Every Christmas the giant tree in Rockefeller Center sparkles with thousands of lights. From the beginning, when construction workers raised the first one during the depths of the Depression, it has been a symbol of hope. Diana Abad, like most Americans, loved that tree.

       In 1999, however, Diana was writing her will. The 33-year-old woman from Staten Island, New York, was diagnosed with leukemia(白血病）and wanted to put her things in order. Doctors told her she had nine months to live.

       Her slim chance for survival lay in finding a bone marrow(骨髓）donor. The most likely source for a match is always among relatives -- but her family was tested and there was none.

       Then one day in February 2000, she got a call from the hospital saying that out of the four million people enrolled in the National Marrow Donor Program Registry, there was only one match. The potential donor was thinking about it. In March the donor agreed, and the transplant procedure was scheduled for March 27.

       On that day, a doctor came in with the marrow in a bag, and Diana remembers him saying: “This is it. If it doesn’t graft within four to six hours, nothing will bring you back.” Diana asked a priest (牧师）to give her last rite(祈祷）.

       Almost immediately after the two-hour procedure, she felt stronger. Doctors told her it looked like the graft had taken.

       Donors are anonymous, but when she was better, Diana sent a note through the Registry: “You don’t know the joy that I am experiencing,” she wrote. “I hope that one day we can meet and I can thank you in person.”

       It was several months before the donor replied. At first he didn’t even give his name. He was 34-year-old David Mason, and he lived in Dedham, Massachusetts. But eventually the two exchanged phone numbers and began to talk.

       Then unexpectedly and unannounced, he turned up at her door in Englishtown, New Jersey, on December 23. She says it was love at first sight. He says he didn’t feel it until they met the second time.

       That meeting began a long-distance romance that culminated(修成正果）under the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center in December 2004. That’s where David proposed(求婚）to Diana. She, of course, said yes.

1．Which of the following may be the title of the passage?

       A．Perfect Match                                     B．Successful Graft

       C．Anonymous Donor                              D．Lucky Christmas Tree

2．What can we know about the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center?

       A．It was planted by the local inhabitants of Rockefeller in the United States.

       B．Diana got saved under the Christmas tree and so loved it.

       C．Many Americans love the tree because it was raised during the depths of the depression.

       D．The tree is very tall and beautifully decorated by people at Christmas time.

3．Which word can replace the underlined work enrolled in the fourth paragraph?

      A．searched             B．found                  C．registered            D．served

4．It can be inferred from the passage that         .

       A．leukemia is so serious a disease that nobody can survive in America

       B．patients who suffer from leukemia may feel very weak

       C．bone marrow transplant is very easy to carry out in America

       D．the man donor knew Diana would become his wife in advance

5．Which of the following is true about their first meeting with each other?

       A．Diana met David at the hospital on the day when she was operated on.

       B．Diana went to David’s home in Dedham in order to thank him in person.

       C．David and Diana fell in love with each other when they first met.

       D．David didn’t telephone Diana to inform her of the date of his visiting her.

A proven method of effective textbook reading is the SQ3R method developed by Francis Robinson. The first step is to survey (the S step）the chapter by reading the title, introduction, section headings, summary and by studying any graphs, tables illustrations or charts. The purpose for this step is to get an overview of the chapter so that you will know before you read what it will be about. In the second step (the Q step）, for each section you ask yourself questions such as “What do I already know about this topic?” and “What do I want to know?” In this step you also take the section heading and turn it into a question. This step gives you a purpose for reading the section. The third step (the first of the 3R’s） is to read to find the answer to your questions. Then at the end of each section, before going on to the next section, you recite (the second of the 3R’s）the answers to the questions that you formed in the question step. When you recite you should say the information you want to learn out loud in your own words. The fifth step is done after you have completed steps 2,3, and 4 for each section. You review (the last of the 3R's）the entire chapter. The review is done much as the survey was in the first step. As you review, hold a mental conversation with yourself as you recite the information you selected as important to learn. The mental conversation could take the form of asking and answering the questions formed from the headings or reading the summary, which lists the main ideas in the chapter, and trying to fill in the details for each main idea.

