阅读理解。
     Cyber language is popular among Chinese netizens, who create English words to reflect novel
phenomenon in society.
     "Geilivable", combining pinyin of Chinese characters Geili (giving strength) with the English suffix
for adjectives, literally means "giving power" or "cool". Similarly, "hengeilivable" means "very cool",
and "ungeilivable" means "dull, not cool at all". "Antizen" refers to the group of college graduates who,
earning a small salary and living in small rented apartments, are like the tiny and laborious ants.
     David Tool, a professor with the Beijing International Studies University said it's very interesting to
combine Chinese with English to create new words. "English is no longer mysterious to the Chinese
people. They can use the language in a flexible way according to their own experiences," he said. Chinese
words and expressions were created, as well, by netizens. One example was "Suan Ni Hen". This three-
character expression, which originally meant "you win" with the first character carrying the same
pronunciation as garlic in Chinese, is used to satirize (讽刺) high garlic and food prices this winter.
     Chinese people use the character "bei" before a verb to show a passive voice, and it is used by netizens
to show the helplessness in front of false conclusions and fake media reports. For instance, "zisha" means
"suicide" while "beizisha" means "be officially presumed to have committed suicide", and "xiaokang" means
"fairly comfortable life" while "beixiaokang" means "be said to be living a fairly comfortable life".
     Wu Zhongmin, a professor at the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of
China, saw the phenomenon of word creation as a natural response of young people to social issues. "Cyber
language is more vivid and it shortens people's distances," he said.
1. The passage mainly tells us that _____.
A. cyber language is popular among all people
B. cyber language is of great fun
C. cyber language needs to be taught at college
D. cyber language in China is popular for it's relation with society
2. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Ungeilivable means "dull, not cool at all".
B. Antizens live in small rented apartments with small salaries.
C. Suan Ni Hen refers to the highest food prices ever.
D. Beixiaokang means "be said" to be living a comfortable life.
3. What can we infer from the phenomenon of word creation?
A. It's getting more difficult to understand cyber language.
B. Young people are more likely to respond to nature.
C. Social phenomena are more easily reflected in cyber language.
D. The best way to create new cyber words is to combine Chinese and English.
4. Chinese netizens created English words by _____.
A. combining pinyin of Chinese characters with the English suffix
B. using the character carrying the same pronunciation
C. combining Chinese characters with the English
D. putting the character"bei" before an English word
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     [1] Canadian culture was heavily influenced by British culture and traditions. Now one can also notice
the influence of American culture. Over the years, lots of people have moved to Canada. There has been
a healthy change of Canadian's ideas that has resulted in the development of certain special features in
Canada. The people of Canada have always been proud of their diverse cultural backgrounds.
     [2] Art: Canada has some of the most wonderful classical works of art. In the year 1930, artists began
developing their own personal style. The"Group of Seven" is considered to be the first group of native artists
to create their own style.
     [3] Language and religion: Because of its diverse cultures, Canada has two official languages, English
and French. There is _____. A number of people in Canada have confirmed that they have no religious belief,
though there are many other groups that follow Protestantism as a religion.
     [4] Literature: The literature of Canada basically shows the different cultural influences of other countries.
Some of the early works were divided according to the region of Canada from which the author came, but
there were also authors who gave a humorous touch to serious contents. A number of authors have been
awarded for their literature works.
     [5] Music: Music in Canada has seen many developments in styles along the way. Many Canadian
musicians have earned worldwide fame. From folk music to rock, Canadian music continues to entertain
people. In recent years, music from Asia and Africa has found quite a fan following in Canada.
1. What is the main idea of the text? (no more than 3 words)
2. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words. (no more than 3 words)
3. What does the word"their" (Line 4, Para l) refer to? (no more than 2 words)
4. Canadian culture has been influenced by many other countries. List all of them mentioned in the text. (no
    more than 10 words)
5. Complete the following statement with proper words. (no more than 5 words) Recently, music from Asia
    and Africa has become in Canada.
阅读理解。
     The Mother Goose stories, so well known to children all over the world, are commonly said to have been
written by a little old woman for her grandchildren. According to some people, she lived in Boston, and her
real name was Elizabeth Vergoose. Her son-in-law, a printer named Thomas Fleet, was supposed to have
published the famous nursery stories and rhymes (押韵诗) in 1719. However, no copy of this book has ever
been found, and most scholars doubt the truth of this story-and doubt, moreover, that Mother Goose was ever
a real person. They point out that the name is a direct translation of the French "Mere L'oye'. In 1697 the
Frenchman Charles Perrault published the first book in which this name was used. The collection contains
eight tales, including"Sleeping Beauty", "Cinderella", and "Puss in Boots". But Perrault did not originally make
up these stories； they were already quite popular in his day, and he only collected them.
