完形填空。
     People always say that the earlier one learns a language, the    1    it is to do so, in theory it is that,  
   2    , in my opinion, that refers to spoken language. Capability (能力) to practice some essential (基
本的)    3   of a language and read between the lines can only be trained through proper reading ways
and hard work    4  . So spending money to help     5    learn English may    6    up with disappointment.
It is likely that the more you    7   , the more you are let down.
    The daughter of one of my friends   8    English in primary school,    9    her foreign teacher's blindness
   10    psychology. She did not want to go on    11    English until middle school,   12   a college student
studying English slowly    13    her interest in the language.
     It is better to have the child learn Chinese than to have some difficulty    14    learning English for
several years. Having been engaged in English education,    15    find that despite(尽管) their excellent 
   16    , many students have    17    command of English words and phrases. So I suggest that children 
  18    classical Chinese prose(散文),rather than   19   them to learn English hurriedly. Otherwise, they
may let go the best time to  20  the language ability of their mother tongue.
(     )1. A. easy          
(     )2. A. but            
(     )3. A. opinions      
(     )4. A. step by step  
(     )5. A. people        
(     )6. A. begin          
(     )7. A. pay            
(     )8. A. loved          
(     )9. A. because of    
(     )10. A. of            
(     )11. A. learning      
(     )12. A. while        
(     )13. A. introduced    
(     )14. A. in            
(     )15. A. He            
(     )16. A. pronunciation
(     )17. A. few          
(     )18. A. write        
(     )19. A. have          
(     )20. A. study         		B. difficult    
B. however      
B. regards      
B. right away  
B. girls        
B. start        
B. get          
B. liked        
B. because      
B. at          
B. to learn    
B. where        
B. practiced    
B. to          
B. I            
B. phrase      
B. less        
B. do          
B. let          
B. improve      		 C. easier      
C. though      
C. requests    
C. at once      
C. children    
C. finish      
C. buy          
C. disliked    
C. instead of  
C. in          
C. with learning
C. when        
C. explained    
C. at          
C. She          
C. language    
C. little      
C. remember    
C. cause        
C. learn        		 D. more difficult
D. yet          
D. expressions  
D. quickly      
D. boys          
D. end          
D. take          
D. learned      
D. instead      
D. to            
D. for learning  
D. as            
D. developed    
D. of            
D. They          
D. writing      
D. fewer        
D. memorize      
D. make          
D. Master        
阅读理解。
     In order to know a foreign language thoroughly (完全地), four things are necessary. First, we must
understand the language when we hear it spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves, with
confidence(自信) and without hesitation (犹豫). Thirdly, we must do much reading. Finally, we must be
able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are correct in grammar.
    There are no shortcuts to success in language learning. A good memory is a great help, but it is not
enough only to memorize the rules from a grammar book. It is not much learning by heart long lists(一
览表) of words and their  meanings, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the
language.
     If we are pleased with a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. We
must "learn through use." Practice is important. We must practise speaking and writing the language
whenever we can.
1. The most important things to learn a foreign language are _____. 
A. understanding and speaking  
B. listening, speaking, reading and writing
C. writing and understanding      
D. memorizing and listening
2. Someone hears and writes English very well, but he speaks it very badly. This is because _____.  
A. he doesn't understand the language when he hears it spoken
B. he doesn't have a good memory
C. he always remembers lists of words and their meanings
D. he often hesitates(犹豫) to practise speaking it
3. One can never learn a foreign language well by _____. 
A. doing much practice       
B. studying the dictionary
C. learning through use        
D. using the language
4. Which is the most important in learning a foreign language?  
A. A good memory.  
B. Speaking.      
C. Practice.    
D. Writing.
5. "Learn through use" means _____. 
A. we use a language in order to learn it  
B. we learn a foreign language in order to use it
C. we can learn a language well while we are keeping using it      
D. B and C.
阅读理解。

     Not even three years ago, the Treo 650 smart phone looked revolutionary. But its latest successor,
the Treo 755p Palm was made public two weeks ago, feels like a relic.