1．From the passage we can infer that the SQ3R method         .

       A．turns out to be practicable                    B．leaves much to be desired

       C．needs to be proven                              D．cannot be used by every reader

2．The SQ3R method consists of        steps.

       A．three                   B．four                   C．five                    D．seven

3．According to the passage, the first step helps the readers           .

       A．read the first several paragraphs           B．scan the whole chapter

       C．study the graphs                             D．get the theme of the chapter

4．Which of the following is the fourth step?

       A．To question yourself．                        B．To read for information.

       C．To recite your answers．                    D．To draw a conclusion.

5．Which of the following statements is TRUE?

       A．In the last step, you should remember all the information.

       B．When you finish the last step, you will get both the main idea and the details.

       C．The mental conversation involves answering the questions asked by the author.

       D．While you are holding a mental conversation you select the important information.

This week, London will be full of celebrations to welcome the Year of the Rat. Every year, London’s Chinatown holds a great event to celebrate Chinese New Year, the largest event outside of Asia.

       This year in the UK, there seems to be a huge amount of interest in Chinese culture. For the third year running, the “China in London” season is being held. This extended event will run from February to April, ending in the Olympic torch relay, when the Olympic flame will pass through London on its way to the start of the Beijing Games.

       The “China in London” season will incorporate a huge number of events, ranging from art exhibitions to modern dance, film festivals to tea tastings, musical concerts to children’s half-term activities. In addition, another Chinese culture festival, “China Now” is launching at Chinese New Year.

       This is a nationwide season of events leading up to the Beijing Olympics. As well as cultural events, this programme includes an education programme for schools to develop relationships with China, and a Football Exchange, where the UK Football Association will be coaching children in China and offering a lucky few the chance to visit Britain on a football tour.

       The main Chinese New Year celebration will be held on Sunday 10th February, and is expected to attract around 300,000 visitors. It will showcase both traditional and contemporary Chinese arts, bringing together British-born and Chinese performers.

       The most important thing of the day is the grand parade(游行） through the streets of London, led by a traditional dragon dance, followed by musicians, acrobats, artists and children. There will be a large stage and screen in Trafalgar Square featuring(展现）martial arts, music and dance.

       It wouldn’t be Chinese New Year without fireworks and firecrackers, so Leicester Square will see displays on the hour all afternoon. Nearby theatres and arts centres will also be holding special New Year events, such as variety shows.

       Happy New Year to you, we hope you enjoy your celebrations as much as we will enjoy them in London.

1．What does the passage mainly talk about?

       A．The “China in London” season.

       B．A number of celebrations to welcome the New Year in London.

    C．The grand parade of London.

     D．Varieties of shows about Chinese culture.

2．The underlined word incorporate in the third paragraph means         .

       A．include                B．co – operate         C．exist                   D．celebrate

3．We can learn from the passage that          .

    A．a great number of the children in China will have the chance to visit Britain on a football tour

       B．there won’t be fireworks or firecrackers during the celebrations in London

       C．London’s Chinatown holds an event to celebrate the Chinese new Year every year

       D．the main Chinese New Year celebration will be held on Saturday 10th February

4．The “China in London” season will include the following events except           .

       A．martial arts         B．film festivals       C．musical concert   D．art exhibitions

5．Where do you think this passage is taken from?

       A．a textbook.       B．a newspaper.    C．a guide book.       D．an official report.

We want our kids to use the Internet, and yet we worry. But we can find ways to direct our children away from what’s wrong, towards what’s best.

       The most effective way to monitor a kid’s online activity is to monitor it. That is, to stand beside the computer from time to time when your child is at it.

       Carleton Kendrick suggests that accompanying your child to a website he often visits is no different from "checking out a playground where your kids go, to see that it’s safe."

