C.
  Visitors buying water from the Courtyard
4. D.
  Visitors eating outside St George's Chapel
4.
Why are visitors required to turn off their mobile phones?
1. A.
  To ensure the safety of others
2. B.
  To ensure the security of the Castle
3. C.
  To prevent them from disturbing others
4. D.
  To prevent the use of the built-in cameras
5.
In the last part, a "working royal palace" refers to one______.
1. A.
  still being constructed
2. B.
  still used by the royal family
3. C.
  where the Queen usually works
4. D.
  where works of art are on show

Many children use the Internet to get useful knowledge and information, and to relax in their free time. But some of them are not using it in a good way. Here are some rules to make sure you are safe and have fun on the Internet.
※Make rules for Internet use with your parents. For example, when you can go online, for how long and what activities you can do online.
※Don’t give your password（密码）to anyone else, and never give out the following information: your real name, home address, age, school, phone number or other personal information.
※Check with your parents before giving out a credit（信用）card number.
※Never send a photo of yourself to someone in email unless your parents say it’s OK.
※Check with your parents before going into a chat（聊天）room. Different chat rooms have different rules and attract different kinds of people. You and your parents will want to make sure it’s a right place for you.
※Never agree to meet someone you met on the Internet without your parent’s permission（允许）. Never meet anyone you met online alone.
※Always remember that people online may not be who they say they are. Treat everyone online as if they were strangers.
※If something you see or read online makes you uncomfortable, leave the site. Tell a parent or teacher right away.
※Treat other people as you’d like to be treated. Never use bad language.
※Remember - not everything you read on the Internet is true

1.
The writer tells children to _________
1. A.
  send their own photos to him
2. B.
  make rules for Internet use with parents
3. C.
  believe everything they read on the Internet
4. D.
  give out their personal information
2.
It’s good for children to ______ on the Internet
1. A.
  give password to others
2. B.
  get useful knowledge and information
3. C.
  give out a credit card number
4. D.
  go into a chat room as they’d like to
3.
What shouldn’t be done when you are on line? _________
1. A.
  Using bad language
2. B.
  Sending messages and emails
3. C.
  Leaving the site if you feel uncomfortable
4. D.
  Treating everyone online as strangers
4.
If your parents don’t agree, never ________
1. A.
  read anything on the Internet
2. B.
  relax in your free time
3. C.
  have a face-to-face meeting with anyone you met online
4. D.
  treat other people as you’d like to be treated
5.
The passage is mainly about _________
1. A.
  How to use computers
2. B.
  Surfing on the Internet
3. C.
  Information on the Internet
4. D.
  Internet safety rules

Today was a big day for my eldest son, Kevin. He had his first big boy haircut. Before today, we have always stood by his side, told the hairdresser what to do and watched over the whole thing. We’ve been working on the rewards (奖赏) of responsibility with my son for quite some time. Today, he got one of those rewards by having his own haircut.
When they arrived at the shop, his father showed him a book with lots of styles of haircuts for boys. After he made his choice, he waited patiently for his turn. My husband decided he would get his own hair cut at the same time.
When their names were called, Kevin showed the hairdresser the picture of his chosen haircut, which, thankfully, was not a strange haircut. The hairdresser looked to my husband for approval (批准) and he told her his son was in charge.
During his haircut, Kevin talked happily with the hairdresser. My husband, who was getting his haircut in the next chair, kept silent. When all was said and done, Kevin looked quite handsome.
When it was time to pay, he reached into his pocket and took out the cash my husband gave him. He handed it to her and said, “Thanks, it’s all yours.” I guess that’s the six-year-old equivalent (对应的语句) of “keep the change.”
I have to admit I was a little nervous about the whole thing before, but I’m a believer now. My son is growing up and ready for new big boy experiences

1.
When Kevin got his haircut, the author used to ______.
1. A.
  do her own thing
2. B.
  leave him alone
3. C.
  talk happily with her son
4. D.
  manage the whole thing
2.
What did the author’s husband do at the hairdresser’s?
1. A.
  Picked out a hair style for his son
2. B.
  Talked happily with the hairdressers
3. C.
  Had his own haircut silently
4. D.
  Stood together with the author
3.
What was the hair style that Kevin chose like?
1. A.
  It was very strange
2. B.
  It suited him well
3. C.
  It was very bad
4. D.
  It was more like a girl’s

