What is your favourite colour? Do you like yellow, orange, red?  1  . Do you prefer greys and blues?
Then you are probably quiet, shy, and you would rather follow than lead. You tend to be pessimist. At
least, this is what psychologists tell us, and they should know, because they have been seriously studying
the meaning of colour preference, as well as the effect that colours have on human beings.  2  . If you
happen to love brown, you did so, as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could
see clearly. 
  3  . A yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one;
and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day.  4  . A black bridge over the
Thames River, near London, used to be the scene of more suicides(自杀) than any other bridge in
the area - until it was repainted green. The number of suicide attempts immediately fell sharply.
Perhaps it would have fallen even more if the bridge had been done in pink or baby blue.
  5  . It is an established fact that factory workers work better, harder, and have fewer accidents
when their machines are painted orange rather than black or grey.
A. On the other hand, black is depressing.
B. They tell us, among other facts, that we do not choose our favourite colour as grow up we are born
with our preference.
C. The rooms are painted in different colours as you like.
D. If you do, you must be an optimist, a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement.
E. Light and bright colours make people not only happier but more effective.
F. Life is like a picture or a poem, full of different colours.
G. Colours do influence our moods---there is no doubt about it.

      Modern man has cleared the forests for farmland and for wood, and has also carelessly burned them. More than that, though, he has also interfered (干涉) with the invisible bonds between the living things in
}the forests. There are many examples of this kind of destruction. The harmfulness of man's interference
can be seen in what happened many years ago in the forest of the Kaibab plateau (凯亚巴布高原) of
northern Arizona. Man tried to improve on the natural web of forest life and destroyed it instead.
      The Kaibab had a storybook forest of large sized pine, Douglas fir, white fir, blue and Engelmann
spruce. In 1882 a visitor noted, "We, who ... have wandered through its forests and parks, have come
to regard it as the most enchanting region it has ever been our privilege (特权) to visit."This was also the
living place of the Rocky Mountain mule deer. Indians hunted there every autumn to gather meat and skins. The forest also had mountain lions, timber wolves and bobcats that kept the deer from multiplying too
rapidly.
    Then, in 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt made the Kaibab a national game preserve. Deer hunting was forbidden. Government hunters started killing off the deer's enemies. In 25years' time, 6,250 mountain lions, wolves and bobcats were killed. Before the program, there were about 4,000 deer in the Kaibab, by 1924, there were about 100,000.
     The deer ate every leaf and twig they could reach. But there was not nearly enough food. Hunting of
deer was permitted again. This caused a slight decrease in the deer herd (鹿群),but a far greater loss
resulted from starvation (饥饿) and disease. Some 60 percent of the deer herd died in two winters. By
1930 the herd had dropped to 20,000 animals. By 1942 it was down to 8,000.

1. The destruction of the environment of the Kaibab resulted from           .

A. turning the forest into cultivated land
B. interfering with natural cycle of forest life
C. forest fires caused by man's carelessness
D. cutting the trees for building materials

2."Engelmann spruce"(Para. 2) is most likely the name of        .

A.a tree    
B.an animal    
C.a mountain    
D.a game

3. The number of the deer in the Kaibab had increased enormously in       years' time.

A.25      
B.6          
C.18          
D.12

4. Years later, large numbers of deer in the Kaibab died mainly because of          .

A.the cold            
B.the organized kill
C.the shortage of food  
D.the poor management

     Nobody has ever succeeded in their attempt to stay young and live a very long life.  1   But is this
really true?
    Dr Aubrey de Grey thinks that we can stop people getting old and that in about 20 years, people
will be able to live to be 1,000 years old!  2  
    In Dr Grey's opinion, getting old is a problem that can be solved.   3   If we can cure this disease,
we can stop the aging process.We can also make people have young bodies again.
     Dr Grey believes that science will soon be able to stop the causes of aging so that a person's body
won't get weak and won't suffer from the typical diseases of old age.
     Dr Grey compares the human body to a house.As the house gets older, some things must be
repaired.Broken hearts must be replaced.The same thing can happen with the human body, he thinks.
We can use stem cell technology to grow new, healthy tissue to replace the old, damaged one.We can
also try to remove diseasecausing molecules in our bodies.  4    .
       5    However, they admit that Dr Grey's ideas have not yet been proved wrong.Dr Grey is
convinced that his opinions are realistic and that his research is very important.If aging is a disease, he
says, we must try to cure it.
A. At the same time, people's bodies will stay young and healthy.
B. Scientists succeeded in solving the problem of aging long ago.
C. A lot of scientists think his ideas not realistic.
D. When our bodies change as we get older, this is like a disease.
E. New deadly diseases may also be cured, if we can stop the aging process.
F. It seems that everybody must get old and die.
G. In this way, a person could easily live to be 1,000 years old.