     The Treo's basic concept-uniting a cell-phone, handheld organizer, miniaturized(小型的) keyboard,
touch-sensitive screen, Web and e-mail access and media playback(播放器) in one device-make sense.
But while competitors have advanced, Palm has been napping on the train tracks.
     The new Treo 755p gets online no faster than last year's model. Its basic design features few changes
from the 2004 version; its dimensions(容量) almost match those of the 2003 edition. And its operating
system and software for desktop synchronization(同步器) received their last major updates in 2002.
     Over that same period of time, almost every other handheld device-Windows Mobile smart phones,
BlackBerrys, iPods and even plain old cell-phones-has seen major upgrades in capability and notable
shrinkage(缩水) in size.
     The Treo 755p (available from Sprint for $280 after a $100 mail-in rebate and with a two-year
contact) only cements Palm's status as the sick man of the smart phone business. After wasting most of
this decade on pointless reorganizations and a disastrous spin-off of its software-development group,
this company appears to have reached a state of creative bankruptcy.
     As a basic organizer, the 755p remains pleasant to use. It's like a second brain that remembers
details that might otherwise slip your mind. It can pluck(采集) useful bits of data off the Internet as
needed. It can also run thousands of useful programs, many free, that enhance(提高) its utility and
entertainment value.
     But you could say the same, basically, of its immensely popular predecessors(被取代的原先
的东西). This new model's main selling point-cellular(分格式的) internet connection that runs as fast
as most entry-level home broadband connections and can connect with a Bluetooth-equipped
computer-already debuted(首次露面的) on last year's Treo 700p.

1. What's the author's opinion about the Treo 650?
A. Negative.
B. Positive
C. Critical.
D. Depressive.
2. What's the common feature of Trei 755p?
A. It's a multi-function device.
B. It has a touch-sensitive screen.
C. It can be used to send e-mails.
D. It is a cell-phone.
3. What can we infer from the 4th paragraph?
A. Windows Mobile smart phones have upgrades in capability.
B. IPods are of the smallest size and the best capability.
C. BlackBerrys have the best capability compared with others.
D. The Treo has little progress compared with other handheld device.
4. What is Not the advantage the 755p has?
A. It can help us remember some details.      
B. It has a great improvement in size.
C. It can be used to run some programs.      
D. It can store information from the Internet.
阅读理解。
     A team of Japanese scientists has discovered genes that enable rice to survive high water, providing
hope for better rice production in lowland areas that are affected by flooding.
     The genes, called SNORKEL genes, help rice grow longer stems to deal with higher water levels.
Deepwater rice generally produces low-yield (低产的) rice plants. But the researchers report they have
succeeded in introducing the genes to rice varieties that are higher-yield.
     According to the report, as water levels rise, accumulation of the plant hormone (激素) ethylene
(乙烯) makes the SNORKEL genes start working, making stem growth more rapid. When the
researchers introduced the genes into rice that does not normally survive in deep water, they were able
to rescue the plants from drowning.
     Motoyuki Ashikari, who headed the project, said his team is-hoping to use the gene on long grain
rice widely used in Southeast Asian to help stabilize production in flood-prone (易受洪水袭击的)
areas where rice with the flood-resistant gene is low in production ---about one---third to one-quarter
that of regular rice.
    " Scientifically, the gene that we found is rare but clear proof of a biological ability to adapt to a harsh
environment," he said. "It's a genetic strategy specifically to survive flooding."
    High water levels in rice field can be a serious problem. In some areas, rains can cause water levels
to rise dangerously high during the growing season and flash flooding can fully submerge plants for days
or even weeks.
    Rice is a main food for billions, and while productivity has increased dramatically since the 1960s,
yields must be doubled to meet projected requirements by 2050. More than 30 percent of Asian and
40 percent of African rice land is either lowland field or deepwater field.
    Laurentius of Utrecht University said the study is significant because high-yield rice varieties cannot
survive extremes of floods. "The introduction of these genes into high-yield varieties, using advanced
breeding strategies, promises to improve the quality and quantity of rice," he said.
