This hotel in the trees is famous in the world. Peop1e who know very little about Kenya, know of Treetops．When King George VI died, Princess Elizabeth was staying on the Treetops, and when she came down from there, “She succeeded in as the queen of the country”．This hotel in the middle of the forest shows the pleasure of Africa. When you visit it, you will be sent into the heart of the forest by hotel buses, and then a guide, with a gun to protect you against big game, will go with you to the Treetops．Before and after dinner, for the whole night if you wish, you can sit on the corridor, watching animals come to the water pool．The earliest hotel Treetops was built round a large tree on the opposite side of the water, but that was destroyed by fire and the new hotel Treetops, which is built round several trees, is much bigger．

      The dining room at Treetops is small, and the waiters cannot walk round to serve guests, a clever “railway service” has been invented. Guests take their food as it passes slowly in front of them, along a line in the center of the table．

      There are many animals around the Treetops．When you visit them, you can see:

    ---Animals and their babies are waiting to greet the guests．

    ---Animals, enjoying the Treetops pool in the daylight．

    ---A long bodied, long ring tailed very active cat-like animal is a special one coming out at night．He hunts and eats anything he can overpower and is very destructive．He lives in the trees at Treetops．He comes for his food every evening．Do not get too near to him, as his teeth and claws can do you harm．These animals can be trained and become lovely pets．

    ---Some other animals who have a thick coating of fur to keep them warm in the cold forest nights．

       ---Many buffaloes coming to the Treetops for water and salt during the day or night．

1．“She succeeded in becoming the queen of the country．” In this sentence, “succeeded” means_______．

       A．did what she was trying to do              B．gained her purpose

       C．got a position on the death of the King   D．completed an easy task

2．Which of the following statements about “the cat-like animal”, described in the passage, is NOT true?

       A．It comes for food only at night．

       B．It lives in the trees at Treetops．

       C．Its teeth and claws can do people harm．

       D．It can catch any other animal in the forest．

3．According to the passage．Treetops is famous in the world because ________．

       A．it shows the pleasure of America

       B．Princess Elizabeth got to the crown when coming down from there

       C．it is built round several trees

       D．there are many animals that can be trained and become lovely pets

4．We can learn from the passage, that the guests ________．

       A．should not play games on the Treetops          B．could not sit on the corridor at night

       C．could enjoy their dinner in the dining room    D．should keep off the cat-like animals

Not long ago, people thought babies were not able to learn things until they were five or six months old. Yet doctors in the United States say babies begin learning on their first day of life．

       Scientists note that babies are strongly influenced by their environment．They say a baby will smile if her mother does something the baby likes．A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to please her mother or other caregiver．This is how babies learn to connect and communicate with other human beings．

       One study shows that babies can learn before they are born．The researchers placed a tape recorder on the stomach of a pregnant woman．Then, they played a recording of a short story．On the day the baby was born, the researchers attempted to find if he knew the sounds of the story repeated while in his mother．They did this by placing a device in the mouth of the newborn baby．

       The baby would hear the story if he moved his mouth one way．If the baby moved his mouth the other way, he would hear a different story．The researchers say the baby clearly liked the story he heard before he was born．They say the baby would move his mouth so he could hear the story again and again．

       Another study shows how mothers can strongly influence social development and language skills in their children．

       Researchers studied the children from the age of one month to three years．The researchers attempted to measure the sensitivity of the mothers．The women were considered sensitive if they supported their children’s activities and did not interfere unnecessarily．They tested the children for thinking and language development when they were three years old. Also, the researchers observed the women for signs of depression．

       The children of depressed women did not do as well in tests as the children of women who did not suffer from depression．The children of depressed women did poorly in tests of language skills and understanding what they hear．

       These children also were less cooperative and had more problems dealing with other people．The researchers noted that the sensitivity of the mothers was important to the intelligence development of their children．Children did better when their mothers were caring, even when they suffered from depression．

1．According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the factor that influences intelligence development in babies?

      A．The environment．                              B．Mother’s sensitivity．

       C．Their peers （同龄人）                      D．Education before birth．

2．What is the purpose of the experiment in which newborn babies heard the stories?

      A．To prove that babies can learn before they are born．

      B．To prove that babies can learn on the first day they are born．

      C．To show mothers can strongly influence intelligence development in their babies．

      D．To indicate early education has a deep effect on the babies’ language skills．

3．Which group of children did the worst in tests of language skills?

      A．The children of women who did not suffer from depression．

      B．The children of depressed but caring mothers．

       C．Children with high communication abilities．

       D．The children of depressed mothers who cared little for their children．

4．What is the main idea of the passage?