     The following is the instruction to the people who have to take this medicine.
     Dosage: Adult twelve years old and over take two teaspoonfuls as needed, not more than fifteen
teaspoonfuls per day. Children six years old to twelve years old take half the adult dosage, not more
than seven teaspoonfuls per day.
    Warning: Do not overtake this medicine unless directed by a doctor. Children under six years old
and persons with high blood pressure, heart disease do not take this medicine. This preparation may
cause drowsiness. So do not drive or operate machinery while taking this medicine. Long- time cough
is dangerous. If relief does not occur within three days, discontinue use and go to see your doctor.

1. According to the direction, which of the following people should take the medicine mentioned?       

A. Someone with high blood pressure        
B. Someone with heart disease
C. Someone under six                    
D. Someone who has a cough

2. The underlined word "drowsiness" probably means

A. feeling sleepy  
B. high blood pressure  
C. coughing  
D. headache

3. A ten-year-old child should          .

A. not take this preparation      
B. not take two teaspoonfuls of this preparation
C. take one teaspoonful of this preparation  
D. take one - half teaspoonful

4. If this medicine does not help, one should          .

A. take fifteen teaspoonfuls on the fourth day  
B. stop driving and operating machinery
C. stop taking it and see a physician        
D. take half of the usual dosage

5. According to the instruction of this medicine, for purposes of dosage, an adult is a person of      .

A. six years old  
B. seven years old  
C. twelve years old 
D. none of the above

     The Ministry of Health has called for more awareness from the public on the mental health of the
young,as part of efforts to mark World Mental Health Day.
     More than 15 percent of the Chinese youth have been found with mental problems,and about 30
million young people under 17 are suffering from depression,the Shanghaibased Wenhui Daily reported.
     The World Health Organization estimated that before 2020,the rate of children with mental problems
will increase to 50 percent,and mental problems will become a major factor behind death and illness in
the young worldwide.
     Deng Xiaohong,the spokesperson for the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau,said rapid social change is
one of the reasons behind the rising number of youngsters with psychological problems.
     If these mental diseases are not addressed on time,occurrence of crime,drugtaking and other dangerous behavior is expected to rise.
    Experts said mental disease could be caused by many factors,such as the inability to handle
interpersonal relations well,unstable emotions and pressure from the overload of study. A number of
experts have also said the onechild policy is another reason leading to poor mental health in the young.
     Children were said to be too "spoiled" and "selfish" in onechild families. Schools in many cities were
reported rolling out measures to help students maintain their mental wellbeing. Yin Jingmiao,a teacher of
the Beijing No. 105 Middle School,told China Daily that the school invites psychologists to provide
counseling to students three times a month. "Students can be arranged to have 40minute counseling
sessions," Yin said.      The school also gives lectures on mental health to senior grade students before
they take the national college entrance exams,to help ease any anxiety arising from the tests.

1．What is the purpose of the passage?
A．To urge awareness on mental health of the young.
B．To give the details of the problems the Chinese youth are facing today.
C．To recommend that schools should invite more psychologists to help solve the mental
       problems among the youth.
D．To show us the causes of the mental problems among students.
2．The underlined word "addressed" in the fifth paragraph most probably means ______.
A．talked about  
B．dealt with    
C．satisfied    
D．introduced
3．From the passage we can know that the causes of mental problems are mainly the
      following EXCEPT ________.
A．onechild policy
B．lack of ability to handle interpersonal relations well
C．lack of special training in mental health
D．heavy burden from study0
4．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A．By 2020,about 50 percent of the students in China will have mental problems.
B．Mental problems mainly appear among the youth while they are seldom seen among adults.
C．China has the largest number of youngsters with psychological problems.
D．Many schools have realized the problem and taken measures.
5．We can infer that to bring down the occurrence of mental problems among the youth,_______.
A．attention should be paid to the education of the only child
B．psychologist must be a necessary part of school
C．the government will cancel tests to ease the pressure on the students
D．rapid social change plays the leading part in causing mental problems