1. What is the main character of SNORKEL genes?  
A. They prevent rice from being attacked by various diseases.
B. They help rice grow taller in highland regions.
C. They make rice grow tall enough to survive in deep water.
D. They make rice be ripe within a shorter time.
2. According to Ashikari, the rice with the gene his team found ______.
A. will be helpful for Southeast Asia 
B. has been widely used in Southeast Asia
C. will be one third more expensive than regular rice
D. is lower in production than regular rice
3. The underlined word"submerge"in the sixth paragraph probably means _____. 
A. cover
B. damage
C. produce
D. kill
4. What Laurentius said in the last paragraph suggests that_____.
A. rice will be planted on the farmland everywhere in the future
B. rice with SNORKEL genes will be of high quality in the future
C. high-yield rice varieties are not common nowadays
D. the quality of rice is difficult to improve
完形填空。
     How men first learnt to invent words is unknown;     1    ,the origin of language is a mystery. All we
really know is that men,   2    animals, somehow    3    certain sounds to express thoughts, actions, and
things,    4    they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed    5    certain signs,    6 
  letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and    7   could be written down. These
sounds,    8    spoken, or written in letters, we call words. The    9    of words, then, lies in their associations-the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with    10    for us by experience.    11    we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our    12    and the more we read
and learn, the more    13    words that mean something to us increases. Great writers are those    14    not
only have great thoughts but also    15    these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds
and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is   16    we call literary style. Above all, the real poet
is a matter of    17    . he can convey (传达) his meaning in words which sing like music, and which by their position and association can    18    men to tears. We should therefore learn to    19    our words carefully
and use them accurately,    20    they will make our speech silly and vulgar (粗俗的).
(    )1. A. in other words  
(    )2. A. unlike          
(    )3. A.discovered      
(    )4. A.unless          
(    )5. A.to              
(    )6. A. formed          
(    )7. A. what            
(    )8. A. whether        
(    )9. A. energy          
(    )10. A. sounds        
(    )11. A.The longer      
(    )12. A. past          
(    )13. A.a number of    
(    )14. A.who            
(    )15. A.say            
(    )16. A.what            
(    )17. A.thoughts        
(    )18. A.move            
(    )19. A.elect          
(    )20. or                		 B. word for word  
B. like          
B. found          
B. so that        
B. with          
B. spoken        
B. which          
B. neither        
B. force          
B. pronunciation  
B. Long          
B. present        
B. the number of  
B. that          
B. write          
B. how            
B. himself        
B. let            
B. select        
B. and            		 C. in a word  
C. as        
C. created    
C. as if      
C. upon      
C. written    
C. whom      
C. either    
C. power      
C. structure  
C. Longer    
C. now        
C. the number
C. what      
C. explain    
C. why        
C. words      
C. get        
C. decide    
C. so         		D. in word    
D. with      
D. invented  
D. in case    
D. at        
D. called    
D. as        
D. if        
D. strength  
D. meanings  
D. The long  
D. future    
D. numbers of
D. they      
D. express    
D. which      
D. poems      
D. make      
D. choose    
D. but        
阅读理解。

     A new plan for getting children to and from school is being started by a local government in Eastern
England. This could end the worries of many parents fearful for their children's safety on the roads.
     Until now the local government have been prepared to provide bus services for children living more
than three miles from their school, or sometimes less if special reasons existed. Now it has been decided
that if a group of parents ask for help in organizing transport they will be prepared to go ahead, as long as
the arrangement will not lose money and children taking part will be attending their nearest school.
