The new evidence has _________ the story of the first witness．

A．confirmed            B．informed              C．considered              D．confused

The teacher explained the instructions _________ so that students could do the experiment accurately．

A．in reality              B．in vain             C．in detail                    D．at random

Brenda was invited to go rock-climbing．Although she was very __1__，she went with her group to a huge cliff．__2__ her fear，she still took hold of the rope and started up the __3__ of that rock．She reached a ledge where she could take a break．As she was __4__ on there，the safety rope knocked out her contact lens（隐形眼镜）．

Over there she looked and looked，hoping it had _5__ on the ledge，but it just wasn't there．She was __6__，so she _7__ to the Lord to help her to find it．

When she got to the top，a friend _8__ her eye and her clothing for the lens，but there was no contact lens to be found．She sat down，disappointed，waiting for the rest of the __9__ to __10__ it up the face of the cliff．

She looked out across range after range of mountains，__11__ of that verse which says，“The eyes of the Lord run to and fro __12__ the whole earth．” She thought，“Lord，You know every stone and leaf，and You know __13__ where my contact lens is．Please help me．”

Finally，they walked down the trail to the __14__．At the bottom there was a new party of climbers just __15__ up the face of the cliff．One of them shouted out，“Hey，you guys! Anybody __16__ a contact lens?”

My God，do you know why the climber saw it? An ant was moving slowly across the face of the rock，carrying it on its __17__．

When Brenda told her father，a cartoonist，the _18__ story，he drew a picture of an ant carrying that contact lens with the words，“Lord，I don’t know why You want me to carry this thing．I can't eat it，and it's __19_ heavy．But if this is __20__ You want me to do，I'll carry it for You．”

1．A．thrilled                B．upset                   C．scared                   D．confident

2．A．Despite                  B．Without               C．Alongside               D．Except

3．A．edge                      B．face                     C．foot                       D．ground

4．A．lying                     B．standing               C．flying                     D．hanging

5．A．crashed                 B．attached               C．relied                     D．landed

6．A．desperate               B．innocent               C．proud                    D．angry

7．A．swore                B．consulted             C．prayed                   D．saluted

8．A．tested                 B．examined             C．looked                   D．watched

9．A．chorus                      B．party                   C．audience                D．colleagues

10．A．catch                   B．give                     C．make                     D．get

11．A．thinking               B．speaking              C．telling                    D．talking

12．A．over                    B．through                C．beneath                  D．throughout

13．A．partly                  B．casually               C．exactly                   D．approximately

14．A．floor                    B．bottom                 C．range                     D．end

15．A．starting                B．ending                 C．pausing                  D．slowing

16．A．find                     B．possess                C．use                        D．lose

17．A．head                    B．back                    C．forehead                D．side

18．A．incredible             B．imaginary             C．ambiguous             D．changeable

19．A．basically              B．typically               C．awfully                  D．slightly

20．A．how                    B．why                    C．when                     D．what

One day last September，as Britney Spears was about to board a flight to Los Angeles from London，a blue bottle fell out of her purse．She quickly put it back in，but not before the camera recorded the event．Neither Spears nor her spokesman was willing to comment on the contents of the bottle，but the next morning London's Daily Express published a page of pictures under the headline “EXCLUSIVE：POP PRINCESS SPOTTED AT AIRPORT WITH POT OF SLIMMING TABLETS．” Spears was apparently carrying Zantrex-3，one of the most popular weight-loss pills now sold in the United States．The pill，which is sold at about fifty dollars for a month's supply， contains a huge amount of caffeine，some green tea，and three common South American herbs that also act as stimulants（兴奋剂）．It hit the U.S. market last March and has had a success that would be hard to overstate．Mill ions of bottles have been sold，and during the Christmas season it was displayed in the windows of the nation’s largest chain of vitamin shops．G．N．C．．Zantrex-3 is also sold at CVS，Rite Aid，Wal-Mart，and other chains，and over the telephone and on the Internet．If you type “Zantrex” into Google，more than a hundred thousand pieces of information about it will appear．At any moment，there are scores of people selling it on eBay．

Perhaps the most interesting thing about the success story of Zantrex-3．however，is that it is far from unique．There are hundreds of similar products on the market today，and they are bought by millions of Americans．And though Zantrex's producer makes some exciting statements，so do the people who sell Stacker 2 and Anorex along with those who sell Carb Eliminator and Fat Eliminator．Almost all of these compounds suggest that they can help people lose weight and regain lost energy，and often without diet，exercise，or any other effort．

1．Britney Spears is a／an _________．

A．dancer                 B．singer                  C．athlete                    D．chemist

2．Which of the following is also a kind of weight-loss pill?

