We won’t ______ you ______ away with cheating in the exam.

A．let; getting        B．have; get          C．let ; keeping       D．have; getting

Bats are surprisingly long-lived creatures, some ________ a life span of 20 years.

A．having            B．had              C．have             D．to have

Make sure the gas is turned off after a bath, which would ________ cause danger.

A．somehow         B．meanwhile         C．otherwise         D．furthermore

At present, computer knowledge has become ___________ requirement as the ability to read and write.

A．so basic a         B．so a basic          C．as basic a          D．as a basic

The children talked so loudly at dinner table that I had to struggle _________

A．to be heard        B．to have heard      C．hearing           D．being heard

One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students. To make the point 1, he used an illustration.

As he stood in front of the group, he said, “Okay, time for a quiz.” He then pulled out a wide-mouth jar and set it on the table. Then he 2 placed about a dozen fist-sized rocks, one by one, into the jar.

When the jar was filled to the 3 and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, “Is this jar 4?” Everyone in the class said, “Yes.”

“Really?” Then he 5 under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel(石子), dumped some in and 6 the jar, causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces 7 the big rocks. Then he asked the group the same question. “Probably not,” one of them answered. “Good!”  He replied.

He reached under the table and 8 a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all the 9 left between the rocks and the gravel. 10 he asked the question. “No!” the class shouted. “Good!” Then he grabbed a can of water and began to pour it in 11 the jar was filled to the brim.

Then the expert in time management looked at the class and asked, “What is the 12 of this illustration?” It is such a seemingly easy question that one 13 student raised his hand and said, “It is, however full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always 14 some more things in it.

“No,” the speaker replied. “The truth it teaches us is that you will 15 get them in at all if you don't put the big rocks in first. 16 the big rocks in your life are, do things that you love and 17 for yourself. In your schedule if you value the little stuff then you’ll fill your life with 18 things and you will never have the real quality time you need to spend on the big, important stuff. So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are 19 on this short story, ask yourself what the ‘big rocks’ in your life are. Then put those in your 20 first. ”

1.                A．harder         B．rougher        C．clearer   D．wiser

2.                A．carefully        B．firmly          C．actively   D．unwillingly

3.A edge        B. bottom        C. wall        D. top

4.                A．full            B．pure           C．enough   D．smooth

5.                A．sent           B．reached        C．managed  D．felt

6.                A．delivered       B．shook          C．dropped  D．held

7.                A．beneath        B．across          C．beyond   D．between

8.                A．threw out       B．came out        C．brought out   D．set out

9.                A．spaces         B．caves          C．blanks    D．holes

10.               A．At last          B．shortly after     C．Later on   D．Once more

11.               A．unless         B．until           C．before    D．while

12.               A．result          B．opinion         C．point D．comment

13.               A．calm           B．awkward        C．nervous   D．eager

14.               A．add           B．fit             C．include    D．collect

15.               A．never          B．even           C．still   D．ever

16.               A．Whether       B．However       C．Whatever  D．Which

17.               A．conclude       B．encourage      C．achieve   D．value

18.               A．more          B．little           C．much D．less

19.               A．reflecting       B．counting        C．deciding   D．insisting

20.               A．packet         B．can            C．jar   D．luggage

Before I started school, people felt that 1 was not going to be successful．At the age of four I started speech lessons because basically I could not speak well enough for anyone to understand me．The story goes downhill from here．

The first grade was a struggle．I not only had difficulty speaking, but also felt nervous about the fact that I was expected to learn to read and I just couldn't do it．The second grade was not much better．I still struggled with the inability to read．It was in the third grade that the school district built a new school close to my home．I remember going there with my parents and helping to get the school ready so that we could move to the new one．However, things were still not much better as far as my schooling was concerned and did not get better for the next two years．

It was in the fifth grade．Mrs．Wakefield was my teacher, and if ever there was a teacher that deserved a gold star, it was her．She did not make me feel defeated．On the contrary, she did her best to let me know that I could be whatever I wanted to be．And that is just what I did．

For the past 22 years, I have been a fifth grade teacher．Because of Mrs．Wakefield's influence on my life, I am now encouraging students who have had difficulties in their lives to believe that they can overcome any difficulty and become someone．I have won numerous awards up to now, such as Teacher of the Year．I owe it all to one fifth grade teacher who believed in me and challenged me to be all that I could be．

1.The writer ______ when he was in the third grade．

A．did better in reading                     B．began speech lessons

C．went to a new school                    D．received a high award

2.We can learn from the passage that the writer ______．

A．is a very successful teacher now

B．thinks teaching is a challenging job

C．has solved problems with his own effort

D．works in the same school with Mrs．Wakefield

3.What is the writer's purpose in writing the passage?

A．To express his devotion to his work．

B．To show his respect to a special teacher．

C．To share his teaching experience with us．

D．To tell us his story of overcoming difficulties．

People living in the UK take quite a few holidays abroad and in this country each year．Choices made about where to go, how to get there and what to do while there can either benefit or harm the environment．

While on holiday

Many of the things you can do to the greener on holiday will be the same things you can do at home—but there are also some extra things too, like avoiding gifts made from endangered plants and animals．Here are some suggestions:

●Making the most of locally produced food and drink, and local activities and attractions will support people in the area you are visiting and reduce the need for further environmental influence from transport;

●Switching off any air conditioning, heating and lights will help reduce climate change effect;

●Save water—some countries suffer from water shortages and saving water can help avoid damage to our natural habitats （栖息地）.