The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before a huge pile of troublesome stuff they call “books”.
I was going to have my examination the next day. "When can I go to bed?" I asked myself. I didn’t answer, in fact I dared not.
The clock struck 12."Oh, dear!" I cried, "ten more books to read before I can go to bed!” We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.”
The clock struck one. I was quite hopeless now. I forgot all I had learnt. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, Please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were heavy, so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep

1.
When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were______.
1. A.
  asleep
2. B.
  working in bed
3. C.
  outside
4. D.
  quietly laughing at him
2.
Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because ______.
1. A.
  it was too late at night
2. B.
  he was very tired
3. C.
  his eyes l ids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open
4. D.
  he hadn’t studied hard before the examination
3.
The best title for the passage would be ______.
1. A.
  The Night Before the Examination
2. B.
  Working Far into the Night
3. C.
  A Slow Student
4. D.
  Going Over My Lessons

Narayana Hrudayalaya, a complex of health centers based in southern India, offers low-cost, high-quality specialty care in a largely poor country of 1.2 billion people. By thinking differently about everything from the unusually high number of patients it treats to the millions for whom it provides insurance, the hospital group is able to continually reduce costs. Narayana Hrudayalaya’s operations include the world’s largest and most productive cardiac (心脏病的) hospital, where the average open-heart surgery runs less than $2,000, a third or less what it costs elsewhere in India.
Narayana Hrudayalaya’s origins date back to 2001, when it built its massive cardiac center on the outskirts （市郊）of Bangalore. But it has expanded since then into what founder Dr. Devi Shetty calls a “health city”, a series of centers specializing in eye, trauma（创伤）, and cancer care, Narayana Hrudayalaya now manages or owns hospitals in 14 other Indian cities.
Expanding access is paired with a ongoing focus on efficiency. Typically, says Shetty, private hospitals in India focus on patients who can easily afford treatment. “We did it the other way around,” he says. “This hospital is for poor people, but we also treat some rich people. We don’t look at people who are shabbily dressed and have trouble paying as outsiders.” Narayana Hrudayalaya’s flagship hospital has 3,000 beds and negotiates for better prices and buys directly from manufacturers, cutting out distributors（分销商）.
In addition to cost-cutting, Narayana Hrudayalaya finds creative ways to make the economics work. The company started a micro-insurance program backed by the government that enables 3 million farmers to have coverage for as little as 22 cents a month in premiums（保险费）. Patients who pay discounted rates are in effect compensated by those who pay full price
Doing something—doing more, actually—is the point. By 2017, Shetty, 58, plans to expand from 5,000 beds throughout India to 30,000. Before becoming one of India’s best-known health-care entrepreneurs, Shetty was its best-known heart surgeon. He was interrupted in surgery one day during the 1990s by a request to make a house call. “I said, ‘I don’t make home visits,’?” Shetty says, “and the caller said, ‘If you see this patient, the experience may transform your life.’”The request was from Mother Teresa. Inspired by her work with the poor, he then set out to create a hospital to deliver care based on need, not wealth. “One lesson she taught me,” he says, quoting a saying he keeps framed in his office, “is ‘Hands that sew are holier than lips that pray.’”

