There's no need to say it, but there are really more than a few benefits to educational tours. From the
word itself, an educational tour is something done to gain knowledge while traveling and touring to some
place. It creates opportunities for people to think out of the box and see things and places that aren't
usually seen in their normal environment.
     Educational trips aren't always those that cover far distances. As already said, it is done to gain
knowledge and you wouldn't need to go very far to have it. Sometimes, an educational trip could be in
your hometown.
     Historic places and museums are always on top of the lists of the places to go in an educational tour.
Educational tours like these would make you know your country better. Your country's history is rich and
it is the reason why you came to be. But remember that the history of other states, counties and countries
are as important as your own.
     When you go on a trip to another country, it is advised that you learn their culture first. Different
cultures have different understanding and perspective of different acts, and it could be dangerous or
offending if you cannot understand a culture.
     When you go on an educational tour, it is likely that you would have the opportunity to socialize with
other people. Students are encouraged to talk to locals and natives and learn from them, because it is
with understanding that students gain knowledge. When students talk with local people, they are gaining
insights to their life and their culture. It is said that when in Rome, act and think as the Romans do, and
this is a valuable skill that not all people could do.
     There are millions of people who want to travel, and an educational tour is the perfect time to do so.
Traveling opens new doors and opportunities; it always makes you want to learn more. Cultures are
many and widely different, and it is a very valuable talent to understand the people of different cultures.
     Traveling with groups of other students is safer than traveling alone, and bulk travels like those could
also be helpful on the budget. Group of friends could stay at one place and get discounts on the place
that you wouldn't get if you are traveling alone. Traveling is fun and more budget-friendly when with other
people on an educational tour.
     Travel abroad for a month. Try and see if you wouldn't miss your own country. Traveling would let
you see your own country in a different way. The benefits of an educational tour are all important, but
this one creates patriotism in a person.
     A school isn't a place where they teach you to find the answers; it is a place where one teaches you to
find the questions and learn the answers for yourself. Educational tours are valuable this way. They teach
you that you are not the only one seeking for questions and that there are other people who are willing to
help you on your way too.

1.What's educational tours according to the passage?

A. Something done to gain knowledge while traveling.
B. Something done to know more about one's own country while traveling.
C. Something done to know more about a foreign country while traveling.
D. Something done to seek for more friends while traveling.

2.What are on the top lists of the places to go to in an educational tour?

A. schools and churches  
B. government buildings  
C. places of amusement 
D. Historical places and museums

3.Which statement is correct according to the passage?

A. Educational trips always cover long distances.
B. When on educational trips, you seldom have the chance to talk with other people.
C. Educational trips are always too short to learn knowledge.
D. Learning the culture first is a must before you go on educational trips

4. If you want to go on a cheap and safe educational trip, you'd better_____?

A. go with groups of other students
B. avoid the top spots
C. book one in advance
D. learn the culture first

5.What does the word "patriotism" in the eighth paragraph mean?

A. 同情            
B. 爱国心
C. 羞耻心      
D. 虚荣心

     It is often necessary to release a fish, that is , set it free after catching, because it is too small,
or you just don't want to take it home to eat. In some cases, releasing fish is a good measure
that will help keep fish variety and build their population size. The Department of Game and
Inland Fisheries (DGIF) encourages fishermen who practice catch-and-release fishing to use
a few simple skills when doing so. The advice provided below will help make sure that the fish
you release will surviveto bite again another day.
     -When catching a fish, play it quickly and keep the fish in the water as much as possible.
Don't' use a net in landing the fish and release it quickly to prevent it from dying.
     -Hold the fish gently. Do not put your fingers in its eyes. Don't wipe the scales (鱼鳞) off
the fish because it might cause it to develop a disease and reduce its chance of survival.
     -Remove your hook quickly. If the hook is too deep or hooked in the stomach, cut the line
and leave the hook in. The hook left inside will cause no serious problem to the fish.
     -Take good care of the fish by moving it gently in water. Release the fish when it begins to
struggle and is able to swim.
     -Do not hold fish in a bucket or some other containers and later decide to release it. If you
are going to release a fish, do so right away.
     With a little care and by following the suggestions given above, you can give the released
fish a better chance of survival.

