It is the third time that you ____ to our school .

A. have come     B. come     C. would come     D. came

Many students are planning field trips as spring draws near.  Fourteen-year-old Zhou Lique is busy digging holes along rivers.  The girl and her“One Piece of Paper Team”are planting trees to  1  the environment.

They collect waste paper to sell for trees and have set up websites to spread the  2  of connections between humans and  3  . “We want to make environmental protection everyone’s  4  ”says the girl. “Even a piece of paper  5  . ”

  6  to join Zhou in such meaningful work? Now you are  7  advice on what to do.  Last month,  8  for public participation in environmental protection were published by the State Environmental Protection Administration.  The special measures are  9  to change light rain of the past into a  10  of environmental protection.

Last year’s Songhuajiang River pollution acted as a/an  11  to Chinese people.  According to SEPA officials, environmental pollution has become serious, and will continue so for the next 15 years.

A recent survey showed that  12  most Chinese people care about environmental problems, they don’t put their  13  into practice.  One reason is that they don’t know how.  So the newly published measures  14  information about how to report environmental problems and how to join in the battle against pollution.

  15  there is much you can do in daily life.  Buy less to  16  waste.  Don’t throw away things  17  you have made the most use of them.  Use electricity, water and gas only when 18  . Switch them off when you don’t need them.

Everyone can participate in making the  19  suitable for future generations.   20  not join in and make our world more fantastic?

1. A. change                  B. improve                     C. increase                    D. influence

2. A. disease                  B. news                         C. information               D. relation

3. A. animals                  B. air                             C. universe                    D. nature

4. A. work                     B. habit                         C. life                           D. dream

5. A. values                   B. stresses                     C. matters                     D. destroys

6. A. Eager                    B. Embarrassed              C. Afraid                       D. Frightened

7. A. brought                 B. offered                      C. raised                       D. consulted

8. A. measures               B. books                        C. means                       D. methods

9. A. earned                   B. designed                    C. charged                    D. demanded

10. A. fog                      B. snow                        C. storm                       D. rain

11. A. mirror                 B. model                        C. standard                    D. alarm

12. A. as                       B. though                      C. unless                       D. if

13. A. evidence              B. control                      C. concerns                   D. applications

14. A. promise               B. present                      C. test                           D. value

15. A. Unluckily             B. However                   C. Actually                    D. Similarly

16. A. make                   B. produce                     C. increase                    D. reduce

17. A. before                 B. after                          C. when                        D. while

18. A. important             B. possible                     C. necessary                  D. meaningful

19. A. star                     B. space                        C. satellite                     D. planet

20. A. Why                    B. Do                            C. Dare                         D. Can

Abigale, who is in the sixth grade at Copley-Fairlawn Middle School, has turned a hobby into a good deed. The 12-year-old learned how to knit(编织) from her mother a year ago. Abigale saw her mom doing it and kept asking her mom to teach her and soon realized that the good could come from her new pastime(消遣).She decided to knit 100 scarves(围巾) to give to Akron’s homeless population. Abigale said she was inspired by the event of the past year.“After Hurricane Katrina, I saw all those homeless people,”Abigale said.

She also got her mother on board. Since the two began the project, they have knitted about 50 colorful scarves of various sizes. Abigale, who is also involved in cheerleading, music and dance, said it takes her about a week to finish each scarf. Her mother said she does as much as she can to help out, even though she has multiple sclerosis(多发性硬化症). Abigale and her mother try to pick out fun colors and textures to keep the project interesting.

It’s not unusual for Abigale to do something for others. In the past years, she has donated her hair for wigs(假发) through Locks of Love and has been a teacher’s helper at school. She’s been helping her grandmother baby-sit her new granddaughter and she recycles cans for the fire department.

“We’re just going to keep going,”her mother said.“Originally Abigale thought 100 scarves would be enough, but I told her,‘Honey, there’s more than 100 people out there who need them.’Neither of us plans on stopping.”

1. Why did Abigale learn to knit at the beginning?

  A. To learn something new just as a hobby.      B. To do a good deed.

  C. To give scarves to the homeless.            D. To earn money for her family.

2. According to the passage, Abigale’s mother         .

  A. didn’t support her daughter’s project at first   B. went in for the project long before

  C. also joined in the project warmly            D. had knitted about 50 scarves alone

3. The third paragraph of the passage is mainly to indicate that Abigale      .

  A. is an active girl with many hobbies          B. is a very helpful girl

  C. is a good student                         D. likes looking after babies

4. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

  A. Abigale doesn’t plan on stopping the project soon.

  B. Abigale’s present goal is to knit 100 scarves.

  C. Abigale’s project has widely been rewarded.

  D. Abigale’s project is sometimes boring in fact.

Wearing ties was originally the mark of Britain’s most powerful classes, which made the tie itself a symbol of power and respect. And that led it to be adopted by a much larger tribe—the business tribe.