1.
Narayana Hrudayalaya started a micro-insurance to _______
1. A.
  cut down on the cost of the treatment
2. B.
  get the support of the government
3. C.
  make the company run smoothly
4. D.
  attract more people to its hospital
2.
We can infer from the passage that _______
1. A.
  the cost of medicine care in India is very low
2. B.
  Shetty wouldn’t have succeeded without Mother Teresa
3. C.
  Shetty and his colleagues are likely to make home visits now
4. D.
  Shetty has expanded his hospitals to most of other cities in India
3.
Why did Shetty build the massive cardiac center in 2001?
1. A.
  He wanted to build a health city
2. B.
  He was motivated and decided to help more people
3. C.
  He intended to develop his career in different areas
4. D.
  He meant to help more poor people get free treatment
4.
How would you understand the underlined sentence in the last paragraph ?
1. A.
  It’s doing something and doing more that really matters
2. B.
  It’s not easy to take positive action to contribute to society
3. C.
  Healthcare workers are the holiest persons in the world
4. D.
  Praying alone is of no significance in face of difficult situation

Chinese people are now spending more time surfing the net than watching TV, according to results of a survey by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) published Thursday.
The survey, of citizens of five Chinese cities, found that 79 percent of interviewees use the internet for information, and 55.1 percent to read news on the internet. About 63 percent of the interviewees use e-mail. The average times spent surfing the net and watching TV were 2.73 hours and 1.29hours, respectively.
Only 10.4 percent reported use the internet primarily to send and receive email; 65.9 percent read online news; 62.2 quite often play games on-line. More and more people have taken an interest in the entertainment opportunities online. Up to 56.5 percent of interviewees quite often download music, and 53.5 percent get entertainment messages from the internet.
Yet the survey found that television is still the dominant mass medium. Seventy-nine percent of interviewees choose to watch TV to get information, and another 75 percent take newspapers as important as TV.
Five major web sites in the Chinese language, namely Sina, Sohu, Netease, Baidu and Yahoo are still ranked top ones by web users, and those that voted for Sina as the best among them were 30.9 percent.
Authorized statistics showed that web users in China have already exceeded 100 million, second to that of the United States

1.
Which of the following is not true?
1. A.
  Chinese people are now spending more time surfing the net than watching TV
2. B.
  There are more Chinese people using the internet for information compared with those reading news on the internet
3. C.
  There are more people using e-mail compared with those searching information on the internet
4. D.
  There are more people using e-mail compared with those reading news on the internet
2.
The survey shows that
1. A.
  Only 10.4% reported use the internet to send and receive email
2. B.
  Less than half of the people use the internet for enter fain-ment
3. C.
  All of the people reported like to play games on-line
4. D.
  Most of the people reported read online news
3.
Which will you choose if you want to chat with your friends on the internet?
1. A.
  TV
2. B.
  Sina
3. C.
  telephone
4. D.
  QQ
4.
The underlined word “exceeded” means
1. A.
  increased to
2. B.
  increased by
3. C.
  risen
4. D.
  decreased

Increasingly, Americans are becoming their own doctors, by going online to diagnose their symptoms, order home health tests or medical devices, or even self-treat their illnesses with drugs from Internet pharmacies(药店). Some avoid doctors because of the high cost of medical care, especially if they lack health insurance. Or they may stay because they find it embarrassing to discuss their weight, alcohol consumption or couch potato habits. Patients may also fear what they might learn about their health, or they distrust physicians because of negative experiences in the past. But playing doctor can also be a deadly game.
Every day, more than six million Americans turn to the Internet for medical answers – most of them aren’t nearly skeptical enough of what they find. A 2002 survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 72 percent of those surveyed believe all or most of what they read on health websites. They shouldn’t. Look up “headache”, and the chances of finding reliable and complete information, free from a motivation for commercial gain, are only one in ten, reports an April 2005 Brown Medical School study. Of the 169 websites the researchers rated, only 16 scored as “high quality”. Recent studies found faulty facts about all sorts of other disorders, causing one research team to warn that a large amount of incomplete, inaccurate and even dangerous information exists on the Internet.
The problem is most people don’t know the safe way to surf the Web. “They use a search engine like Google, get 18 trillion choices and start clicking. But that’s risky, because almost anybody can put up a site that looks authoritative(权威的), so it’d hard to know if what you’re reading is reasonable or not,” says Dr. Sarah Bass from the National Cancer Institute

