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     2005. You have a job, a family and you're about 40 years old welcome to your future life.
     Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. "Turn red," you say. Your shirt changes from
sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics (智能电子元件) are rearranged in your shirt to change
its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you're 40. You look much younger. With amazing
advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You're not even middle-aged!
     As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you bear, "To lose weight,
you shouldn't eat that," from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic (电子源码) on the cereal box to find
out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. "Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?" A list of
possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies.
     "Ready for your trip to space?" you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially trained astronauts
went into space-and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your
best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you "The doctor said you need
these for space travel" Thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots (防疫针) are a thing of the past.
Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids bead for the front door.
     It's time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors "My office.
Autopilot," you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway.
You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news down loads and fills the viewer. Looking through
the pages you watch the news as video film rather than read it.

1. What changes the color of your shirt?

A. The mirror.
B. The shirt itself.
C. The counter.
D. The medicine.

2. How do the shoes know that you shouldn't eat the breakfast cereal?

A. By pouring the breakfast into a bowl.
B. By listening to the doctor's advice.
C. By testing the food supplies in the kitchen.
D. By checking the nutrition details of the food.

3. The strawberries the children eat serve as _____.

A. breakfast
B. lunch
C. vaccines
D. nutrition

4. How is the text organized?

A. In order of time.
B. In order of frequency.
C. In order of preference.
D. In order of importance.

阅读理解。

     Shopping is not as simple as you may think! There are all sorts of tricks at play each time we reach out
for that particular brand (品牌) of product on the shelf.
     Colouring, for example, varies according to what the producers are trying to sell. Health foods are
packaged (包装) in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these as healthy colours. Ice cream
packets are often blue and expensive goods, like chocolates, are gold or silver.
     When some kind of pain killer was brought out recently, researchers found that the colours turned the
customers off because they made the product look weak and ineffective. Eventually, it came on the market in
a dark blue and white package-blue because we think of it as safe, and white as calm.
     The size of a product can attract a shopper. But quite often a bottle doesn't contain as much as it appears
to.
     It is believed that the better-known companies spend, on average, 70 per cent of the total cost of the
product itself on packaging!
     The most successful producers know that it's not enough to have a good product. The founder of Pears
soap, who for 25 years has used pretty little girls to promote (推销) their goods, came to the conclusion: "Any
fool can make soap, but it takes a genius (天才) to sell it."

1. Which of the following may trick a shopper into buying a product according to the text?

A. The cost of its package.
B. The price of the product.
C. The colour of its package.
D. The brand name of the product.

2. The underlined part "the colours turned the customers off"(in Para. 3 ) means that the colours _____.

A. attracted the customers strongly
B. had weak effects on the customers
C. tricked the customers into shopping
D. caused the customers to lose interest

3. Which of the following is the key to the success in product sales?

A. The way to promote goods.
B. The discovery of a genius.
C. The team to produce a good product.
D. The brand name used by successful producers.

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

A. Choice of Good Products
B. Disadvantages of Products
C. Effect of Packaging on Shopping
D. Brand Names and Shopping Tricks

阅读理解。

(     )1. Mike spent his children mostly in his father's study, where he read novels by British and American
writers. Next term he will become a senior student. He thinks it's time that he read more of their works
andlearned to write about them.
(     )2. Joseph is good at the language arts, and in his spare time he likes to write short stories. It is his wish
that his stories would be printed in local newspapers. So he is thinking of taking a course to develop his
writingskills, such as wording and paragraph organization.
(     )3. A lively and caring girl, Anna takes an active part in social activities. She is trying to write reports
fornewspapers about what she sees and hears. But few of them are accepted because of poor organization
ofinformation. She feels the need to improve her writing and communication skills next term.
(     )4. Ian traveled worldwide with his parents when he was very young. Under their influence, he becomes
greatly interested in stories of travel and adventure.He hopes to write his own stories in the future. So next
term, he will choose a course to study the best writing of this type.
(     )5. Susan comes from China. As a junior back home, she wrote quite a lot of short stories, some of
which were published in newspapers. Her parents suggest she read some classics by Asian and Western
writers. She thinks it helpful in her writing. So she is going to take a course of this kind next term.

