To be a good teacher, you need some of the talents of a good actor: you must be able to hold attention and
interest of your students; you must be a clear speaker, with a good, strong, pleasing voice which is fully under
your control; you must be able to act what you are teaching,in order to make its meaning clear.  
     A good teacher does't sit still before his class；he stands all the time while he is teaching; he walks about,
using his arms,hands and fingers to help him in his explanations,and his face to express his feelings. Listen to
him,and you will hear the loudness, the quality and musical note of his voice always changing according to
what he is talking about. 
      The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor doesn't mean he will indeed be able to
act well on the stage, for the re are very important differences between the teacher's work and the actor's. the
actor has to speak words he has learnt by heart；he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays
a certain part,even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand. What
he has to do is to make all the se carefully learnt words seem natural on the stage.
     A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience takes an active part in his play-the y ask and
answer questions,the y obey orders,and if the y don't understand something,the y say no. the teacher the
refore has to meet the needs of his audience. He can't learn his part by heart,because the ir brains couldn't keep
discipline:the y couldn't keep strictly to what another has written.

1. If you want to be a good teacher, you should _____.  

A. act out what you have learnt strictly
B. be a good actor on the stage
C. sit all the time while teaching
D. suit the need of different students

2. the underlined word talents in the first paragraph means _____.

A. methods
B. girls
C. wishes
D interests

3. In what way is a teacher's work different from that of an actor's?

A. the teacher must learn everything by heart.
B. He has to deal with unexpected situations.  
C. He has to use more facial expressions.
D. He has to control his voice better than an actor.

4. the main difference between students and audience in the the atre is that students _____.

A. move around the class
B. keep silent all the time
C. take an active part in class
D. 1ike body language

5. If Tom Hanks,the famous actor, would like to be a good teacher, he may need training in _____. 

A. how to use body language
B. how to repeat his lines
C. how to be more quick-minded
D. how to be attractive

     Should parents ever hit their children?
     Research suggests many of us are likely to respond"no", and public support for spanking (打屁股) has been
falling over the years. But surveys also show that 75 percent to nearly 90 percent of parents admit to spanking
their child at least once.
     I was raised in a zero-tolerance home for disrespect, and my parents often turned to physical punishment.
And, no, I don't feel I was damaged by it.
    Nothing is more annoying than watching ill-mannered behavior from children.
     But there is data to suggest that a return to old-school spanking isn't the answer.
     Two years ago, Newsweek reported that it had found data suggesting that teens whose parents used
physical punishment were more likely to become aggressive.
     Murray Straus, professor at the University of New Hampshire in America, has studied the topic of children
and spanking for decades. He said that children who were physically punished have lower IQs than their peers.
It may be that children with lower IQs were more likely to get spanked, but the punishment may have been
counterproductive (反作用的) to their mental development, as well.
     Some researchers make the argument that occasional open-handed smacks (用巴掌打) on the bottom are
not only harmless but can have some benefit.
     Last year, Marjorie Gunnoe, a psychologist at Calvin College, studied teens who have never been spanked.
There are a greater number of children growing up without ever having been physically punished. Gunnoe's
research suggests they don't turn out any better than those who were sometimes spanked. 
     There are some parents who simply cannot control their tempers (脾气). But I still believe that the best
parents are the ones who are able to offer fair and firm discipline without ever turning to physical punishment.

1. According to the first three paragraphs, the author was probably hit by her parents when _____.

A. they were dissatisfied with her grade
B. she showed no respect for the elder
C. they cannot control their temper
D. their discipline turns out to be not strict enough

2. According to Murray Straus, children who are physically punished _____.

A. are less aggressive toward others when they get older
B. have slower physical development
C. benefit from occasional spanking
D. may develop lower IQs than their peers

3. The author seems to agree that ______.

A. parents should determine whether a child needs to be smacked or not
B. children who have been spanked tend to behave better than those who haven't
C. good parents discipline their children in a fair and reasonable way
D. physical punishment should be the last resort (手段) of any parent