       In any e-mail program, a look at the senders’ addresses can give you a good idea of your kids’ communicators .

       America Online allows parents to limit incoming e-mails to a finite list of communicators. Some parents also type their kids’ names into a search engine to discover what they’re saying on websites or message boards.

       Understand that as kids get older and demand more privacy, some basic know-how comes into play. America Online has been particularly effective in helping parents give their children an online experience: a "kids-only" AOL account prevents young users from all but full time-monitored chat rooms. Katherine Borsecnik , president at AOL, notes, however, that "if I have a child who’s doing a report on breast cancer, I might want to turn off the filters (过滤器）" since kids-only access would block websites with even straight medical information about breast.

       Many parents don’t know that a simple click on the "history" tab will produce a list of links to every website the computer         . Bonnie Fell opens all the files that have been downloaded by her two sons at least once a month—"whether the boys are there or not. Although they know it." As Jim Lynch, who manages message boards for the Boston-based Family Education. com, says, "Parents are the basic filter."

1．What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)

                                                                            .

2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following sentence?

However, it’s possible for us to help children head for the best not the wrong on the Internet.

3．Fill in the blank with proper words or phrases. (Please answer within 10 words.)

4．According to the passage, What do you think the parents can do to direct children on the Internet? (Please list at least 2 ways and answer within 30 words.)

5．Put the underlined sentence in the passage into Chinese.

高三年级是高中生活的最后一年， 这一年中，学生们面临着沉重的升学压力。因此，很多学生课间也坐教室里用功，但学习效率和成绩并不理想。由此你想告诉他们：适当的休息很有必要。现在就请你以“A Ten-minute Break”为题，按下列要点写一篇短文，让这些同学从中有所启发。要点如下：

1．十分钟的课间休息很有必要。

2．要注意适当的休息方式。

3．你是怎样利用这十分钟的。

注意：①开头已经给出，不计入总数；②词数100左右。

A Ten-minute Break

       As a Senior Three student, time seems much limited.

A 21-year-old German tourist, who wanted to visit his girlfriend in Sydney，Australia,   1   13,000 kilometers away near Sidney, Montana, in America after mistyping his   2   on a flight booking Web site.   3   for the Australian summer in T-shirt and shorts, Tobi Gutt left Germany for a four-week   4  . 

    Instead of arriving in “down-under(指澳大利亚)”, Gutt found himself on a different continent and bound for (飞向---) the cold state of Montana．

    “I did wonder but I didn’t want to say   2  ,” Gutt told the Bild newspaper. “I thought to myself, I can fly to Australia via (经由) the United States.”

    Gutt’s airline ticket routed him via (=through) the U.S. city of Portland, Oregon, to Billings, MontanA．Only when he was about to   6   a flight to Sidney — an oil town of about 5,000 people — did he realize his   7  .

    The   8   tourist, who had only a thin jacket to keep out the winter   9  , spent three days in Billings airport before he was able to buy a new ticket to Australia with 600 euros (欧元) in cash that his   10   sent over from Germany.

“I didn’t notice the mistake as my son is usually good with computers,” his mother, Sabine, told Reuters.

1. A．broke                  B．landed              C．parted                     D．took

2. A．name                  B．number            C．date                        D．destination

3. A．Prepared             B．Sent                C．Dressed                  D．Misled

4. A．holiday             B．walk                C．flight                      D．voyage

5. A．nothing            B．anything           C．something               D．everything

6. A．book                   B．escape             C．enjoy                      D．board

7. A．mistake            B．dream              C．loss                        D．way

8. A．lovely                 B．lonely              C．poor                       D．clever

9. A．snow                  B．temperature      C．cold                       D．time

10. A．girlfriend           B．parents            C．bank                       D．company

阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填在标号为1-10的相应位置。

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the   1   (eleven) largest nation in Europe. The island of Great Britain,   2    takes up most of the Britain Isles is made up of England,   3    and Scotland．Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are mountainous.   4    highest mountain is Ben Nevis in Scotland．Plains and valleys cover much of England．The British climate is mild and    5   （pleasure）..