THOMSON HIGH SCHOOL

A Creative Writing —by Mrs.A McClellan Creative writing is a course in which we study and apply the methods used in various forms of fiction writing. Writing is a skill of art in itself. We are guided by Ezra Pound’ sopinion:“Make it new.” Creative writing does not only provide us with an opportunity to express ourselves, but also holds our attentionto word choice, paragraph development, and other skills useful in writing.	D Technical Writing —by Mr.J.Allen What is technical writing? It is the course devotedto improving your communication skills in, for, and through technology. Activities for this course will help you develop communication skills that arenecessary for writers and speakers working with technology or in business.
B Journalism —by Dr.E.Brandt Journalism is a course for seniors, in which we will cover how to gather, write, and reportthe news. We will discuss how information is,or can be, organized.This course also aims todevelop communication skills required of journalists.	E Non-fiction —by Dr.M.Timm The course is a study of non-fiction through reading many different types of non-fiction. The course will also be about the possible changes injournalistic reporting and the sharing of personalstories of various people on various topics such as travel and adventure.We will examine some ofthe best writing in the world and deal with thetechniques used in this text type.
C American & British Classics —by Dr.E.Walter A classic is a literary work that has stood thetest of time. Generations of readers have turned to classics to discover that which is ever-lasting.Through both the works themselves and the peoplethey mirror, we may better be able to see ourselves.In this course, we will read words in both British and American literature (文学). We will write reviewsof what we read.	F World Literature —by Mrs. A.McClellanWorld Literature examines the common people found in quality literature worldwide, from Europe to America, from Asia to Africa, andintroduces a variety of culture of background or different paints in history.In these worlds, we find not only what is unique to each culture, but what is universal. We are also able to tell what makes for a good story, no matter fromwhere or whom the story springs.

阅读理解。

I was the middle child of three, but there was a gap of five years on either side, and I hardly saw my father
before I was eight. For this and other reasons I was somewhat lonely. I had the only child's habit of making up
stories and holding conversations with imaginary persons, and I think from the very start my literary ambitions
(文学志向) were mixed up with the feeling of being isolated (孤独) and undervalued. I knew that I had a natural
ability with words and a power of facing unpleasant facts, and I felt that this created a sort of private world in
which I could get my own back for my failure in everyday life.
However, the quantity of serious writing which I produced all through my childhood would not add up to
half a dozen pages. I wrote my first poem at the age of four or five, my mother taking it down to dictation. I can
not remember anything about it except that it was about a tiger and the tiger had "chair-like teeth"-a good enough
expression. At eleven, when the war of 1914-18 broke out, I wrote a poem which was printed in the local (地方
的) newspaper, as was another, two years later, on the death of Kitchener. From time to time, when I was a bit
older, I wrote bad and usually unfinished "nature poems". I also, about twice, attempted a short story which was
a failure. That was the total of the would-be serious work that I actually set down on paper during all those
years.

1. The underlined word "it" in paragraph 2 refers to _____.

A. the quantity of serious writing
B. the writer's first poem
C. the writer's childhood
D. the tiger in the poem

2. From the text, we learn that as a little boy the writer _____.

A. had no playmates
B. showed his gift for writing
C. put out lots of poems and stories
D. got his first poem published in 1916

3. What can be inferred about the writer?

A. He was least favored in his family.
B. He had much difficulty in talking with others.
C. He had an unhappy childhood for lack of care.
D. His loneliness resulted in his interest in writing.