     When the two tiny ducklings were caught by the sharp jaws of a larger German shepherd, they must have
thought their time on earth was up.
     But as luck would have it for the frightened wild ducklings that had lost their mother, the dog that helped
them out of the bushes had only their best interests at heart. Duke, a one-year-old German shepherd, found the
two ducklings hidden in long grass next to his owner's workplace on the edge of the Thronybankw.w.^
Industrial Estate in Dalkeith.
     And despite the natural instincts of a hunter, the dog gently took them in its mouth and carried them back
to his blanket, putting them down where it was warm and even washing them clean with his tongue. The
ducklings will be looked after by staff at the center until they are old enough to be released into the wild.
      "This dog is a modern day Rin Tin Tin, ( the world's most famous German shepherd dog) and to pick
them up in his mouth without harming them is quite something."To them try and wash them is just amazing
behavior." said one of the staff.

1. The underlined part in the first paragraph means ________.

A. they used up their time completely.
B. they will become the food of the dog.
C. they will be saved by the dog.
D. they have finished their daily job.

2. Duke is the ________ of the German shepherd.

A. name
B. owner
C. friend
D. trainer

3. From the sentence "And despite the natural instincts of a hunter,…" in fourth paragraph
    we learned the fact that ________.

A. Dogs are friendly to their preys
B. Dogs change their appetite
C. Dogs are born hunter
D. Dogs become vegetarian

4. According to the last two paragraphs we know that it is ________ for a hunter like dog to save
      and even lick ducklings clean.

A. common
B. impossible
C. interesting
D. amazing

     Andrew Ritchie, inventor of the Brompton folding bicycle, once said that the perfect portable bike would
be "like a magic carpet…You could fold it up and put it into your pocket or handbag". Then he paused:"But
you'll always be limited by the size of the wheels. And so far no one has invented a folding wheel."
     It was a rare-indeed unique-occasion when I was able to put Ritchie right. A 19th-century inventor,
William Henry James Grout, did in fact design a folding wheel. His bike, predictably named the Grout Portable,
had a frame that split into two and a larger wheel that could be separated into four pieces. All the bits fitted
into Grout's Wonderful Bag, a leather case.
     Grout's aim: to solve the problems of carrying a bike on a train. Now doesn't that sound familiar? Grout
intended to find a way of making a bike small enough for train travel: his bike was a huge beast. And importantly,
the design of early bicycles gave him an advantage: in Grout's day, tyres were solid, which made the business
of splitting a wheel into four separate parts relatively simple. You couldn't do the same with a wheel fitted with
a one-piece inflated (充气的) tyre.
     So, in a 21st-century context, is the idea of the folding wheel dead? It is not. A British design engineer,
Duncan Fitzsimons, has developed a wheel that can be squashed into something like a slender ellipse (椭圆).
Throughout, the tyre remains inflated.
     Will the young Fitzsimons's folding wheel make it into production? I haven't the foggiest idea. But his
inventiveness shows two things. First, people have been saying for more than a century that bike design has
reached its limit, except for gradual advances. It's as silly a concept now as it was 100 years ago: there's plenty
still to go for. Second, it is in the field of folding bikes that we are seeing the most interesting inventions. You
can buy a folding bike for less than ￡1,000 that can be knocked down so small that it can be carried on a
plane-minus wheels, of course-as hand baggage.
     Folding wheels would make all manner of things possible. Have we yet got the magic carpet of Andrew
Ritchie's imagination? No. But it's progress.

1. We can infer from Paragraph 1 that the Brompton folding bike _____.

A. was portable
B. had a folding wheel
C. could be put in a pocket
D. looked like a magic carpet

2. We can learn from the text that the wheels of the Grout Portable _____.

A. were difficult to separate
B. could be split into 6 pieces
C. were fitted with solid tyres
D. were hard to carry on a train

3. We can learn from the text that Fitzsimons's invention _____.

A. kept the tyre as a whole piece
B. was made into production soon
C. left little room for improvement
D. changed our views on bag design

4. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A. Three folding bike inventors
B. The making of a folding bike
C. Progress in folding bike design
D. Ways of separating a bike wheel