You cannot wear a tie if you work with machinery. So wearing a tie became a sign that you were a man who used your brain to make a living, rather than your hands. It showed you were serious. It showed you were a professional. It meant that everyone who wanted a job in business had to wear one. It was just impossible to take seriously a man who didn’t wear a piece of colored silk around his neck.

This is how millions of people came to be wearing ties across the world. They are part of the uniform of business.

“Ties offer a point of indifference,”says John Milne, head of the British Guide of Tie Makers.“They give a chance to say something about their own personality.”

So if you happen to meet a man with a very brightly colored tie, there is a good chance that he is the office joker. There is also a good chance that he will be wearing brightly colored socks.

Is there a future for ties? The signs are not promising. Tie wearing seems to rare amongst the new bread of entrepreneurs(创业者) in the Internet and new technology industries. Many political leaders, including British Prime Minister Tony Blair, now go without ties. This shows they are men of the people—but not the people wearing ties.

Up until around 1960,it was common for men across the Western world to wear hats as part of their business uniform. That changed with the election of John F.Kennedy to the presidency of the United States. Kennedy never wore a hat—in fact his nickname was“hatless Jack”.Seeing that the most powerful man in the world did not have to wear a hat, millions of other men decided that they did not have to,either. Hats simply vanished across the Western world. Perhaps“tieless Tony”(UK Prime Minister Tony Blair) will have the same effect as“hatless Jack”.

1. In Britain, ties were first used as a sign to show a person’s        .

  A. personality       B. social position      C. wearing style    D. favorite hobby

2. In the business world, wearing a tie was necessary because       .

  A. it showed you used your brain           B. it showed you got a good salary

  C. it showed you were an employer         D. it showed you were well-trained

3. The writer may hold the opinion that      .

  A. Blair is the best leader in the world

  B. Kennedy is the best leader in the world

  C. millions of people will go to work without a tie

  D. people will wear hats instead of ties

4. The underlined word“vanished”in this passage may mean      .

  A. sold            B. washed            C. appeared         D. disappeared

Is there a“success personality”? Some winning combination of qualities that leads almost naturally to achievement? If so, exactly what is that secret success formula(公式), and can anyone develop it?

At the Gallup Organization we recently focused in depth on success, examining the attitudes of 1,500 successful people selected casually from Who’s Who in America. Our research finds out a number of qualities that occur regularly among top achievers. Here is one of the most important, that is, common sense.

Common sense is the most outstanding quality possessed by our respondents(回答者).79% award themselves a top score in this quality. And 61% say that common sense was very important in contributing to their success.

To most, common sense means the ability to present sound, practical judgments on everyday affairs. To do this, one has to sweep aside extra ideas and get right to the core(核心) of what matters. A Texas oil and gas businessman puts it this way,“The key ability for success is simplifying. In meeting arrangement and industrial management, reducing a complex problem to the simplest term is highly important.”

Is common sense a quality a person is born with, or can you do something to increase it? The oil man’s answer is that common sense can definitely be developed. He attributes his to learning how to debate in school. Another way to increase your store of common sense is to observe it in others, learning from their and your own mistakes.

Besides common sense, there are many other factors that influence success: knowing your field, self-reliance, intelligence, the ability to get things done, leadership, creativity, relationships with others, and of course, luck. But common sense stands out. If you develop these qualities, you’ll succeed. And you might even find yourself listed in Who’s Who someday.

1. It can be learned that common sense         .

  A. is something that common people like best

  B. is a popular quality a person is born with

  C. is something that enables one to form correct opinions

  D. is a quality that is possessed by common people

2. According to the passage, when trying to solve a problem, we had better         .

  A. get experience through practice

  B. pay attention to the most important part of it

  C. keep on learning as much as possible

  D. rely on ourselves as well as luck

3. The passage is mainly concerned with         .

  A. organizational ability and good working habits

  B. the way to gain big profits and achieve fame and success

  C. knowledge and interest which are primary to success

  D. what successful people have in common

4. According to the oil businessman, how can a person develop his / her common sense?

  A. Become a businessman. 

  B. Learn how to debate and learn from mistakes.

  C. Become famous.

  D. Simplify things.

Cafe Hub

Near the Castle is The Hub, home of the Edinburgh International Festival and one of the most talked about spots in town. Our café is open every day for mouth-watering lunches, snacks and fine dining. Come in and enjoy the atmosphere of The Hub or watch the world go by from our beautiful house.

The Hub, Castlehill, Royal Mile, Edinburgh.

Open every day from 9:30 a.m. till late.