阅读理解。

     EAT YOUR VEGETABLES. Wash your hands. Always say "please" and "thank you". We are full of advice
for our children, but when it comes to money, we often have little to say. As a result, our children may grow
up with clean hands and good manners, but without any idea how to manage their money.
     Here are some basics that will help guide them their entire lives:
     Show them the future. If your 13-year-old girl were to save $1.000, invest (投资) it at 8% and add $100
every month, by the time she's 65, she would have $980,983!
     Be careful of credit (信用). Credit cards can help you buy necessary things and build a credit history, but
they must be used responsibly, which means paying off your debt in time. Explain to your children that when
you buy something using a credit card, you can easily end up paying two or three times what you would have
paid if you used cash.
     Teach patience. Suppose your child wants a new bicycle that costs $150.Rather than paying the cash, give
him some regular pocket money and explain that by putting aside,say,$15 each week, he will be able to buy it
for himself in only ten weeks.
     Provide incentive. Tell your children the importance of saving. "For every dollar he or she agrees to save
and invest rather than spend, you agree to add another dollar to the pot," says Cathy Pareto, expert in money
planning.
     Explain your values. Values and money are deeply intertwined, says Eileen Gallo, co-author of The
Financially Intelligent Parent. When your child demands that you buy something, explain why you really don't
want to buy it. "You might say, 'I'd rather save that money for your education,'" advises Gallo. Every time you
spend or don't spend money, you have a chance to share your values.

1. The writer gives some basics to help _____ in a proper way.

A. parents teach their children how to deal with money
B. children follow their parents' instructions
C. children manage their money
D. parents save their money

2. The writer thinks that, if a child wants to buy something, his parents should _____.

A. give him some regular pocket money
B. encourage him to put money away for it
C. explain to him the importance of investment
D. tell him to save some money by using a credit card

3. The underlined word "incentive" in paragraph 6 means _____.

A. honor
B. praise
C. excitement
D. encouragement

4. What leads the writer to write this article?

A. Parents want to know how to educate their children.
B. He wants to share his good ideas about money matters.
C. He thinks money management the most important for children.
D. Parents care little about their children's management of money.

完型填空。

     When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My   1   took me by train or by car to a
hotel by the   2  . All day, I seem to remember, I   3   on the sands with strange   4   children. We made houses
and gardens, and   5   the tide destroy them. When the tide went out, we   6   over the rocks and looked down
at the fish in the rock-pools.
     In those days the   7   seemed to shine always brightly   8   the water was always warm. Sometimes we
  9   beach and walked in the country, exploring (搜寻) ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees.
There were  10  in one's pockets or good places where one could  11  ice creams. Each day seemed a life-time.
     Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good  12  is much the same as it was. I  13  like the
sun and warm sand and the sound of  14  beating the rocks. I no longer wish to  15  any sand house or sand
garden, and I dislike sweets.  16 , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
     Sometimes I  18  what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when I am  19 . All I want to do then, perhaps,
will be to lie in bed, reading books about 54 who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming
tide, who make themselves  20  on too many ices creams.

(     )1. A. teacher
(     )2. A. sea
(     )3. A. played
(     ) 4. A. moving
(     )5. A. made
(     )6. A. collected
(     )7. A. light
(     )8. A. and
(     )9. A. left
(     )10. A. sweets
(     )11. A. make
(     )12. A. house
(     )13. A. hardly
(     )14. A. waves
(     )15. A. destroy
(     )16. A. But
(     )17. A. wonder
(     )18. A. strong
(     )19. A. children
(     )20. A. happy

B. parents
B. lake
B. slept
B. exciting
B. brought
B. jumped
B. sun
B. yet
B. came to
B. sand
B. sell
B. holiday
B. almost
B. tides
B. fix
B. However
B. feel
B. weak
B. boys
B. tired

C. nurse
C. mountain
C. sat
C. anxious
C. watched
C. turned
C. moon
C. but
C. stood by
C. ice-creams
C. buy
C. garden
C. still
C. hands
C. use
C. Otherwise
C. understand
C. young
C. girls
C. sad

