1. What is the best title for the text?

A. The Best Way to Get News          
B. The Changes of Media
C. Make Your Own Newspaper        
D. The Future of Newspapers

2. In the writer's opinion, in the future, ___________.

A. more big political affairs, wars and disasters will make news
B. newspapers will not be printed in publishing houses any longer.
C. newspapers will cover more scientific research
D. more and more people will watch TV.

3. What will probably be on in the newspaper made by yourself?

A. Sports and international news.      
B. A menu of important news
C. The most important news.          
D. What you are interested in

4. From the text, we can infer that _____________.

A. newspapers will win the competition among the different media
B. newspapers will stay with us together with other media
C. television will take the place of newspapers.
D. some media will die out

5. The underlined phrase "feed off" in the last paragraph means ___________.

A. depend on    
B. compete with    
C. fight with      
D. kill of

      The African elephant, the largest land animal remaining on earth, is of great importance to African
ecosystem. Unlike other animals, the African elephant is to a great extent the builder of its environment.
As a big plant-eater, it largely shapes the forest-and-savanna(大草原)surroundings in which it lives,
therefore setting the terms of existence for millions of other animals that live in its habitat.
     It is the elephant's great desire for food that makes it a disturber of the environment and an important
builder of its habitat. In its continuous search for the 300 pounds of plants it must have every day, it kills
small trees and undergrowth, and pulls branches off big trees. This results in numerous open spaces in
both deep tropical forests and in the woodlands that cover part of the African savannas. In these open
spaces are numerous plants in various stages of growth that attract a variety of other plant-eaters.
      Take the rain forests for example. In their natural state, the spreading branches overhead shut out
sunlight and prevent the growth of plants on the forest floor. By pulling down trees and eating plants,
elephants make open spaces, allowing new plants to grow on the forest floor. In such situations, the
forests become suitable for large hoofed plant-eaters to move around and for small plant-eaters to
get their food as well.
     What worries scientists now is that the African elephant has become an endangered species. If the
elephant disappears, scientists say, many other animals will also disappear from vast areas of forest
and savanna, greatly changing and worsening the whole ecosystem.

1. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Disappearance of African elephants.
B. Forests and savannas as habitats for African elephants.
C. The effect of African elephants' search for food.
D. The eating habit of African elephants.

2. What does the underlined phrase "setting the terms" most probably mean?

A. Fixing the time.                
B. Worsening the state.
C. Improving the quality          
D. Deciding the conditions.

3. What do we know about the open spaces in the passage?

A. They result from the destruction of rain forests.
B. They provide food mainly for African elephants.
C. They are home to many endangered animals.
D. They are attractive to plant-eating animals of different kinds.

4. The passage is developed mainly by ______.

A. showing the effect and then explaining the causes
B. pointing out similarities and differences
C. describing the changes in space order
D. giving examples

    I have been using the Internet since I was five years old, when my dad first sat me down in front of our
computer and connected me to the World Wide Web.
    I've always felt like a master of the Internet world. AOL Instant Messaging, MSN, Gmail, Facebook, Myspace - I've got it all under control. I thought there was nothing more to the Internet besides checking
my e-mail and wasting my time until I found out about electronic commerce (e-commerce): business on
the Internet. Do Amazon.com, Yahoo.com, or monster.com mean anything to you?
    My friends often said they got cheap textbooks on Amazon.com, or had a good deal on Steve Madden boots that were on sale at SteveMadden.com. Unfortunately for me, I went on with my "e-commerce-less" Web-surfing, unaware of all the deals I was missing out on.
    That is, of course, until my sister finally sold the idea to me.
    "Why are all these packages arriving in the mail for you, Katy?" I asked her one day. Strange envelopes had been put on our doorstep for weeks now, each one always addressed to my sister; and we all know
little sisters should never be getting more mail than their older siblings (兄弟姐妹)!
    "Oh, it's the stuff I ordered online!" she answered. I watched as she opened item after item. There was
no way our parents were letting her spend that much money - online or off!
"How much did all of this cost?"
    "Oh, only about $15 in all!" She said excitedly. "Everything on eBay is on sale! It's better than going to
the mall."
    I felt as if my whole life, there had been a giant store in my backyard that I had never known about.
That week, I ordered a used Spanish textbook for 10 percent of the publisher's price. A few days later,
I bought an iPod protector and a book or two from the wonderful eBay.com.