A．CVS                    B．Rite Aid               C．Wal-Mart               D．Anorex

3．The underlined part of the sentence in the first paragraph is most likely similar in meaning to _________．

A．it is difficult to say how successful Zantrex-3 is

B．you can't overstate the success of Zantrex-3

C．you can't think too highly of the success of Zantrex-3

D．Zantrex-3 is not very successful

4．From the second paragraph we know that _________．

A．Zantrex-3 is one of the successful weight-loss pills on the US market

B．Zantrex-3 is the most successful weight-loss pills on the US market

C．Zantrex-3 is the only weight-loss pill on the US market

D．there are five kinds of weight-loss pills on the US market

5．The passage mainly tells us _________．

A．when Britney Spears was found taking weight-loss pills with her

B．how Zantrex-3 became successful in the USA

C．weight-loss pills are very popular in the USA

D．Zantrex-3 is forbidden to be sold on the US market

More than half of all pupils failed to achieve five good GCSEs（General Certificate of Secondary Education）that included English and math this year，according to official figures published today．

The statistics suggest that record increases year-on-year in the overall pass rate mask continued potential failures in basic qualifications for most children．

Only 47.2% of all those who took GCSEs this summer—including children at private school —managed to get a C or above in math，English and three other subjects，an increase of just 0.7% on last year．

Girls continue to outshine boys，with 51.9% achieving five good GCSEs including English and math，compared to 42.8% of boys reaching that standard．

Educational inequality is highlighted（突出）by an analysis，which indicates a vast gulf in achievement between children from rich and poor areas．In the top 10% of highest achieving local authorities，61.3% of pupils get five good GCSEs on average．But in the bottom10% that figure falls to 34.8%．

Michael Gove，the Shadow Schools Secretary said：“Once again we see that children in the weakest areas are not getting the same opportunities as others．The gap between the fortunate and the forgotten remains stubbornly wide as the lucky ones pull away from the rest as they progress through school．Overall，fewer than half of children leave school aged 16 with the basic level of qualifications．The government has ploughed money into education，and rightly so，but they have not achieved the improvements to match”．

Concerning the problem，Jim Knight，the Schools Minister，said：“The bottom line is that more young people than ever before have now got a firm foundation for further education or the work-based training that they want to do．”

1．We can learn from the statistics that _________．

A．secondary education has suffered a great failure

B．the basic qualifications for most children have been improved

C．English and math are difficult for students to learn well

D．the number of the students achieving GCSEs is slightly increasing

2．According to the passage，compared with boys，_________．

A．girls have more advantages in learning English and math

B．girls perform much better in achieving good GCSEs

C．girls are more diligent when learning at school

D．girls live a more successful life at school

3．It can be inferred from the fifth paragraph that _________．

A．secondary education doesn’t achieve balanced development

B．wealth determines the success of secondary education

C．pupils in rich areas have more abilities to learn well

D．students from rich and poor areas haven’t communicated well

4．Which of the following statements might Michael Gove agree with?

A．The phenomenon of education inequality can be avoided entirely．

B．All the students are supposed to reach the level of qualifications．

C．The government is responsible for educational inequality．

D．The government shouldn't invest so much money in education．

5．What's Jim Knight's attitude towards secondary education?

A．Indifferent．        B．Supportive．        C．Negative．              D．Unknown．

Workers may feel comfortable handing in a sick note for flu or physical illness but nearly half of workers reported not being happy to disclose a mental health condition at work，especially among manual（体力的）and skilled professions．

The survey of 1,000 workers by national charity The Shaw Trust found that 18.3% would not disclose a condition even to their HR department and only 17.9% would disclose details of an illness to a colleague．Of the respondents 34.5% said the reason they would not disclose a mental health condition was that they felt worried or ashamed they would be treated differently．This figure rose to 43.3% among16 to 24-year-olds．Besides，one in ten workers thought that disclosing a condition would reduce their chances of promotion with those in junior and middle management being most concerned．

Tim Cooper，managing director of The Shaw Trust，said：“The Office of National Statistics estimates that one in six people may suffer from a mental ill health condition at any one time．Despite this，our research illustrates people are still unwilling to disclose such a condition，particularly in the current economic climate in which workers are concerned about showing any sign of weakness．We know however from our work people with mental health conditions are perfectly capable of managing a job and their condition with the right support from their employers and therefore feel it is vital that such misunderstanding is laid to rest．”

To solve the problem，businesses need to create an environment in which people not only feel confident enough to discuss a mental health condition with a line manager or member of the HR team but in which they can also receive the support they need to continue making a valuable contribution．Additionally，to help businesses achieve this，The Shaw Trust has created a website offering advice and information．

1．The main idea of this passage is that _________．

A．workers tend to keep silent on mental health conditions

B．a large number of people suffer from a mental health problems

C．workers pay more attention to physical health than mental health

D．there are various reasons why workers disclose their mental health condition

2．Workers aren't willing to disclose their mental health condition mainly because _________．

A．they think it's their entire privacy

B．they will be dismissed if doing so

C．they are afraid it will influence their work

D．they will have no opportunity to get promoted

3．The underlined phrase “laid to rest” in the third paragraph roughly means _________．

A．strengthened          B．understood           C．neglected                      D．removed

4．We can learn from what Tim Cooper said that _________．

A．people disclosing mental health conditions can do work perfectly

B．employers' support contributes to workers’ performances

C．the current economy is developing well

D．it's important for workers and employers to cooperate

5．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The Shaw Trust will contribute to workers with mental problems．