     The new plan is to be fired out this term for children living at Milton who attend Impington School. The children live just within the three-mile limit and the local government said in the past that they would not
undertake to provide free transport to the school. But now they have agreed to offer a sum of money for
a bus service from Milton to Impington School and back, a plan which has the support of the school's
headmaster. Between 50 and 60 parents have said they would like their children to take part. Final
calculations have still to be carried out, but a government official has said the cost to parents should be
less than ?20 a term.  They have been able to arrange the service at a low cost because there is already
an agreement with the bus company for a bus to take children who live further away to Impington. The
same bus would now just make one more journey to pick up the Milton children. The official said they
would get in touch with other groups of parents who in the past had asked if transport could be provided
for their children, to see if they would like to take part in the new plan.

1. What is the aim of the plan?  
A. To prevent the students' road accident.
B. To relieve the traffic pressure.
C. To save time for the parents and students.
D. To help the parents save money
2. How can the local government arrange the new bus service at a low cost?
A. By letting the bus run in the morning only.
B. By limiting the number of the students.
C. By getting the support from the headmaster.
D. By linking(连接) the new bus service with the existing one.
3. Which of the following is possible if the plan is carried out?
A. The bus company will make much more money.
B. The children can choose whatever school they like.
C. The parents can get rid of their worries.
D. The students in Impington school can have free bus rides.
4. This passage is most probably ______. 
A. a personal letter    
B. an advertisement
C. a headmaster's report    
D. a newspaper article
用方框中词或短语的适当形式完成短文。
communicate with,    base,    make use of,    bring about,    latter,
such as,    identity,    number,    over time,    at present
     Nowadays, more and more people learn and speak English. China may have the largest l.________ of
English learners.
     At first, the English spoken in England was very different from today's English. It was 2.________ more
on German than the English we speak 3.________ It has changed and developed 4.________ especially when
cultures meet and 5.________ each other. In history, Shakespeare 6.________ a wider vocabulary than ever
before. By the 19th century, Samuel Johnson's and Noah Webster's dictionaries 7.________ big changes in
English spelling. The 8.________ gave a separate 9. ________ to American English spelling. Now many
countries in South Asia and Africa, 10.________ India, Singapore, South Africa and so on speak English as a
foreign or second language.
阅读理解。
     A good education is very important for the healthy development of a child. But the way in which education is understood has changed completely. In the past, stern and rough ways were used to bring up a child, and unfeeling rules were supposed to create the excellent personality of the typical gentleman. Nowadays, society is much more open-minded and it does not put a great value on being so strict with children although this doesn't mean that opinions regarding this subject do not differ.
     On the one hand, there are those in favor of a strict teacher and the narrow-minded people who consider that only a rough hand is able to properly educate a child. Firstly, according to them, children should fear their teachers, as this is the only way in which they will pay attention. In addition to that, they think that a pupil will never learn because he enjoys doing so and takes interest in what he is doing, but only because that is what he is supposed to do if he doesn't want a low grade.
     On the other hand, there are people who believe that only by having a friendly attitude and listening to the opinions of their pupils can a teacher do his job at a high standard. Their opinion is that there has to be a connection between teachers and students before any satisfying result can be achieved. Luckily, more and more teachers understand this fact and are doing their best to get over the strict rules and get in touch with their students.
      However, this does not mean that a teacher shouldn't be a bit tougher when he feels that things are getting out of hand. All in all, I must say that a good teacher is a teacher that has the ability to be kind and strict at the same time, thus winning the respect and interest of his students.
1. Which of the following words can replace the underlined word "stern" in the first paragraph?
A. Strict
B. Ridiculous
C. Unhealthy
D. Impolite
2. Narrow-minded people think that students will only learn because of _____.
A. their interest in knowledge
B. their desire to get high marks
C. their dislike of teachers
D. their parents' will
3. Which of the following is NOT an opinion held by people who believe a teacher should be friendly?
A. Teachers should lower the standards for students
B. Teachers should have a kind attitude to students
C. Teachers should pay attention to their students' opinions
D. Teachers should often communicate with students.
4. According to the author, a teacher should ______.
A. always be tough and strict
B. always be kind and soft
C. often be kind, but be strict if necessary
D. often be strict, but be kind if necessary
阅读理解。
     Grown-ups know that people and objects are solid. At the movies, we know that if we reach out to
touch Tom Cruise, all we will feel is air. But does a baby have this understanding?