     Hello, children and parents. Thank you all for coming to the meeting . I’d like to start by confirming
 (保证) that we will receive some money from the government for our school trip to Indonesia. We will
 receive about $ 1,300 per child , which will reduce the whole cost to you . 
      Now that we are sure to get the money , it is time to do some serious planning . We are sure that 
the trip will be very exciting for the children, especially if they have not traveled overseas before . There
 are many benefits (利益好处) to having a trip to different places and cultures. Your children will be able
 to learn a lot about other people and cultures on this trip . 
     Leanne is with us tonight . Leanne, where are you ? Put up your hand , Leanne , so that the people 
can see who you are . Thank you . Leanne went on the trip last year and will be happy to tell you of her
 experiences and answer any questions you might have . We will hear from her a bit later in the meeting . 
     We only have five months to organize the trip . From past experience I can tell you that this time will
 go very quickly . So we need to start organizing the trip . 
     This is the agenda (议程) for tonight’s meeting. 
     Passports: when and how to apply for one 
     Schedule :what places we will visit 
     Health matters: what precautions you need to take , plus any special needs that your child may have . 
     Studying :description of the school and type of lessons your child will attend 
     Money: paying for the trip ,plus how much money your child should take 
     Hotel : where we will be staying 
     Clothing and personal items: what your children should take with them . 
     Are there any other items that you would like to place on the agenda? 

1. The main idea of this speech is about ______.    

A a school trip to another country      
B. getting a job to another country     
C. people studying in another country   
D. schools in another country 

2. The speaker will discuss except ______.    

A. spending money   
B. hotels    
C. group leaders    
D. places to see 

3. ______ will help pay for this trip according to the text .    

A. The students themselves        
B. The students’ parents    
C. The organizer of the trip       
D. The government 

4. We can learn form the text that _________.

A. Leanne is from Indonesia and knows very well about the coming trip  
B. the students are able to attend some lessons during their trip     
C. the students going on the trip will cost nothing     
D. the speaker is likely to come from the government . 

     The concept of Emotional Intelligence（EQ or EI）was first given by Peter Salovey and John 
Mayer, but it became widely popular after the publication of Daniel Goleman’s best seller " Emotional 
Intelligence” in 1995. The meaning of emotional intelligence is " Knowing how you and others feel and 
what to do about it."   
     The control center of our emotions is a small part of our brain called the amygdala（类扁桃体）,
 which scans incoming signals from our sensory organs（eyes, ears…）and acts as the emotional alarm
 center of our body. When it detects a condition that we hate, that we fear, or that could hurt us, it sends 
an immediate signal to the other parts of our brain that controls our actions.   
     The amygdala’s widespread web of neural（神经系统的）connections allows it, during an 
emotional emergency, to take control of much of the rest of the brain including the mind. This explains 
why we sometimes do things “without thinking” like closing our eyes just before a flying insect hits our
 face or losing control during the course of a heated argument.   
     Emotions are important for good decision-making and to keep friendly relationships with others 
around us. We admire people with determination who have the ability to control their emotions when they
 face pressure, arguments or aggression（attack）. We also enjoy being with people who can express 
co-operation and forgiveness. We need these emotions to be happy in our professional life as much as
 we need them in our private life.   
     The majority of problems at work are caused by unmet emotional needs. The emotional-intelligent
 manager knows how to make out and manage the emotional needs of both the customers and his team. 
He or she, wants to help others feel respected, supported, helped, trusted, important, special, useful, 
needed and valued.   
     When our emotional needs are satisfied, we feel better, and when we feel better, we are more 
productive, patient, creative, open-minded, and caring.   
     Emotional intelligence requires that we develop our abilities in four main areas:   
     1）self-awareness   being aware of our emotions as they happen;   
     2）managing emotions   keeping a healthy balance of emotion and thinking;   
     3）recognizing emotions in others   it’s a great communicating skill;   
     4）handling relationships   managing emotions in others increases our popularity, our leadership
 ability and our communication effectiveness.   

1. When did EQ become popular?   

A. After Peter Salovey and John Mayer defined the term.   
B. After computers became widely spread in our life.   
C. After Daniel Goleman published his book on EQ.   
D. After an expert said it was quite important.