D. younger sister
D. river
D. stood
D. nervous
D. heard
D. climbed
D. lamp
D. or
D. played by
D. money
D. offer
D. tide
D. perhaps
D. feet
D. build
D. Besides
D. believe
D. old
D. grown-ups
D. sick

阅读理解。

     The Americans believe that anybody can become President of the United States. In a recent Hollywood
comedy (喜剧), that is exactly what happens. Dave Kovic, played by Kevin Kline, is a kind-hearted man
who runs a business that finds people jobs. He leads a typical (典型的) American way of life, except for
one thing－he looks exactly like the President, Bill Mitchell. In fact, the only thing that makes him different
from the nation's leader is that he is very nice!
     The president has started using look-alikes during some public appearances. Dave is offered a chance to
"serve his country" by becoming one. However, things go wrong. The President becomes very ill and Dave
ends up acting as the President forever.
     Director Ivan Reitman, who made the popular and successful comedies like Twins, Ghostbusters and
Legal Eagles, could have gone for easy laughs by making fun of the American government. Instead, Dave is
an attractive comedy about an ordinary man in extraordinary situations. Kevin Kline gives a double
performance as Dave and the President, and Sigourney Weaver is at her best as his First Lady. The love story
that develops between her role and Dave is a real classic (经典).
     The film is 100% American. However, if you've ever felt that anybody could do a better job running the
country than the people in power, then you'll enjoy Dave!

1. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To tell the reader about the American government.
B. To discus the Americans' ideas about the President.
C. To make a comparison between Dave and other films.
D. To introduce a new film to the reader.

2. Who plays the role of the President in the film?

A. Sigourney Weaver.
B. Kevin Kline.
C. Bill Mitchell.
D. Ivan Reitman.

3. The underlined word "one" in the 2rd paragraph refers to _____.

A. the President
B. the director
C. an actor
D. a look-alike

4. Which of the following is best supported by the text?

A. The author makes fun of the President.
B. The author thinks highly of the film.
C. The author is a fan of Hollywood comedies.
D. The author wishes to become the American President.

阅读理解。

     Sitting is art that isn't getting passed along People these days feel as though they have to be doing
something If they are not working, they are jogging, or playing tennis or golf, or taking Courses to
improve their minds or bodies -or they are parked in front of the TV. Sitting in front of the TV isn't
sitting-it's watching.
     People used to sit a whole lot. You would walk down the street or drive down the road, and there
they would be, out on the doorsteps, sitting. You could go down to the store and sit on the bench out
front in the Summer or around the fire in the winter. There were sitting benches out in the town square.
At the garage, there were straight-backed chairs. There among the oilcans and tries and spare parts, you
could kick back and sit.
     Houses used to have sitting rooms, where the grown ups would go after Sunday dinner. Mom and
Dad, Grandpa and Aunt Ruby would sit and digest (消化) the fried chicken and talk about Aunt Ethel's
illness, and how well the minister did today. Outside, the children would play, and the afternoon would
pass by in a comfortable haze (悠闲的氛围).
     That sort of thing looks like doing nothing. A recharging battery (正充电的电池) doesn't look as if
it's doing anything either. Sitting restores your soul. if you want to enjoy a truly full life, don't just do
something-sit there.

1.What message does the author try to get through to us?

A. People should make better use of their sitting room.
B. People should spend less time watching TV.
C. People should pass down their good habits.
D. People should take things easy for their own good.

2. We can learn from the second paragraph that ______.

A. people lived a more restful life in the past
B. towns were built to make living convenient
C. small town garages had a lot to offer 、
D. people enjoyed going out for a drive

3. The sitting room mentioned in the text used to be a place for ______.

A. eating food
B. watching TV
C. gathering together
D. playing with children

4. From the text we know the water believes _____.

A. sitting has a good spiritual effect
B. sitting helps people remember the past
C. sitting room may have different purposes
D. a sitting room is important for the old

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