                                                      The Monster of Lake Tianchi
     The "Monster of Lake Tianchi" in the Changbai Mountains in Jilin province, northeast China, is back in
the news after several recent sightings. The director of a local tourist office, Meng Fanying, said the monster,
which seemed to be black in colour, was ten metres from the edge of the lake during the most recent sighting.
"It jumped out of the water like a seal-about 200 people on Changbai's western peak saw it," he said. Although
no one really got a clear look at the mysterious creature, Xue Junlin, a local photographer, claimed that its head
looked like a horse. 
     In another recent sighting, a group of soldiers claim they saw an animal moving on the surface of the water.
The soldiers, who were walking along the side of the lake, watched the creature swimming for about two
minutes. "It was greenish-black and had a round head with 10-centimetre horns", one of the soldiers said.
     A third report came from Li Xiaohe, who was visiting the lake with his family. He claims to have seen a
round black creature moving quickly through the water. After three or four hundred metres it dived into the
water. Ten minutes later the monster appeared again and repeated the action. Mr Li Xiaohe said that he and his
family were able to see the monster clearly because the weather was fine and the lake was calm.
     There have been reports of monsters in Lake Tianchi since the beginning of the last century, although no
one has seen one close up. Some photos have been taken but they are not clear because it was too far away.
Many people think the monster may be a distant cousin of the Loch Ness monster in Scotland. They also think
that there might be similar creatures in other lakes around the world. Scientists, however, are sceptical. They
say that the low-temperature lake is unlikely to be able to support such large living creatures.
     Lake Tianchi is the highest volcanic lake in the world. It is 2,189 metres high and covers an area of about
ten square kilometres. In places it is more than 370 metres deep.

1. How many sightings of the monster does the article report?
    _________________________________________________________________________________
2. Who saw the monster clearly, and why?
    _________________________________________________________________________________
3. Which description of the monster is most detailed?
    _________________________________________________________________________________
4. When was the monster first sighted?
    _________________________________________________________________________________
5. What is special about Lake Tianchi?
    _________________________________________________________________________________

     For most Americans, a clean glass of water is just a faucet away. But for many of the world's poorest
people, it's hard to get.
     On Wednesday, the United Nations (UN) marked World Water Day by trying to cut the number of people
without good drinking water-one billion human beings worldwide-in half. In the next ten years, the UN will
work with governments around the world to reduce the shortage.
     Without clean water nearby, many people use water _____. In India, many people bathe and wash their
clothes in rivers that are polluted by human waste.
     According to the UN, not having enough clean water and sanitation causes more than three million deaths
a year.
     "The links between water and human health are powerful," said Dr Lee Jong Wook, director-general of
the World Health Organization (WHO). "We cannot live without clean water."
     In fact, the International Federation of the Red Cross said that quick reaction after last year's Asian tsunami
had stopped disease. The agency provided clean water to nearly 500, 000 people in Indonesia and Sri Lanka
after the tsunami.
     World Water Day was first celebrated in 1993. Since then, it is celebrated each year on March 22.

1. What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 5 words.)
    _______________________________________________________________________________________
2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by this one? The quality of the water is closely connected 
    with human health.
    _______________________________________________________________________________________
3. What did the International Federation of the Red Cross do after the tsunami? And why? (Please answer
    within 30 words.)
    _______________________________________________________________________________________
4. Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please
    answer within lo words.)
    _______________________________________________________________________________________
5. Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese.
    _______________________________________________________________________________________

     What would you think if I told you I could eat 40 percent more food than other peopleeating boxes
of ice cream,bowls of noodles and plates of meatall while losing weight?
     You might hate me,thinking I have one of those annoyingly good metabolisms (新陈代谢) that just
burn up fat the instant it enters my body.You might wonder if I have an intestinal (肠的) worm,or perhaps an eating disorder.Or maybe you'd just shrug your shoulders and figure I have a rich fantasy life.You'd be
wrong.
     For my body to finish such a surprising task,I would have to be a mouse.Not just any mouse,but one
lucky enough to be involved in a new study at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
     After identifying an enzyme (酶) that allows fat to be stored in the body,scientists fed mice without
those enzymes,and found those mice were able to consume far more food than other miceand still weigh
10 to 15percent less.  
     Best of all,the mice that had no enzymes were in very good health,producing baby mice with no
problem and generally acting like any other mouse.That's great news for obesity researchers,who think
that scientists may figure out a way to prevent the fatmetabolizing (脂肪代谢) enzyme in humans and
control weight
gain.And such a pill would be very exciting for many struggling to get rid of dangerous extra pounds.
     But don't start planning any big dinner just yet:At this point,of course,any pill for humans is but a
twinkle (闪烁) in the eye of every medicine company's CEO.More tests are to be made,and eventually
humans will be introduced in the test.
     But for now,unfortunately,control in diet is still key.

1.What does "such a surprising task" in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A.Eating a lot of food while losing weight.  
B.Burning fat very quickly.
C.Controlling the diet.                  
D.Having a rich fantasy life.

2.Why did the author say he/she had to be a mouse in Paragraph 4?

A.Because a mouse can lose weight no matter how much it eats.
B.Because the weightlosing tests were made on the mouse.
C.Because the mouse has a very good metabolism.
D.Because the author wants to try the food without the enzyme.

3.What does the author want to show through the last two paragraphs?

A.You can be free of guilt when having big dinners.
B.Scientists cannot find the key to identifying the enzyme.
C .Don't overeat before the test is made on humans.
D.It is unnecessary to control weight at present.