1. People sometimes set a fish free after catching it because they _________

A. don't want it to die
B. hope it will grow quickly
C. don't want to have it as food
D. want to practice their fishing skills

2. Which of the following will probably make a fish ill?

A. Taking the hook off it.
B. Removing its scales.
C. Touching its eyes.
D. Holding it in your hand.

3. A proper way to release a fish is to _________.

A .move it in water till it can swim
B. take the hook out of its stomach
C. keep it in a bucket for some time
D. let it struggle a little in your hand

4. What is the purpose of the test?

A. To show how to enjoy fishing.
B. To persuade people to fish less often.
C. To encourage people to set fish free.
D. To give advice on how to release fish.

     It is difficult to imagine what life will be like without memory．The meanings of thousands of
everyday perceptions(感觉、知觉), the bases for the decisions we make, and the roots of our
habits and skills are to be found in our past experiences, which are brought into the present by
memory．
     Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep information available for later use．It includes
not only "remembering" things like arithmetic or historical facts, but also involves any change in
the way an animal typically behaves．Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain
because he has sniffed something suspicious in the grain pile．Memory is also involved when
a six-year-old child learns to swing a baseball bat．
     Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and
machines．Computers, for example, contain devices from storing data for later use．It is
interesting to compare the memory-storage capacity of a computer with that of a human being．
The instant-access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100,000 "words"-ready for
instant use．An average U．S．teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100,000
words of English．However, this is but a fraction(部分、片断) of the total amount of
information which the teenager has stored．Consider, for example, the number of faces and
places that the teenager can recognize on sight．
     The use of words is the advanced problem-solving intelligence of human beings．A large
part of a person's memory is in terms of words and combinations of words．

1．According to the passage, memory is considered to be ________．

A．the basis for decision making and problem solving
B．an ability to store experiences of future use
C．an intelligence typically possessed by human beings
D．the data mainly consisting of words and combinations of words

2．The comparison made between the memory capacity of a large computer and that of a human being shows that ________．

A．the computer's memory has a little bigger capacity than a teenager's
B．the computer's memory capacity is much smaller than an adult human being's
C．the computer's memory's capacity is much smaller even than a teenager's
D．both A and B

3．The whole passage implies that _______．

A．only human beings have problem-solving intelligence
B．a person's memory is different from a computer's in every aspect
C．animals are able to solve only very simple problems
D．animals solve problems by instincts rather than intelligence

4．The topic of the passage is __________．

A．What would life be like without memory?
B．Memory is of vital importance to life．
C．How is a person's memory different from an animal's or a computer's?
D．What is contained in memory?

     The Atacama Desert is located just west of the Andes, a 1000-km strip(狭长的地域) of land next to
the Pacific Ocean. In spite of its location beside the sea, several studies have shown that this region is the
driest place in the world. In the Antofagasta Region of the desert, the average annual rainfall is just 1 mm
and some weather stations have never received rain at all. Atacama is so arid that the surrounding
mountains that reach up to 6885 m, have absolutely no glaciers! In the region, the river beds have been dry for over 120,000 years.
     However, unlike the Sahara Desert,Atacama is surprisingly not that hot. It has an average daily
temperature between 0'C and 25℃! If you find that surprising, you'd be shocked to find out that this
desert has lakes!
     When there was rainfall in the region (many year ago), this accumulated water created what we now
know as the Salt Lakes. The name of these lakes was given as a result of the effect of the Atacama
environment: the long dry period makes the water evaporate(蒸发),resulting in the higher concentrations
of salt in the remaining water.
     This region has been tested by scientists to see if life is present in the Atacama soil with the same
instruments that would be used to detect life in the soil on Mars! As a result of the soil's similarites to that
of Mars,the Atacama land is used to test instruments for future Mars missions. In addition, the region has
been used in movies as a set for filming Mars scenes, most famously in the television show Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets.
     The Atacama Desert is truly a unique place, due to its lack of rain as well as its similarities to Mars.
You would think that this place would be a bare ghost town (鬼域), but think again! Many people have
lived here for centuries, giving this desert its own culture and economic significance.