     In 1729 there appeared an English translation of Perrault's collection, Robert Samber's Histories or Tales
of Past Times, Told by Mother Goose (London, 1729), which introduced "Sleeping Beauty", "Little Red Riding-
hood", "Puss in Boots", "Cinderella" and other Perrault's tales to English-speaking audiences. These were fairy
tales(童话). John Newbery published a book of English rhymes, Mother Goose's Melody, or, Sonnets for the
Cradle (London, undated, 1765), which switched the focus from fairy tales to nursery rhymes, and in English
this was until recently the primary meaning for Mother Goose. A book of poems for children entitled Mother
Goose's Melody was published in England in 1781, and the name"Mother Goose" has been associated with
children's poetry ever since.
1. What was thought to have happened in 1719?
A. Thomas Fleet published the Mother Goose stories.
B. The Mother Goose stories were translated into French.
C. Charles Perrault published the first Mother Goose stories.
D. Elizabeth Vergoose collected the first Mother Goose stories.
2. The author of the Mother Goose stories is _____.
A. Elizabeth Vergoose
B. Thomas Fleet
C. Charles Perrault
D. still uncertain
3. Which of the following is the correct order to describe the event according to the passage?
a. Charles Perrault published his book containing eight popular tales.
b. John Newbery switched the focus from fairy tales to nursery rhymes.
c. The book introducing"Cinderella" to English speakers came out.
d. A book of poems Mother Goose's Melody was published in England.
A. c-b-a-d
B. c-a-d-b
C. a-c-b-d
D. a-d-c-b
5. Today when people talk about Mother Goose, they refer to _____.
A. the French "Mere L'oye"
B. children's poetry
C. a kind of animal
D. a printer of Boston
阅读理解。
     I remembered little of the journey which started so early in the morning. I only knew that the day seemed
extremely long, and that we appeared to travel over hundreds of miles. Calmed by the sound of the carriage
wheels, I fell asleep. But I had not slept long when the carriage stopped, the door was opened, and I saw a
servant standing there.
     "Is there a little girl called Jane Eyre here?" she asked. I answered "Yes," and was then lifted out. I looked
about me. I could see a house with many windows. There were lights burning in some of them. We went up
a wide path, and were admitted at a door. Then the servant led me through a passage into a room where she
left me I stood and warmed my frozen fingers at the fire and looked around. There was no candle, but the
light for the fire showed wails, a carpet, curtains and furniture. Then the door opened, and a tall lady entered
followed by another who looked younger. "The child is very young to be sent alone," said she, putting her
candle down on the table.
     Led by the younger lady, Miss Miller, through passage after passage, we came, at last to a long, wide room
filled with many voices. There were many tables, and seated all round on benches were a large number of girls
aged from nine to twenty. Seen in the dim (微弱的) light of the candles, their number appeared above eighty.
Each was dressed in a brown old fashioned dress of cheap material. It was their hour of study.
     Miss Miller signed to me to sit on a bench near the door, then walking up to the top of the long room she
cried out "Monitors, collect the lesson-books and put them away!"
     Four tall girls arose and went round, gathered the books and removed them. Miss Miller again ordered,
"Monitors, fetch the supper-trays (托盘)!" Then tall girls went out and returned soon, each carrying a big tray.
Food and water was in the middle of each tray. The food was handed round and everyone drank from the
same mug. When it came to my turn, I drank too, for I was thirsty, but I did not touch the food. From there
I was taken to my hard bed where I thankfully fell asleep immediately.
1. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Jane Eyre's First Day at School
B. Jane Eyre's Long Journey to School
C. Jane Eyre's First Meal at School
D. Jane Eyre's First Impression of the School
2. Jane remembered little of the journey partly because _____.
A. she was asleep on the way
B. she traveled over hundreds of miles
C. the day seemed very tong
D. she was calmed by the sound of the wheels
3. Which of the following is TRUE? 
A. Jane was led to the wide room by the tall lady.
B. Miss Miller helped put the books away.
C. The monitors were tall and strong.
D. There were about 50 girls in the room.
4. We can learn from the passage that _____.
A. the school accepted both boys and girls
B. the living conditions for students were poor
C. the classroom was also used as a meeting room
D. the students there needed to fetch food themselves
阅读理解。
     The Erie Canal was the first important national waterway built in the US. It crossed New York from
Buffalo on Lake Erie Troy to Albany on the Hudson River.lt joined the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.