About 58 million people live in the United Kingdom. Few other countries are so crowded．Four out   6  five people live in   7    such as Belfast, Glasgow, and London. London is the capital of the United Kingdom. It has about seven million people. The river Thames runs    8    London. Great Britain grows half of the food it needs. Its industries help to pay for the food   9   (buy) from abroad．The United Kingdom manufactures a wide range of goods. Service industries, such as tourism, are increasing. However, traditional    10   , such as coal mining, are declining.

The BBC was founded in 1922, including radio and television services. It is based at Broadcasting House in London.

The BBC is controlled by some governors chosen by the government, but these people have freedom and the government can’t interfere（干扰）. That is, the BBC is supposed not to be the mouthpiece（代言人）of the government. It has to be as fair as possible in giving radio and television time to, for example, political parties and religious groups.

There is a kind of interesting service in British-rental services. Many people prefer to rent their television sets instead of buying them.

The rent for a black and white set is about 80 pence a week (1980). The rent of a color set is more than twice that of a black and white set. If the sets go wrong, people can have them repaired free of charge or replaced immediately.

Everyone has to buy a yearly license, since there is no advertising on BBC radio or television. It is from the sale of licenses that the BBC gets most of its money. A license for a black and white set costs 8 pounds, and for a colour set 18 pounds a year.

There are four specialized radio channels, which broadcast different kinds of programmers. Radio I is mainly pop music．Radio 2 deals with light music, sports and other programmers. Radio 3 broadcasts serious music, talks on serious subjects etc．News broadcasts are mainly given by Radio 4.

There are special programmers for Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and certain parts of England．It also broadcasts programmers about Britain—in many different languages as well as in English to all parts of the world．

1. The officials in charge of the BBC       .

      A．must say what the government wants to say

      B．should give more time to political parties than to religious groups

      C．are elected by the citizens from all over the country

      D．can decide things without the permission of the government

2. If he wants to watch TV at home, everyone       .

      A．has to buy a television set of his own

      B．must rent a TV set

      C．had to buy a license once a year

      D．can change his damaged TV set for a new one without payment

3. How does BBC get most of its money?

      A．It gets money from all kinds of advertisements.

      B．The BBC depends on the rent of TV sets.

      C．The BBC gets money mainly by selling licenses and TV sets.

      D．It gets its money mainly by selling licenses.

4. Which of the following is true?

    A．If you rent a television set and there is something wrong with it, you should pay to fix it with your own money.

      B．It costs more to rent a color TV set than a black and white one.

      C．You can listen to classical music from Radio 1.

D．You needn’t buy the license if you pay the rent on time.

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

      A．The BBC radio services include 4 radio channels.

      B．The BBC broadcasts to foreign countries only in English.

      C．The programmers of the four radio channels are not the same.

    D．The BBC special programmers are not only for foreign countries but also for different areas in its own country.

Rome had the Forum（公共集会场所）. London has Speaker’s Corner. Now always-on-the-go New Yorkers have Liz and Bill.

Liz and Bill, two college graduates in their early 20s,have spent a whole year trying to have thousands of people talk to them in subway stations and on busy street corners. Just talk.

Using a 2-foot-tall sign that says, “Talk to Me,” they attract conversationalists（会话者）,who one evening included a mental patient, and men in business suits.

They don’t collect money. They don’t push religion. So what’s the point?

“To see what happens,” said Liz. “We simply enjoy life with open communication.”　

Shortly after the September11, 2001attack, they decided to walk from New York City to Washington, a270-mile trip. They found they loved talking to people along the way and wanted to continue talking with strangers after their return.

“It started as a crazy idea,” Liz said．“We were so curious about all the strangers walking by with their life stories. People will talk to us about anything: their jobs, their clothes, their childhood experiences, anything.”　　

Denise wanted to talk about an exam she was about to take. She had stopped by for the second time in two days, to let the two listeners know how it went.　