B．Encouraging workers to disclose their mental health is beneficial to work．

C．The present business environment requires to be improved．

D．Manual and skilled professions cause more mental problems than others．

Science Daily—American teens are confident they can invent solutions to some of the world's pressing challenges，such as protecting and restoring the natural environment，but more than half feel unprepared for careers in technology and engineering，the Lemelson-MIT Invention Index has found this year.The Lemelson-MIT Invention Index，which assesses Americans' attitudes toward invention and innovation，also found there is an important need for more project-based learning in high schools．

Nearly three out of four American teens believe technological inventions or innovations can solve some of our pressing environmental issues within the next decade，including global warming，water pollution and fossil fuel depletion（消耗）．Nearly two-thirds of teens are confident they could invent some of these solutions．This contrasts with only 38 percent of adults who believe they could invent something to help protect and restore the natural environment．Of those adults，more than half are 18-24 years old．

“Today's teens are inheriting our society's environmental challenges，so their confidence and optimism that the problems are solvable is promising and exciting，” said Josh Schuler，executive director of the Lemelson-MIT Program，a non-profit organization at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology whose mission is to recognize outstanding inventors，encourage sustainable new solutions to real-world problems，and enable and inspire young people to pursue creative lives and careers through invention．“However，we owe our youth the tools they will need to solve these challenges．”

The Lemelson-MIT Invention Index found that more than half of American teens do not believe their high school is preparing them adequately for a career in technology and engineering．“Learning to invent is really no different than learning to swim or play the trombone（长号），” said Schuler，“It takes practice．Students need the opportunity to get their hands dirty and invent．Generally speaking，there’s not enough ‘learning by doing’ taking place in today's high schools，and our survey found that students recognize this．”

1．What attitude does Schuler have towards American teens' confidence in solving some of the world's pressing challenges?

A．Doubtful．          B．Positive．            C．Neutral．                D．Unclear．

2．According to the Lemelson-MIT Invention Index，American teens believe _________．

A．they can solve some of the world’s pressing challenges

B．some of the world’s pressing challenges will be solved by adults

C．high school education can provide them the tools they need to solve

D．they are quite prepared to solve some of the world’s pressing challenges

3．We can infer from what Schuler says that _________．

A．American teens don’t get enough project-based learning

B．American teens are too optimistic to be realistic

C．American high school education destroys students’ creativity

D．American teens should be more concentrated on practice

4．What is the most important in learning to invent，according to Schuler?

A．Playing games．                                      B．Playing musical instruments．

C．Practice．                                                        D．Special education．

5．We can conclude from the last paragraph that _________．

A．students must get their hands dirty to learn to invent

B．American students are not satisfied with their high school education

C．American students are not encouraged to invent in high schools

D．learning to invent is not something difficult

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Using hidden cameras and cheap bicycles as bait（诱饵），an Argentine publicist Mariano Pasik，set out to monitor crime in different neighborhoods of Buenos Aires，the capital of the country．He thinks the longer it takes for the bike to be stolen the safer the area．

Pasik speeds up the videos，sets them to music and puts them on a website．He hopes other videographers will join his non-profit “Bicycle Test” project and create a worldwide insecurity index．

Pasik，who runs his own publicity firm Liebre Amotinada Ideas，said the project is part art，part reality show，part journalism and part fun．Pasik blurs the thieves' faces and was shocked at comments on his website where people have called for thieves to be sentenced to death．

“What you see on the videos is that they aren’t professional thieves．They are people who run into temptation and decide to commit a crime，and they ________________ at the moment they take the bike．” he said．

He is trying to show that the media concern about crime，in places where armed robberies are out of control，is the key of the problem．

“The popular fantasy is that the bike will be stolen in seconds，and it isn’t quite like that，” Pasik said．

In the latest video posted，a bike lasted an hour without being stolen in the Constitution neighborhood．But on the shopping street of Santa Fe，a bike lasted a few short minutes before it was stolen．

On the videos，the thieves often seem more like opportunists than hardened criminals．

“You see the person thinking and thinking，coming and going．It's more about an internal dilemma between good and bad，than about the bicycle itself，” Pasik said．

So far in the Bicycle Test，no woman has stolen a bike．

1．What is the purpose of the Bicycle Test? （Please answer within 10 words．）

2．Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?

It is generally imagined that people steal the bike in a very short time，which is not the case．

3．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words．（Please answer within 6 words．）

4．How do you think we should treat a person who steals the bike? （Please answer within 30 words．）

5．Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 into Chinese．

最近，你班进行了《中学生在校饮食习惯及食品安全》的课题研究，了解到中学生存在一些饮食问题，如好吃零食、挑食偏食，不吃早餐，不看食品保质期，喜爱街头小吃等等。

请用英语写一篇120—150词的短文，发表在21世纪英文报上，简单介绍你们的调查结果，并谈谈你对中学生饮食及食品安全的认识。

This book is said to be a special one, which       many events not found on other history books.

A．writes            B．covers         C．instructs        D．conveys