I was dirty, smelly, hungry and somewhere beneath all that, suntanned（皮肤晒黑）．It was the end of an Inter-Rail holiday．My body couldn’t take any more punishment．My mind couldn’t deal with any more foreign timetables, currencies or languages．

“Never again,” I said, as I stepped onto home ground．I said exactly the same thing the following year．And the next, all I had to do was buy one train ticket and, because I was under twenty-five years old, I could spend a whole month going anywhere I wanted in Europe．Ordinary beds are never the same once you’ve learnt to sleep in the passage of a train, the rhythm rocking you into a deep sleep．

    Carrying all your possessions on your back in a rucksack（背包）makes you have a very basic approach to travel, and encourages incredible wastefulness that can lead to burning socks that have become too anti-social （不合群的），and getting rid of books when finished．On the other hand, this way of looking at life is entirely in the spirit of Inter-Rail, for common sense and reasoning can be thrown out of the window along with the paperback book and the socks．All it takes to achieve this carefree attitude is one of those tickets in your hand．

  Any system that enables young people to travel through countries at a rate of more than one a day must be pretty social．On that first trip, my friends and I were at first unware of the possibilities of this type of train ticket, thinking it was just an inexpensive way of getting to and from our chosen camp-site in southern France．But the idea of non-stop travel proved too attractive, for there was always just one more country over the border, always that little bit further to go．And what did the extra miles cost us? Nothing．

    We were not completely uninterested in culture．But this was a first holiday without parents, as it was for most other Inter-Railers, and in organizing our own timetable we left out everything except the most viable sights．This was the chance to escape the guided tour, an opportunity to do something different．I took great pride in the fact that, in many places, all I could be bothered to see was the view from the station．We were just there to get by, and to have good time doing so．In this we were not different from most of the other Inter-Railers with whom we shared passage floors, food and water, money and music．

    The excitement of travel comes from the sudden reality of somewhere that was previously just a name．It is as if the city in which you arrive never actually existed until the train pulsing at the station and you are able to see __it__ with your own tried eyes for the first time．

1．At the end of his first trip , the writer said “ Never again” because_____

A．he fell ill．

      B．he disliked trains

      C．he was tired from the journey

      D．he had lost money

2．What does the writer mean by “ this way of looking at life” in Paragraph3?

      A．Worrying about your clothes

B．Throwing unwanted things away．

C．Behaving in an anti-social way

D．Looking after your possessions

3．Why did the writer originally buy an Inter-Rail ticket?

      A．To get to one place cheaply．

      B．To meet other young people．

      C．To see a lot of famous places

      D．To go on a tour of  Europe．

4．What the writer liked about traveling without his parents was that______．

A． he could see more interesting  places

B．he could spend more time sightseeing

C．he could stay away from home longer

D．he could make his own decisions

5．What does the underlined word “it” in the last sentence of Paragraph 6 refer to?

A．A name                 B．The city                      C．The train               D．The station

阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。

    We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching．On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched．We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming （把……按能力分班 ）pupils．It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates．It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child．After all, it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade!

    Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability．This is only one aspect of their total personality．We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability．We also value personal qualities and social skills and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning．

    In our classrooms, we work in various ways．The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to cooperate to share, and to develop leadership skills．They also learn how to deal with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions , to analyze and evaluate, and to communicate effectively．The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher．

    Sometimes the pupils _______________; sometimes they work on individual tasks and assignments, and they can do this at their own speed．They also have some formal class teaching when this is appropriate．We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they  need in order to do this efficiently．An advanced pupil can do advanced work: it does not matter what age the child is．We expect our pupils to do their best , not their least, and we give them every encouragement to attain this goal．

1．What’s the writer’s purpose in writing this passage?（ Please answer within 15 words）

_______________________________________________________________________________2．According to the second paragraph, a person’s total personality consists of_________

（ list at least 3 aspects．Please answer within 10 words．）

①___________________________________________________________________

②________________________________________________________________-

③______________________________________________________________

3．Fill in blanks in the last paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．

（Please answer within 5 words）

_________________________________________________________________

4．Do you agree pupils shouldn’t be streamed ? Why （ Please answer within 30 words）

_______________________________________________________________________________5．Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragragh into Chinese．

_______________________________________________________________________________

目前山东省大力推行素质教育，对中小学双休日进行了严格的控制，不允许学校统一组织学生上课。上自习和考试，应开展丰富有益的课外活动。请根据你笑的实际情况，用英语写一篇短文，谈谈同学们是如何过双休日的以及你的感受。

注意：词数120-150

词汇提示：素质教育 quality-oriented education

Environmental groups intend to _______ the pressure until the government changes the law.

A．keep up           B．make up           C．pick up          D．bring up

She did not allow her failure in the exam to discourage her. _______ she began to work twice as hard.

A．In addition        B．On the whole           C．In conclusion         D．On the contrary

—Gina has a sweet tooth and loves meat more than anything else.

—No wonder she _______ weight so fast.

A．gains         B．gained          C．had gained          D．is gaining

I’m glad to introduce Mr. Smith to you, without _______ consideration our project would have ended in failure.

A．whom          B．his         C．whose           D．who

They met one day in college while she was reading a book in the library and he _______ down beside her.

A．was sitting          B．sat       C．had sit           D．sits

The residents approve of the measure _______ so far in our city, _______ to bring a sharp rise in oil prices.

A．having been taken; intended                      B．to be taken; intending 

C．taken; to intend                         D．taken; intended

Bungee jumping is an adventurous sport, popular with young adults, _______ courage matters more than strength.

A．whose            B．that           C．of which           D．where