1. What does the underlined word "arid" in the first paragraph mean?

A. Big.
B. Dry.
C. Hot.
D. Long

2.Compared to the Sahara Desert, the Atacama Desert is _____.

A. smaller
B. wetter
C. less famous
D. less hot

3.What is Paragraph 3 mainly about? 

A. origin of the Salt Lakes.          
B. rainfall in the Atacama Desert.
C. the weather in the Atacama Desert.  
D. The current situation of the Salt Lakes.

4.The TV program mentioned in the text____.

A. tells Atacama's similarities to Mars  
B. focuses on the soil of Mars
C. explores life in Atacama            
D. was filmed in Atacama

5.According to the author, the Atacama Desert ___.

A. is a very frightening place    
B. is as mysterious as Mars
C. is somehow livable          
D. has many poor towns

1. What do we learn about the  "Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids" program?

A. It aims to build close family relationships.
B. It involves fathers who want to lose weight.
C. It will last more than eight months.
D. It offers free online courses for parents.

2. Morgan finds a link between children's weight loss and________.

A. their parents' efforts  
B. regular sports training
C. balanced diets  
D. their father's influence

3. According to the earlier research, children seem to ________.

A. copy their father's diets and exercise habits
B. develop healthy eating habits by themselves
C. grow taller if their parents often do exercise
D. help their parents to form exercise habits

4. Which of the following facts causes the change of fathers' roles?

A. That kids have more time to spend with family.
B. That more kids need their father's help in learning.
C. That there are more working mothers than before.
D. That fathers become much busier than before.

     [1] Nowadays, researchers from the University of Maryland found that nearly four in five students have depression,panic,confusion and extreme isolation when they are forced to keep away from technology for a day.The study concluded that "most students failed to go the full 24 hours without media". They have
been addicted to the modem technology.
     [2] In this research, almost 1,000 university students from 12 campuses in 10 countries, including
Britain, America and China, have been interviewed. Most of them were unable to avoid technology for one full day. The researchers concluded that, college students at campuses across the globe admitted being
"addicted" to modem technology such as mobile phones, laptops and televisions as well as social
networking such as Facebook and Twitter. An American college student told of his great desire when he
was forced to keep away from the media. He even said it           "cocaine addiction".
     [3]The research also found students used "nearly the same words to describe their reactions when they were away from the media". These included emotions such as confusion,anxiety, insecurity, jealousness,
anger, loneliness, dependence and depression.
     [4] Professor Susan Moeller, who led the research, said technology had changed the students'
relationships. "Students talked about how seary(可怕的) it was when there is no technology, how
addicted they were to it," she said. "They expected the frustration without the media. But they didn't
expect to have the psychological effects, to be lonely, to be panicked, the anxiety, literally heart
palpitations (心悸). Technology provides the social network for young people today and they have spent their entire lives being 'plugged in ' . "

1.What's the main idea of the text? (no more than 10 words)
____________________________________________________________________________
2.How will most students feel if they keep away from technology for 24 hours? (no more than 9 words)
________________________________ ____________________________________________
3.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 4 words)
____________________________________________________________________________
4.What does the underlined word "These" in Paragraph 3 probably refer to? (no more than 10 words)
____________________________________________________________________________
5.Complete the following statement with proper words. (no more than 2 words)
The youth have access to social network nowadays with the help of ________which they are addicted to and can't get away from.