1. From the first three paragraphs we can conclude that the author _____.

A. had no experience using computers
B. thought surfing the Internet was a waste of time
C. only used the Internet to check e-mails
D. had no idea of what e-commerce is

2. The writer didn't find out about e-commerce until _____.

A. she stopped Web-surfing
B. her friends told her about the online deals they made
C. she visited a giant store in her backyard
D. her sister explained the packages she got by mail

3.  We can infer from the last paragraph that _____.

A. the author has begun to enjoy online shopping
B. the author loves the big store in her backyard
C. the author feels she is a true master of the Internet
D. the author never enjoyed shopping that much

4. Which of the following could be the best title for the article?

A. My favorite activity - the Internet
B. Ordering goods on the Internet
C. A whole new world on the Internet
D. Don't waste time on the Internet

5. What can we infer from the fifth paragraph?

A. Katy is better at computer than the writer.
B. Their parents often offer them a lot of money to shop.
C. The writer was angry with her sister for her behavior.
D. The things Katy bought on line are much cheaper than in shops.

    A purse containing a million dollars worth of jewelry was on its way back to its owner in Canada after
being forgotten on a bench in a town near San Francisco, police said.
    Shahla Ghannadian had entrusted(委托) her 2,000-dollar Louis Vuitton handbag and its precious
contents to her husband after they stopped at an ice cream shop in the city of Sausalito on Sunday,
according to authorities. He left it on a bench near a downtown parking lot, and the oversight was not
noticed until the couple was back at their hotel, said Sausalito police sergeant (警官) Kurtis Skoog. The
couple had traveled from Toronto to San Francisco for a daughter's wedding.
    The purse contained a Cartier watch, cash, and jewelry worn by the mother and the bride at the
ceremony, said Skoog. The gems included emeralds, pearls and diamonds, one of them a 12-karat stone, according to police. Ghannadian and her husband had been squeezing in a bit of sightseeing before
catching a flight back to Canada on Sunday night. Family members checked the bench, but the purse
was gone.
    Local resident John Suhroff walked into the police department the next day with the bag, its contents
intact(完整无缺的), Skoog said. Suhroff handed the bag to a clerk, saying it held "either costume or
junk jewelry".
    "We called the owner, and they were ecstatic (狂喜的)," said Skoog. A family friend picked up the
bag and was to take it to Ghannadian. The family indicated Suhroff is in line for a reward, but did not
specify an amount, Skoog said.

1. Which of the following is NOT included in the purse?

A. Some pearls.    
B. Some diamonds.    
C. A watch.        
D. 2,000 dollars.

2. The couple went to San Francisco to ________.      

A. travel to the city of Sausalito    
B. attend their daughter's wedding
C. see their relatives      
D. visit their friends

3. After the couple left the purse on a bench ________.

A. they went back their house      
B. their family member checked the bench
C. they flew back to Canada on Sunday morning
D. they left for New York

4. The underlined phrase "in line for" in the last paragraph means________.

A. to stand in line    
B. to refuse        
C. likely to get        
D. eager for

5. Which of the following title can be the fittest for the passage?

A. The Careless Couple                 
B. The Great Loss Came Back
C. The Unusual Way to USA              
D. A Noble Canadian Resident

     You might have some characters that you don't like.  For example, you may be a shy person and you
don't like it; you wish you are an outgoing person.  You might then think that you are not smart enough.  All these give reasons to you not to like yourself.  Fortunately, there are always things you can do to make you like yourself.  Here are some tips:
1.  Write your success stories
     One reason we may not like ourselves is that we are too focused on what we don't have that we forget about what we(already) have.  So make a list of your achievements; write your success stories.  They do
not have to be big things; there are a lot of small but important achievements in our life.  
2.  Accept things you can't change
     There are some things you cannot change, such as your background and your past.  So learn to accept them.  You will feel much relieved if you treat things you can't change the way they deserve: just accept them, smile, and move on.
3.  Focus on your strengths
     Instead of focusing on your weaknesses, focus on your strengths.  You always have some strengths
which give you a unique person.  Recognize your strengths and build your life around them.
4.  Stop comparing yourself with others
     You are unique.  You can never be like ___________, and neither can other people be like you.  The way you measure your success is not determined by other people. Instead, it is determined by your own
life purpose.  You have everything you need to achieve your life purpose, so it's useless to compare
yourself with others.