The canal served as a route over which industrial goods could flow into the west, and materials could pour
into the east. The Erie Canal helped New York develop into the nation's largest city.
     The building of the canal was paid for entirely by the state of New York. It cost $7,143,789, but it soon
gained its price many times over. Between 1825, when the canal was opened, and 1882, when toll charges
(过运河费) were stopped, the state collected $ 121,461,891.
     For a hundred years before the Erie was built, people had been talking about a canal which could join the
Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. The man who planned the Erie Canal and carried the plan through was
De Witt Clinton. Those who were against the canal laughingly called it "Clinton's Ditch (沟)". Clinton talked
and wrote about the canal and drew up plans for it. He and Governor Morris went to Washington in 1812 to
ask for help for the canal, but they were unsuccessful.
     Clinton became governor of New. York in 1817, and shortly afterwards, on July 4,1817, broke ground
for the canal in Rome, N. Y. The first part of the canal was completed in 1820. As the canal grew, towns
along its course developed fast. The length of the canal is 363 miles.
1. We can see that the Erie Canal _____.
A. joined the Great Lakes together
B. crossed New York from north to south
C. played an important part in developing New York City
D. was the first waterway built in the US
2. It can be inferred that _____ into the Atlantic Ocean. 
A. the Great Lakes flow
B. the Hudson River flows
C. Lake Erie flows
D. the Erie Canal flows
3. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. The Erie Canal brought profits of over $114,000,000.
B. It's 363 miles from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
C. The West was more advanced than the East when the canal was built.
D. Many other states helped New York build the canal.
4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Clinton broke ground for the canal at both ends.
B. Clinton started building the canal before he became governor.
C. All parts of the canal were completed at the same time.
D. Construction of the canal took eight years.
阅读理解。
     Many large cities in the United States have an area called Chinatown. Each of them was set up by people
who came from China. For example, Chinatown in San Francisco, California, began in the 1840s. The Chinese
immigrants (移民) came to America to look for gold. Then the area they lived in later became known as
Chinatown.
     Chinatowns were also setup in cities in the western states of Oregon and Washington during the middle of
the 19th century. Many Chinese immigrants in these areas helped build the first railroad system across the
United States. However, after the work ended in 1869, many Chinese moved to the eastern and middle parts of
the United States.
     Chinatowns can also be found in cities outside the United States. For example, the first Chinese immigrants
in London arrived in the late 18th century. They were men who worked for the East India Company. Later, the
Chinese immigrants opened small stores and restaurants there.
     Today, many people visit Chinatowns. They have special Chinese gates and walking areas for visitors.
Chinatowns around the world are not only places where Chinese people live and work. They are also places
where visitors can learn more about Chinese culture and traditions.
1. In the 1840s, a large number of Chinese people went to America to _____.
A. look for jobs
B. look for gold
C. build Chinatowns
D. build the railway
2. According to the passage, Chinatown in Oregon was set up about _____ years ago.
A. 100
B. 160
C. 200
D. 300
3. According to the passage, Chinatown can also be found in _____ outside the United States.
A. London
B. Oregon
C. Washington
D. San Francisco
4. Visitors come to Chinatowns because they want to _____.
A. taste the food there
B. do shopping there
C. make some Chinese friends
D. learn more about Chinese culture
5. What's the best title of the passage?
A. The History of Chinatowns
B. The Visitors to Chinatowns
C. The Culture about Chinatowns
D. The Immigrants in Chinatowns
阅读理解。
     The BRICK Awards are given each year to young people who make our world a better place. These youth
service awards were presented recently to twelve young people for their community action projects.
     For the first time, the BRICK Awards were presented on an American TV show. Twelve people under the
age of 25 from the United States and Canada won awards of 10,000 dollars to continue their work.
     They were honored for their protection in four areas: public health, community building, education and
environment. Young people voted online for the top four winners. These people received Golden BRICK Awards,
worth a total of 25,000 dollars.