Tel:0131173 2067 www.thehub-edinburgh.com

Farm World

Enjoy being“A Farmer for a Day”.Join in delivering and feeding our spring babies—bottle feeding sessions twice daily. Fun for all family. Horse Rides, BMX Bikes Cross Country Course. Tractor Ride through 600 acres, New Adventure Playground, Nature Trails. Full details on website.

Open: May—Oct Wednesdays to Saturdays and daily during school holidays 11 a.m.—5 p.m.

Tel:01797 260256/260321 www.farmworldrye.co.uk

Enter the Europe-wide student competition!

Are you curious, creative and energetic? Are you interested in the new media? Are you between 12 and 9 years of age? Then Join Multimedia 2006 is for you!

Your challenge will be to build a team and develop a multimedia presentation in English-based on one of three different topics. You can register(报名) between May 1 and June 15,2006 and will have to turn in your entry before September 15,2006.

The rewards are wonderful: £ 150,000 in prize for schools and teams and the chance to attend a European student camp—plus new experiences, an opportunity to make friends throughout Europe!

For further information and registration forms go to:www.siemens.com/join. multimedia.

1. You’ll have to register first if you want         .

  A. to enjoy delicious food

  B. to try Tractor Ride through 600 acres

  C. to enter the Europe-wide student competition

  D. to watch the world go by from the beautiful house

2. According to the passage, there will be       rewards for the Europe-wide student competition.

  A. only one           B. two             C. three             D. four

3. You can visit Farm World         .

  A. on Monday in May                    B. any day in October

  C. at 2 p. m. at Christmas                   D. at 10:30 a. m. during school holidays

4. From the advertisements above, we can learn that        .

  A. Cafe Hub is a popular place in the local area

  B. families can enjoy Horse Rides on New Adventure Playground

  C. Farm World provides lunches, snacks and fine dining

  D. the Europe-wide student competition will be held on June 15, 2006

No matter how long your life is, you will, at best, be able to read only a few books of all that have been written, and the few you do read should include the best. You can be pleased with the fact that the number of such is relatively small.

It is to be expected that the selections will change over time. Yet there is a surprising uniformity(一致性) in the lists which represent the best choices of any periold. In every age, the list makers include both ancient and modern books in their selections, and they always wonder whether the moderns are up to the great books of the past.

What are the signs by which we may recognize a great book? The four I will mention may not be all there are, but they are the ones I’ve found most useful in explaining my choices over the years.

Great books are probably the most widely read. They are enduring best sellers. Gone With the Wind has had relatively few readers compared to the plays of Shakespeare or Don Quixote. It would be reasonable to estimate that Homer Sliad has been read by at least 25,000,000 people in the last 3000 years.

Great books are popular, not pedantic. They are not written by specialists about specialties for specialists. Whether they are philosophy or science, or history or poetry, they treat of human, not academic problems. They are written for men, not professors. To read a textbook for advanced students, you have to read an elementary textbook first. But the great books can be considered elementary in the sense that they treat the elements of any subject matter. They are not related to one another as a series of textbooks, graded in difficulty or in the technicality of the problems with which they deal.

Great books are always contemporary, the most readable and instructive.

Great books deal with the continuously unsolved problems of human life. There are mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Inquiry not begins with wonder, but usually ends with it also. Great minds acknowledge mysteries only honestly. Wisdom is encouraged, not destroyed, by understanding its limitations.

1. Which is NOT the criterion in the following when considering a great book?

  A. Although not a best seller, it must be the most widely read.

  B.A great book can be read without any effort.

  C. Great books are never out of date.

  D. Great books will not disappoint you if you try to read them well.

2. According to the author, Gone With the Wind is      .

  A. a best seller                      B. disliked by readers who like Shakespeare

  C. read more often than Don Quixote    D. a great book

3. In the passage the underlined word“pedantic”means         .

  A. showing the feelings, esp, those of kindness, which people are supposed to have

  B. serving as practical examples

  C. being elementary

  D. paying too much attention to details in books

4. The best title for this passage is         .

  A. Great Books in Your Life           B. Great Books in Your Specialty

  C. How to Find a Great Book?         D. What Is a Great Book?

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    I want to get along well with my classmates, so I                                   1.          

can’t because I am very quiet. I can find words to say                                   2.          

when others are talking with me. I’m very impressing                                    3.          

by those girls always keep talking and smiling. If the                                      4.          

world were full of people who are always talk, it would                                  5.          

be a very noise place! I know some people are quiet                                       6.          

while others like to talk a lot, which make for a                                             7.          

balanced life, and also they know my classmates quite                                    8.          

well so long as I can find the confidence to speak out of.                               9.          

But I feel lonely in class because of my quietness.                                          10.          

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Good afternoon, everyone!

Welcome to the Cycling Club…

一Let’s discuss the question raised last night, shall we?

一There is no hurry for that. I _______  for a conference．

A．headed      B．was heading         C．am heading       D．have headed