1.  What is the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 10 words. )
____________________________________________________

2.  Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
Rather than be concerned about your disadvantages, you should be concerned about your advantage.
____________________________________________________

3.  Please fill in the blank with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 5 words. )
___________________________________________________

4.  Which of these tips do you like best? Why? (Please answer
within 30words. )
____________________________________________________

5.  Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

     Everyone has got two personalities — the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret
and real. You don't show your secret personality when you're awake because you can control your
behaviour, but when you're asleep,  your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night, of
course, people frequently change their position. The important position is the one that you go to sleep in.  
     If you go to sleep on your back, you're a very open person. You normally trust people and you are
easily influenced by fashion or new ideas. You don't like to upset people, so you never express your real
feelings. You're quite shy and you aren't very confident.  
     If you sleep on your stomach, you are a rather secretive(不坦率的)person. You worry a lot and
you're always easily upset. You're very stubborn(顽固的), but you aren't very ambitious. You usually
live for today not for tomorrow. This means that you enjoy having a good time.  
     If you sleep curled up(卷曲), you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of
yourself and so you're often defensive. You're shy and you don't normally like meeting people. You
prefer to be on your own. You're easily hurt.  
     If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced personality. You know your strengths
and weaknesses. You're usually careful.  You have a confident personality. You sometimes feel anxious,
but you don't often get depressed. You always say what you think even if it annoys people.        

1. According to the writer, you naturally show your secret and real personality __________.

A. only in a normal night
B. only when you're sleeping
C. only when you refuse to show yourself to the world
D. only when you change sleeping position 

2. Which is NOT mentioned in the second paragraph about a person's personality? 

A. He /she is always open with others.
B. He /she always likes new ideas earlier than others.
C. He /she is always easily upset.
D. He /she tends to believe in others. 

3. Point out which sentence is used to show the personality of a person who is used to sleeping
on his/her stomach? 

A. He /she is always optimistic.
B. He /she doesn't want to stick to his or her opinion.
C. He /she always enjoys his/her real life.
D. He /she often dreams to be a big person. 

4. Maybe you don't want to make friends with a person who sleeps curled up. Why? 

A. He/she would rather be alone than communicate with you.
B. He/she is rarely ready to help you.
C. He/she prefers staying at home to going out.
D. He/she wouldn't like to get help from you. 

5. It appears that the writer tends to think highly of the person who sleeps on one side because ______ . 

A. he /she always shows sympathy for people
B. he /she is confident, but not stubborn
C. he /she has more strengths than weaknesses
D. he/ she often considers annoying people 

     Betty and Harold have been married for years.But one thing still puzzles old Harold.How is it that he
can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa,talking,go out to a ballgame,come back three and a
half hours later,and they’re still sitting on the sofa?Talking?
     What in the world,Harold wonders,do they have to talk about?
     Betty shrugs.Talk?We’re friends.
     Researching this matter called friendship,psychologist Lilian Rubin spent two years interviewing more
than two hundred women and men.No matter what their age,their job,their sex,the results were completely clear:women have more friendships than men,and the difference in the content and the quality of those
friendships is “marked and unmistakable.”
      More than two-thirds of the single men Rubin interviewed could not name a best friend.Those who
could were likely to name a woman.Yet three-quarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend,and almost always it was a woman.More married men than women named their wife/husband as a
best friend,most trusted person,or the one they would turn to in time of emotional distress(感情危机).“Most women,”says Rubin,“identified at least one,usually more,trusted friends to whom they could turn in a troubled moment,and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives.”
    “In general,”writes Rubin in her new book,“women’s friendships with each other rest on shared
emotions and support,but men’s relationships are marked by shared activities.”For the most part,Rubin says,interactions(交往)between men are emotionally controlled-a good fit with  the social requirements of
“manly behavior.”
    “Even when a man is said to be a best friend,”Robin writes,“the two share little about their innermost
feelings.Whereas a woman’s closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage, it wasn’t unusual to hear a man say he didn’t know his friend’s marriage was in serious trouble until he
appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa.”

1.What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that_____.

A.he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband
B.women show little interest in ballgames
C.women have so much to share
D.he finds his wife difficult to talk to

2.Rubin’s study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to  turn to _____.

A.a male friend   
B.her parents   
C.a female friend
D.her husband

3.According to the text,which type of behavior is NOT expected of a man by society?

A.Ending his marriage without good reason.
B.Complaining about his marriage trouble.
C.Spending too much time with his friends.
D.Going out to ballgames too often.

4.Which of the following statements is best supported by the last paragraph?

A.Women are more serious than men about marriage.
B.Men keep their innermost feelings to themselves.
C.Men often take sudden action to end their marriage.
D.Women depend on others in making decisions.

5.The research done by psychologist Rubin centers around_____.

A.friendships of men and women
B.happy and successful marriages
C.emotional problems in marriage
D.interactions between men and women