     One of these winners is Jennifer Staple of Newton, Connecticut. She created an organization called Unite
for Sight. It provides eye care and education programs to more than 400,000 people around the world.
     Kimmie Weeks is another Golden BRICK Awards winner. He survived the war in Liberia and later got
political protection in the United States. Now he lives in Newark, Delaware. He started Youth Action
International, a group that helps children affected by war. It operates programs in several African nations.
     Ashley Rhodes-Courter lived in 14 different homes before being adopted at the age of twelve. Now she lives
in Crystal River, Florida. She works to improve the lives of children with no parents.
     Divine Bradley is the fourth Golden BRICK award winner. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. As a teenager,
he wanted to create a safe place where children could go after school. The result was Team Revolution, a
community led by young people. It has provided after-school programs to more than 500 young people.
     The BRICK Awards are given by an organization in New York called Do Something. It tries to encourage
young people to find something that is meaningful to them and do something to bring about social change.
1. According to the passage, we know that _____.
A. Kimmie Weeks survived the civil war in Liberia before he got political protection in the U.K
B. Ashley Rhodes-Courter lived in 14 different homes before being adopted at 12
C. Jennifer Bradley wanted to create a safe place where children could go after school
D. Divine Staple created an organization called United for Hearing
2. The reason why the BRICK Awards are given by an organization in New York City is that _____.

A. it tries to inspire young people to do something meaningful to themselves and society
B. it tries to give young people a political protection
C. it tries to encourage young people to improve their lives
D. it tries to encourage young people to create a safe place

3. The tone of the passage towards the young people who won the BRICK Awards is _____.
A. negative
B. critical
C. positive
D. indifferent
阅读理解。
     One Saturday afternoon in February, 1943, a farmer in Mexico stopped working for a moment and looked
across his fields of corn. Suddenly he saw a thin line of white smoke curling up out of his field, about 200 feet
from where he stood. As he went toward the smoke to see what it was, he heard a strange noise. The line of
smoke became bigger. It looked as if some great force were pushing it up into the sky.
     The farmer rushed home to get his wife. While he was urging his wife to hurry from the house, the earth
shook violently. When he stood up after the earth stopped shaking, he looked across the field and saw that great
flames were rising from his cornfield. A volcano was being born!
     They hurried across the shaking earth to the village of Particutin, which was toward their farm. They found
the village was seriously destroyed and the road from the village was filled with frightened people hurrying to
safety. Particutin did not become dark that night. The volcano lighted up the sky for miles around. Flames
rushed out of the ground. The volcano threw hot stones a thousand feet through the air. Great explosion shook
the earth and heavy black ashes fell from the sky, covering the roofs in Mexico city, 180 miles away.
     But that was not all. On the third evening a float of lava (火山岩) began to boil up from the centre of the
volcano. It came over the edge in a heavy flow, 2 000 feet wide, and travelled slowly across the valley, bringing
certain death to everything that could not move from its path.
1. From the passage we can conclude EXCEPT that _____.
A. the volcano threw out a lot of ashes and hot stones
B. the volcano lasted several days
C. many people had to escape from the village
D. it caused many deaths and great loss
2. You can find the passage in a _____. 
A. newspaper
B. government report
C. leaflet for travellers
D. handbook
3. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. At the beginning the farmer heard a strange cry.
B. The farmer was working in the field when the disaster happened.
C. The farmer's wife was working in the field at that moment.
D. The village was badly damaged.
4. What does the passage mainly tell us?
A. The damage of a volcano.
B. A terrible volcano.
C. An unforgettable memory.
D. A farmer's experience.
阅读理解。
     The Homeless World Cup is an international football event, where teams made up entirely of people who
are homeless compete. The event has been held annually since 2003.
     It was at the end of 2001 that Mel Young, a famous expert in the media industry, came up with the idea
of the Homeless World Cup. 18 months later the first event took place in Austria. It was such a success that
people decided to do more.
     There are some interesting and special rules of the event. For example, players (male or female at least
16 years old) must have been homeless at some time after the previous year's World Cup or make their main
living income by selling newspapers in the street or be asylum (政治避难) seekers. Anyone can take part,
regardless of his or her abilities.
     There are at most 4 players per team to compete in the field. Games are 14 minutes long.