Marcia had lost her husband to a serious disease. “That was very heavy on my mind,” Marcia said．“To be able to talk about it to total strangers was very good,” she explained．

To celebrate a year of talking, the two held a get-together in a city park for all the people they had met over the past year. A few hundred people showed up, as well as some television cameramen and reporters.

They may plan more parties or try to attract more people to join their informal talks. Some publishers have expressed interest in a book, something they say they’ll consider.

1．What did Liz and Bill start doing after September2001?

A．Chatting with people.                           B．Setting up street signs.

C．Telling stories to strangers.　　            D．Organizing a speaker’s corner.　

2．What they have been doing can be described as         .

A．pointless             B．normal                C．crazy　　           D．successful　　

3．Why are Denise and Marcia mentioned in the text?

       A．They knew Liz and Bill very well.

B．They happened to meet the writer of the text.

C．They organized the get together in the city park.　

D．They are examples of those who talked to Liz and Bill.

4．What will Liz and Bill do in the future?

A．Go in for publishing.                            B．Do more television programs.

C．Continue what they are doing　　         D．Spend more time reading books.

5．How do they like the idea of writing a book?

       A．They have decided to wait a year or two.    B．They will think about it carefully.

       C．They agreed immediately.                D．They find it hard to do that.

The average human spends 1/3 of his or her lifetime sleeping. Imagine how much people could accomplish if they spent less time sleeping. For many high school students, getting enough rest is not a priority (优先). A National Sleep Foundation survey shows that teens are staying up too late at night, usually getting 7 hours of sleep instead of the recommended 9 hours. Although teenagers' internal clocks (生物钟) are partially to blame for not sleeping earlier, many students lose sleep because of school.

    Schools should allow students enough time for sleep, taking jobs, sports, and other extracurricular activities into consideration.

    Students who are extremely busy and lose sleep as a result should not have to drop their activities in order to get more rest. With colleges becoming increasingly competitive, it is unreasonable for students to be forced to choose between sleeping and excelling.

      In addition to interfering with academic success, lack of sleep also affects a person's safety. Almost 1/2 of the 100 000 annual sleep-related car accidents in the U. S. involve people between the ages of 15 and 24.

     There are a number of solutions that high schools can choose from. One option is starting school at a later time. A later schedule is more appropriate for teenagers' biological clocks. Although it may create more expenses for the school, the change would be well worth it. Research has shown that students who get more sleep are happier, healthier, more productive, and earn higher grades than those who suffer from sleep deprivation免职, 撤职; 废止. Students who get enough sleep are also more attentive and less likely to fall asleep in class.

     A second option is offering study hall as an elective选修课程. Since this gives students time to do homework or take a nap, it creates more free time after school.

     A third alternative可供选择的办法 is for some teachers to alter(改变) their teaching methods a bit by giving only important, necessary homework. Quite a few teachers assign busy work, which doesn't teach students much but instead wastes their time. It is also helpful if teachers communicate with each other to plan out their test schedules.

     High schools should not negatively interfere with the amount of sleep teenagers get. Instead, schools should take steps to benefit the lives of students by allowing them enough time to rest. As Fran Lebowitz said, “Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.”

1. According to the expert, the students should get enough sleep, and it is about _____.

A．six hours            B．seven hours      C．eight hours           D．nine hours

2. Why the students couldn't get enough sleep?

A．Because they stay up too late.           B．Because of internal clock.

C．Because of too much homework.         D．Because of all above mentioned reasons.

3． There are about _____ sleep-related car accidents every year.

A．5000                B．50 000      C．100 000           D．1 000 000

4. In the writer's opinion, the high school should _____.

A．start school according to the teenager's biological clocks

B．interfere with the amount of sleep that teenagers get

C．change teaching methods completely

D．assign less homework now

5. The best title for this text would be _____.

A．Study and Sleep                B．Teens and Sleep

C．The Importance of Sleep       D．Students and Sleep