1.
According to the text, an increasing number of American _____
1. A.
  are suffering from mental disorders
2. B.
  turn to Internet pharmacies for help
3. C.
  like to play deadly games with doctors
4. D.
  are skeptical about surfing medical websites
2.
Some Americans stay away from doctors because they _____
1. A.
  find medical devices easy to operate
2. B.
  prefer to be diagnosed online by doctors
3. C.
  are afraid to face the truth of their health
4. D.
  are afraid to misuse their health insurance
3.
According to the study of Brown Medical School, ______
1. A.
  more than 6 million Americans distrust doctors
2. B.
  only 1/10 of medical websites aim to make a profit
3. C.
  about 1/10 of the websites surveyed are of high quality
4. D.
  72% of health websites offer incomplete and faulty facts
4.
Which of the following is the author’s main argument?
1. A.
  It’s cheap to self-treat your own illness
2. B.
  It’s embarrassing to discuss your bad habits
3. C.
  It’s reasonable to put up a medical website
4. D.
  It’s dangerous to be your own doctor

What brings a nation together? Of the four choices — shared values, language, history, and religion, it’s shared values. In our latest poll (民意调査), seven out of 16 countries chose values as the greatest factor (因素）bringing a nation together, and six preferred language. Both choices scored high in the poll, suggesting that our values and how we express them are closely linked .Still, history was not forgotten in some countries, particularly in Mexico and Russia. Even Canada and the United States chose national histories as the second-most important factor uniting their people. The biggest surprise? Not one country picked religion as its top choice.
Respect your elders
In most countries, the oldest generation considered values more important to a nation than did those who are under 45 years old. Do you speak Canadian?
Language scored lower in Canada than in all other countries polled, perhaps because the country speaks two official languages, French and English. Church and state
Most people polled do not connect their religious beliefs to their national pride. Religion ranked last in 13 countries — with France scoring it at 1%, the lowest of all.

1.
According to the poll, what was the most important factor in bringing a nation together?
1. A.
  Language
2. B.
  Values
3. C.
  History
4. D.
  Religion
2.
In which country did language score the lowest in their national pride?
1. A.
  Canada
2. B.
  Mexico
3. C.
  France
4. D.
  America
3.
According to the charts, shared values and language were considered equally important in
1. A.
  Australia
2. B.
  Brazil
3. C.
  China
4. D.
  India

Villa Nicoletta, Genuine Relaxation
Somewhere in the world, there’s a place where stress isn’t allowed and peace and genuine relaxation are the only demands of the day. If you could go there, you would thoroughly enjoy yourself. There are not too many places in the world like this, but this is one of them. It’s luxurious. It’s ultra-private.
Welcome to Villa Nicoletta
Villa Nicoletta is a 4-bedroom luxury villa and an oasis(绿洲) of rest and rejuvenation（恢复活力）in a land of unspoiled peace. Located on a 70-foot cliff overlooking the north shore of the island of St. Thomas and the pretty waters of Caret Bay, Villa Nicoletta offers the finest accommodations in the Caribbean for those seeking a vacation of elegance, peace and privacy. You’ll see how the sun blankets the landscape and water in shimmering brilliance by day and how the sky twinkles like billions of bright diamonds at night.
Completed in 2000, the 3,300-square-foot Villa Nicoletta is fully equipped with state-of-the-art electronics.
When you book Villa Nicoletta, you shall book the entire villa.
Off Season: April 16 to December 14
★4 bedrooms — ＄5,700/week (8 people max)
Sleep sofa can add additional 2 people ＄200/night
Peak Season: December 15 to April 15
★4 bedrooms — ＄6,300/week (8 people max)
Sleep sofa can add additional 2 people ＄200/night

1.
The villa can be rented to a maximum of _______ people at a time
1. A.
  five
2. B.
  eight
3. C.
  thirteen
4. D.
  ten
2.
If a family with 6 people spends a fortnight’s Christmas holiday in the villa, how much will they pay?
1. A.
  ＄12,600
2. B.
  ＄15,400
3. C.
  ＄11,400
4. D.
  ＄13,200
3.
Villa Nicoletta is most likely to be popular with tourists who _______
1. A.
  like adventure
2. B.
  want to escape the noisy life of the city
3. C.
  enjoy the winter sports
4. D.
  seek excitement in the sea
4.
We can infer that _______
1. A.
  you can share the villa with other tourists
2. B.
  the island of St. Thomas is famous for the ocean theme amusement park
3. C.
  fewer tourists stay in Villa Nicoletta in autumn than in spring
4. D.
  you can go in for extreme sports in Villa Nicoletta