     To see whether babies know objects are solid, T.Bower designed a method for projecting an optical
illusion (视觉影像) of a hanging ball. His plan was to first give babies a real ball, one they could reach
out and touch, and then to show them the illusion. If they knew that objects are solid, and they show
surprise in their faces and reach out for the illusion and found empty air, they could be expected
movements. All the 16-to 24-week-old babies tested were surprised when they reached for the illusion
and found that the ball was not there.
     Grown-ups also have a sense of object permanence. We know that if we put a box in a room and
lock the door, the box will still be there when we come back. But does a baby realize that a ball that rolls
under a chair does not disappear or go to never-never land?
     Experiments done by bower suggest that babies develop a sense of object permanence when they are
about 18 weeks old. In his experiments, Bower used a toy train that went behind a screen. When
16-week-old and 22-week-old babies watched the toy train disappear behind the left side of the screen,
they looked to the right, expecting it to reappear. If the experimenter took the train off the table and lifted
the screen, all the babies seemed surprised not to see the train. This seems to show that all the babies had a sense of object permanence. But the second part of the experiment showed that this was not really the
case. The researcher substituted (替换) a ball for the train when it went behind the screen.
The 22-week-old babies seemed surprised and looked back to the left side for the train. But
16-week-old babies did not seem to notice the switch (更换). Thus, the 16-week-old babies seemed to
have a sense of "something permanence," while the 22-week-old babies had a sense of object
permanence related to a particular object.
 1. The passage is mainly about ______.
A. babies' sense of sight    
B. effects of experiments on babies
C. babies' understanding of objects    
D. different tests on babies' feelings
2. In Paragraph 3, "object permanence" means that when out of sight, an object ______.
A. still exists  
B. keeps its shape  
C. still stays solid  
D. is beyond reach
3. What did Bower use in his experiment?
A. A chair    
B. A screen        
C. A film      
D. A box
4. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The babies didn't have a sense of direction.
B. The older babies preferred toy trains to balls
C. The younger babies liked looking for missing objects.
D. The babies couldn't tell a ball from its optical illusion.
阅读理解。
     "Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell."
     This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown citizen who lived
in   Rome in 52 wrote it.
     We all love new inventions. They are exciting , amazing and can even change our lives.
     But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?
     Picture this: You're rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a
QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and
louder. Suddenly the computer goes empty and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night
to get it done. How calm and happy do you feel?
     Inventions have speeded up (加速) our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed (压力)
and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no
cars, not even electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they simpler lives.
     On e family in the UK went "back in time" to see what life was like without all the inventions we have
today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10, and Thomas,7, spent nine
weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phones.
     The grandmother, Lyn, said, "It was hard physically, but not mentally." She believed life was less
materialistic. "The more things you have , the more difficult life becomes." She said. The boys said they
found less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed
from being a trendy, beer-drinking granny, to one who cooked things.
     Here are some simple ways to beat the stress often caused by our inventions!
     Don't be available all the time. Turn off your mobile phone at certain times of the day.
     Don't check your e-mail every day.
     Don't reply to somebody as son as they leave a text message just because you can. It may be fun at
first, but it soon gets boring.
 1. The passage is mainly about_______.
A. problems with technology
B. improvements of our life with technology
C. the important roles technology plays in our everyday life
D. major changes which will be likely to happen to technology
2. The writer quoted( 引用) what a citizen in ancient Rome said at the beginning of the story
     in order to _______.
A. share a truth about life
B. tell us what life was like long time ago
C. make us wonder what causes such a thing to happen
D. point out that you experience some big problems and they may be the same
3. The family chose to spend some time in a 1940's house because ______.  
A. they liked to live simple lives
B. they were curious about how people lived without modern inventions
C. they were troubled by modern inventions
D. living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them
 4. What do you think the underlined word "available" in the first suggestion offered by the writter means? 
A. Busy on line   
B. Free    
C. Able to be used    
D. Able to be found by others
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