     We may all have had the embarrassing moment:Getting halfway through a story only to realize that
we've told this exact tale before to the same  person. Why do  we  make  such  memory mistakes?
     According to the research published in Psychological Science, it may have to do with the way our
brains process different types of memory.
     Researchers Nigel Gopie, of the Rotman Research Institute in Toronto, and Colin Macleod, of the
University of Waterloo, divided memory into two kinds. The first was source memory,  or the ability to
keep track of where information is coming from. The second was destination memory,  or the ability to
recall who we have given information to.
     They found that source memory functions better than destination memory, in part because of the
direction in which that information is travelling.
     To study the differences between source memory and destination memory, the researchers did an
experiment on 60 university students, according to a New York Times report. The students were asked
to associate (联想) 50 random(随意的) facts with the faces of 50 famous people. Half of the students
"told"each fact to one of the faces, reading it aloud when the celebrity's(名人的) picture appeared on a
computer screen. The other half read each fact silently and saw a different celebrity picture afterward.
     When later asked to recall which facts went with which faces, the students who were giving
information out(destination memory)scored about 16 percent lower on memory performance compared
with the students receiving information(source memory).
     The researchers concluded that outgoing information was less associated with its environmental
context (背景)-that is,  the person-than was incoming information.
     This makes sense given what is known about attention. A person who is giving information, even little
facts, will devote some mental resources to thinking about what is being said. Because our attention is
limited,  we give less attention to the person we are giving information to.
     After a second experiment with another group of 40 students, the researchers concluded that
selffocus is another factor that undermines destination memory.
     They asked half the students to continue giving out random information, while the other told things
about themselves. This time around, those who were talking about themselves did 15 percent worse
than those giving random information.
     "When you start telling these personal facts compared with nonself facts, suddenly destination
memory goes down more, suggesting that it is the selffocus component (成分) that's reducing the
memory."Gopie told Live Science.

1. The point of this article is to ________.

A. give advice on how to improve memory
B. say what causes the memory to worsen
C. explain why we repeat stories to those we've already told them to
D. discuss the differences between source memory and destination memory

2. What can we learn from the article?

A. Source memory helps us remember who we have  told the information to.
B. One's limited attention is one of the reasons why those reading aloud to the celebrity's pictures    
     perform worse on the memory test.
C. Silent reading is a better way to remember information than reading aloud.
D. It tends to be more difficult for people to link incoming information with its environmental context
     than outgoing information.

3. The underlined word"undermines" probably means________.

A. weakens    
B. benefits
C. explains  
D. supports

4. What did the scientists conclude from the second experiment?

A. Destination memory is weaker than source memory.
B. Focusing attention on oneself leads to relatively poor source memory performance.
C. Associating personal experience with information helps people memorize better.
D. Selffocus is responsible for the reduction of destination memory.

     根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
        1      It has been used as a product full of nutrition. Our bodies need it for their development and
also to help them to recover after a disease.
The microelement(微量元素) content of honey is similar to that of our blood.    2   In honey, the
percentage of vitamins and minerals differs according to the kind of nectar(花蜜) used by the bees and
the quality of the soil where the plants grow.     3     The latter is the most valuable in its healing(治疗)
effects.
       4    Put one teaspoonful of honey in a glass of milk before going to bed and you will certainly have
sweet dreams that night.
If you feel sick because you have eaten too much one day, or you have a stomachache, then their solution
is a glass of water with honey and lemon. Moreover，a sore throat is not a problem any more if you have a cup of tea with honey.
Singers use honey when they have problems with their voices or before a concert when they really feel
exhausted.     5   they use them for their hair，nails and bodies.

A. Honey is mostly used as a natural sedative(镇静剂)when you have problems with your sleep.
B. Honey is helpful for losing weight.
C. That is why it is so well assimilated (吸收)by our bodies.
D. For women, beauty products made of honey can be very helpful.
E. Honey, a wonderful gift of nature to mankind, has been well known since ancient times.
F. What determines the quality of honey is the kind of bees and flowers.
G. There are kinds of honey，including mono flower honey，meaning the honey is made of only one type of flower，and polo flower honey，which is made in mountainous areas.

1. Which of the following can be the best title for Part I?

A. Top English, your smart choice!    
B. If you want to learn English, we can teach you!
C. Top English, the best English!        
D. We have what you want!

2. If you work in a joint Venture(合资) Company, you probably take the       course.

A. Standard Spoken English              
B. Intermediate Business English
C. TOEFL Super Studies                
D. Children's Weekend

3. Which of the following courses can be learned by the same person?

A. Basic Studies and Standard Spoken English.
B. Intermediate Spoken English and Basic Business English.
C. Standard Spoken English and TOEFL Super Studies.
D. Intermediate Business English and TOEFL Super Studies.

4. If you want to join the English Salon, you should at least        .

A. be a university graduate        
B. be a student learning English in the Top English City
C. be an English lover or can speak English well
D. make more friends and know more about the culture of the English