The united States has about 475,000 school buses — all painted yellow. Each day they carry more than 25,000,000 children, half of all schoolchildren in the country. But these buses, on average, use four liters of diesel (柴油) fuel to travel less than sixteen kilometers. When the school year began last fall, diesel averaged 55 cents a liter nationally. The price nearly doubled, to a dollar and 8 cents, by the end of school in June.
Bob Riley speaks for the American School Bus Council. He says fuel prices for schools are not much lower than others have to pay. As a result, schools are looking for ways to reduce transportation costs. Bus routes are being redrawn or, in some cases, canceled. Some areas are buying buses that use natural gas or other alternative fuels. Other steps include fewer field trips and less travel by sports teams. And some school districts may end any bus service not required by law.
Studies show that school buses are the safest form of transportation to and from school. The American School Bus Council says cuts in bus service are bad for children and possibly the environment. It says removing buses from the road will mean an increase in other vehicles transporting students. Spokesman Bob Riley says another concern is that reducing bus services might reduce attendance.
But it could also get more children to walk or bicycle to school. And that would surely make people happy at the National Center for Safe Routes to School. More kids walking or biking safely to school is the aim of a three-year-old federal program, part of an international movement. The goal is to increase physical activity and reduce air pollution. The United States will celebrate Walk to School Day on October eighth this year. But for some students, high fuel prices could make every day a walk-to-school day

1.
What does this passage mainly tell us?
1. A.
  High fuel prices’ influences on school buses
2. B.
  New measures to transport school students
3. C.
  The safest form of student transportation
4. D.
  The origin of Walk to School Day
2.
In order to cut down transportation cost, many schools take the following measures EXCEPT_____
1. A.
  changing some bus routes
2. B.
  stopping some bus routes
3. C.
  asking parents to drive children to and from school
4. D.
  using other types of fuels
3.
The National Center for Safe Routes to School encourages more children to walk or bike to school in order to ____
1. A.
  save more fuels and diesel for the country
2. B.
  keep the children safe on their way to school
3. C.
  make the children live a simple life
4. D.
  keep the children healthy and the environment clean

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A visitor can apply for a free audio tour ______.

What is specially offered to visitors with kids?

Who can get re-entry permits?

Why are visitors required to turn off their mobile phones?

In the last part, a "working royal palace" refers to one______.

The writer tells children to _________

It’s good for children to ______ on the Internet

What shouldn’t be done when you are on line? _________

If your parents don’t agree, never ________

The passage is mainly about _________

When Kevin got his haircut, the author used to ______.

What did the author’s husband do at the hairdresser’s?

What was the hair style that Kevin chose like?

When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were______.

Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because ______.

The best title for the passage would be ______.

Narayana Hrudayalaya started a micro-insurance to _______

We can infer from the passage that _______

Why did Shetty build the massive cardiac center in 2001?

How would you understand the underlined sentence in the last paragraph ?

Which of the following is not true?

The survey shows that

Which will you choose if you want to chat with your friends on the internet?

The underlined word “exceeded” means

According to the text, an increasing number of American _____

Some Americans stay away from doctors because they _____

According to the study of Brown Medical School, ______

Which of the following is the author’s main argument?

According to the poll, what was the most important factor in bringing a nation together?

In which country did language score the lowest in their national pride?

According to the charts, shared values and language were considered equally important in

The villa can be rented to a maximum of _______ people at a time

If a family with 6 people spends a fortnight’s Christmas holiday in the villa, how much will they pay?

Villa Nicoletta is most likely to be popular with tourists who _______

We can infer that _______

What does this passage mainly tell us?

In order to cut down transportation cost, many schools take the following measures EXCEPT_____

The National Center for Safe Routes to School encourages more children to walk or bike to school in order to ____

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