      A．Scientific findings about how babies develop before birth．

      B．Scientific findings about how the environment has an effect on babies’ intelligence．

      C．A study shows babies are not able to learn things until they are five or six months old．

    D．Scientific findings about how intelligence develops in babies．

ATLANTA, Georgia--- Alternative medicine --- including yoga, meditation, herbs（草药）and the Atkins diet（艾特金斯饮食法）---appears to be growing in popularity in the United States, perhaps because of dissatisfaction with conventional care, the government said Thursday．

       More than a third of American adults used such practices in 2002, according to the government survey of 31,000 people, the largest study on non-conventional medical approaches in the United States．If prayer is included, about 62 percent of U．S．adults used some form of alternative medicine．

       The results seem to indicate more people are turning to alternative medicine, though the 2002 survey could not be directly compared to previous studies because of differences in size and survey methods, health officials said.

       The top alternative therapies（疗法）included prayer （43 percent of adults） , natural products（19 percent）,meditation（8 percent）and diets such as Atkins, Ornish, or the Zone（4 percent）．More people also are using natural products such as herbs or enzymes（酶）to treat chronic or recurring pain（慢性或经常性疼痛）,said Richard Nahin of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, part of the National Institutes of Health．

       “Many conditions are not easily treated with conventional medicine,” Nahin sad. “It may be the public that is turning to complementary（补充的）and alternative medicine because it’s not getting relief from conventional medicine．”

       But people should not be turning away from conventional treatments that are proven safe, said Dr．Stephen Straus, director of the alternative medicine center．

“People are making individual decisions to neglect those therapies and we have concerns about those choices,” he said.

       Health officials said they were concerned that 13 percent of those surveyed said they turned to alternative medicine because regular medicine is too expensive．

       “It needs to be explored ---we need to find out whether they were insured or not” Nahin said.

Health officials also were surprised that 6．6 percent of those surveyed used the supplement kava（卡瓦提取物）, which has been associated with liver disease．

       “People make the assumption that because something is natural that it’s safe” Nahin said.       “But a number of studies have shown that natural products can be unsafe when used inappropriately or with other drugs．”

He said people considering using alternative medicine should consult their doctor first．

1．Which can be used as the proper title for the passage？

      A．Differences between alternative medicine and conventional medicine

       B．Comparison of the effects of different medicine

       C．Conventional care remains to be most acceptable

       D．Alternative medicine becomes more popular

2．From the passage we know that most people choose alternative medicine _________．

       A．because it has been proven safe to take

      B．because experts confirm it all sidedly

      C．because they are not satisfied with the conventional medicine

      D．because conventional medicine is expensive

3．What can probably be inferred from the passage？

      A．Most patients are blind in taking alternative medicine or conventional care．

       B．Experts still haven’t drawn an all-round and exact conclusion about alternative medicine．

      C．Alternative medicine will eventually take place of conventional care．

      D．Natural herbs are safer than the medicine processed by man．

4．Which of the following agrees with the article？

      A．Experts will carry out further studies on alternative medicine．

      B．Health officials are worried that using the alternative medicine will be remove d．

      C．The supplement kava is more effective to anxiety disease．

      D．Natural products have an advantage over conventional care．

1．The new regulation was not passed because the m__________ were against it．

2．What n__________ are you? I’m Chinese．

3．More than a thousand a___________ will compete for a hundred jobs．

4．It suddenly o________ to me that I had forgotten to invite Brian．

5．The bell rang, i_________ the end of the class．

6．A______, he didn’t prepare for the speech well．Or, he could not have made so many mistakes．

7．By doing business wisely, he has a__________ a great fortune．

8．I didn’t understand how the legal p_________ worked until he explained to me．

9．It’s very annoying to be interrupted constantly by c______ advertisements while watching TV．

10．University professors both teach and u_________ research．

Exactly when the first people arrived in __1__ as California, no one really knows．

Scientists believe that these first setters crossed the Berlin Strait from Asia to Alaska __2__ of a land bridge．

Thousands were killed or __3__ slavery．__4__, many __5__ brought by Europeans．

Cloning has two __6__．Firstly, Secondly, it is valuable for research on __7__ and for medical research on animals．Many __8__ to clone mammals failed. But at last the __9__ of the scientists was rewarded in 1996 __10__— the cloning of Dolly the sheep．

近几年，很多广告都请明星代言，同时“明星代言”也出现了一些负面影响。 请参考所给要点，写一篇有关明星代言的英语短文。

要点：1、明星代言现象很普遍。

     2、明星代言广告存在一些问题。

     3、你的看法。

注意：1、词数：100-120，文章题目和开头已给出（不计入总词数）。

     2、参考词汇：名人，明星 celebrity  假冒伪劣产品 fake commodities

有系统地调节、管制 regulate v．

Celebrities as the products’ spokesperson

In recent years, it is very common for celebrities, or the so-called superstars, to be spokespersons or representatives for a wide variety of products．

My grandmother was busy from dawn ______ dust but she was always well organized．

A．at           B．on        C．till            D．in

Building a new school is one thing, while keeping it running smoothly is quite ______．

A．the other        B．another           C．neither           D．others

--The research on the new swine flu virus vaccine is challenging and demanding．Who do you think can do the job?

--____ my students have a try?

A．Shall                   B．Must         C．Will          D．May

When he bought the products in large quantities, he was angry to find they were _____ the samples given to him．

A．as not well as       B．as not good as       C．not so good as        D．not so well as