     In 2007, 48 nations, 500 players took a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to represent their countries for true
spirit and glory in Copenhagen, Denmark. The winner in 2007 was Scotland. The 2008 Homeless World Cup
took place in Melbourne, Australia. And in 2009 it was held in Milan. The latest Homeless World Cup was
held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in September 2010. Paris 2011 Homeless World Cup takes place August followed
by the Mexico City 2012 Homeless World Cup.
     The success of the competition has been in two aspects-to attract the world's attention to the problems of
homelessness and also to help participants live a better life.
     According to a survey by the Homeless World Cup Organization after 2006 Homeless World Cup, 92% of
the players had a new motivation for life, 93 players successfully got rid of their dependency on drugs and
alcohol, 44% improved their housing situation and 72% continued to play football.
1. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The first Homeless World Cup took place in 2003.
B. The Homeless World Cup was held every other year.
C. The host country of the 9th Homeless World Cup was Australia.
D. Anyone who is homeless can take part in the Homeless World Cup.
2. The aim of the Homeless World Cup is to _____.
A. promote the cause of football
B. help the homeless live a better life
C. draw attention to those living in poverty
D. call on homeless people to unite and compete for honor
3. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Most players moved out of poverty.
B. Homeless players became professional footballers.
C. 93% of the players were independent of drugs and alcohol.
D. The Homeless World Cup helped homeless people change their lives.
4. What would be the best title for this passage?
A. To End Homelessness
B. Football For Everyone
C. Hope For The Homeless
D. Beating Homelessness Through Football
阅读理解。
     Any discussion of English conversation, like any English conversation, must begin with The Weather.
And in this spirit of observing traditional rule, I shall quote Dr Johnson's famous comment that "When two
English meet, their first talk is of the weather", and point out that this observation is as accurate now as it
was over two hundred years ago.
     This, however, is the point at which most people either stop, or try, and fail, to come up with a convincing
explanation for the English "addiction" to the weather. They fail because their premise (前提) is mistaken: they
assume that our conversations about the weather are conversations about the weather. In other words, they
assume that we talk about the weather because we have a keen interest in the subject. Most of them then try to
figure out what it is about the English weather that is so fascinating.
     Bill Bryson, for example, concludes that the English weather is not at all fascinating, and that our "addiction"
to it is therefore very difficult to explain "To an outsider, the most striking thing about the English weather is
that there is not very much of it. All those phenomena that elsewhere give nature an edge of excitement,
unpredictability and danger-tornados, monsoons, hailstorms-are almost wholly unknown in the British Isles."
     Jeremy Paxman takes offence at Bryson's comments and argues that the English weather is truly fascinating: 
     Bryson misses the point, The interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty.., one of the
few things you can say about England with absolute certainty is that it has a lot of weather. It may not include
tropical cyclones but life at the edge of an ocean and the edge of a continent means you can never be entirely
sure what you're going to get.
     My research has convinced me that both Bryson and Paxrnan are missing the point, which is that our
conversations about the weather are not really about the weather at all: English weather-speak is a form of code,
developed to help us overcome our natural reserve (含蓄) and actually talk to each other. Everyone knows, for
example, that "Nice day, isn't it?", "Oh, isn't it cold?"; and other variations on the theme are not requests for
weather data: they are greetings or conversation-starters. In other words, English weather-speak is a form of
"cleaning talk"- the human equivalent of what is known as"social cleaning" among our primate (灵长类的)
cousins, where they spend hours cleaning each other's fur, even when they are perfectly clean, as a means of
social connection.
1. According to the author, most people's explanations for the English love for weather talk are _____.
A. scientific
B. incorrect
C. fascinating
D. accurate
2. As is stated in the passage, most people try to find out _____.
A. why the English weather is so unique
B. whether the English enjoy their weather
C. why the English are so interested in the topic of weather
D. whether the English really talk about weather when they do so
3. In Bill Bryson's opinion, the English "addiction" to their weather is _____.
A. understandable
B. convincing
C. respectable
D. unreasonable
4. Disapproving of Bill Bryson's opinion, Jeremy Paxman argues that _____.
A. the English talk about their weather because it is unpredictable
B. the English don't talk about weather as often as the outsiders think
C. the English weather can be as exciting as anywhere else's
D. the English weather talk is merely a form of small talk
5. According to the author, English weather-speak is similar to primates' social cleaning in that they are
    both _____.
A. ways of greeting
B. means of social connection
C. fascinating topics between people
D. phenomena difficult to understand to outsiders
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