Endangered species （物种）

Some gifts and foods available in some countries can be made from endangered plants or animals．Check before you buy, but if you doubt, avoid animal and plant gifts．More details of the types of products to avoid and illegal trade hotspots can be found on the Souvenir Alert web page．

Making a positive contribution to the place you are visiting

There are ways in which your holiday can help support local people and the environment:

●There are many opportunities to volunteer and help with projects that conserve and improve natural habitats;

●When you are away, or if you are looking for somewhere to visit, you can support projects or attractions which protect wildlife, such as nature reserves and conservation projects．

1.According to the passage, we can    __ to help reduce climate change effect.

A．make good use of water

B．buy local food and drink

C．save electricity

D．go around on foot

2.We should check the gifts and foods before buying because ______．

A．sometimes they are of poor quality.

B．they may not be typical local products.

C．some of them will do harm to our health.

D．they may be made from endangered animals or plants.

3.We can infer from the passage that ____．

A．it is not easy for people to travel abroad.

B．not everyone can tell an illegal souvenir.

C．green holidays have been accepted by people.

D．volunteer work is a must for protecting natural habitats.

4.The passage is mainly about     .

A．travel dos and don'ts.

B．the harm done to the environment.

C．greener choices for holiday.

D．tips on protecting endangered species.

Blind photography sounds strange．But a striking exhibition of photographs in California argues that it develops as a result of the contemporary art．The show "Sight Unseen", at the California Museum of Photography until Aug．29, includes everything: underwater scenes, landscapes, abstracts and everything else you might expect from a "sighted" photographer．

How do the blind take their photographs? Some rely on assistants to set up and then describe the shots （镜头） , and others just point and shoot in the right place．"Just like any good artists," says McCulloh．"They have their unique ways of operating．" One participating photographer is Pete Eckert, an artist with multiple degrees in design and sculpture who only turned to photography after losing his vision in the mid-1990s．He opens the shutter （快门） on his camera and then uses flashlights, lights, and candles to paint his scene on film．A former fashion photographer in Chicago, Weston, lost his vision due to AIDS in 1996 and focuses on images of destruction and disability．His photos are also a star of the show．

What do gallery-goers say? "I was very impressed by it．The technique and experience was amazingly different," says John Hesketh, a printmaker in Anaheim．"You never have a sense of feeling sorry for these people because they've worked very hard to prove their value．"

Beyond the praise, however, the exhibition also makes a great example for disabled people everywhere．That point was explained in early May during a discussion on the TV show．At the very end of the talk, one attendee expressed his opinion．"This exhibition is extraordinary and revolutionary for many reasons．I think that by being an artist with a disability, you are continuing the work of those people who fought for basic civil rights to gain access and to have a voice．In that way, it's so wonderful that your photographs say it all．"

1.From the passage we know that some blind people take photos by     .

A．describing the things to their assistants.

B．holding the camera and shooting randomly.

C．opening the shutter with the help of others.

D．using special equipment designed for them.

2.We can learn from the passage that blind photographers ______.

A．were not born blind.

B．do jobs related to art.

C．focus on different subjects.

D．like photos of destruction.

3.What is people's reaction to the blind photography show?

A．They admire the blind photographers' hard work．

B．They feel really sorry for those blind photographers．

C．They think some have good techniques while others not．

D．They can understand the real meaning of each photograph．

4.The significance of the exhibition lies in the fact that ______．

A．the California Museum of Photography receives praises for holding the show.

B．the public have a chance to know what the blind people are concerned about.

C．the blind photographers have a good place to show their works.

D．the exhibition can be very inspiring to the blind in the world.

Some years ago, a Miami woman walking through an office building noticed two men standing together．Several minutes after her leaving, the men murdered a person working in the building．The police determined that the woman was the only witness and could possibly describe them．However, her memory of the men proved disappointingly unclear．Several days later, psychologist Ronald Fisher was brought in to obtain a more complete account from the woman．His interview produced a breakthrough—the woman reported a clear picture of one of the suspects．The important information enabled the police to arrest the suspect and close the case．

The police asked Fisher for help because of his rich knowledge in cognitive(认知) interview, a kind of memory - rebuilding process．Memory researchers have found that people trying to remember a past event often only recall part of the relevant information．Human memory is selective and it is often distorted by stress．But a person's accurate recall of an event or understanding of a question can be improved using specific interviewing techniques．The "cognitive interview" was developed in the late 1990s．It encourages the witness to take an active role in recalling information rather than giving answers only to someone else's questions．The witness first describes what happened in his or her own words, with no interviewer interruptions．The interviewer then goes further with specific techniques, such as having the witness tell the details of what happened from different perspectives （角度） ．

The cognitive interview focuses on guiding witnesses through four general recalling techniques: thinking about physical surroundings and personal feelings that existed at the time of past events; reporting everything that connects to mind about those events, no matter how broken it is retelling events in a variety of time orders, such as from beginning to end, end to beginning, forward or backward; and adopting different perspectives while recalling events．

Experiments with police detectives trained in this demanding interview method find that they obtain nearly 50% more information from witnesses than before training, while error rates remain about the same．It is proved that cognitive interviews are quite important tools in improving the accuracy and completeness of witness testimony （证词）．

1.The purpose of the passage is to _____．

A．give an account of a murder case.

B．introduce an idea of cognitive interview.

C．prove Fisher was an expert in cognitive interview.

D．help a witness to recall information in a cognitive interview.

2.What is required to recall in a cognitive interview for a witness?

A．The exact time at which a murder took place．

B．The information about the event in the time order．

C．The important things that come to his or her mind．

D．The surroundings and feelings at the time of the event．

3.The key point in a cognitive interview is that     .

A．the witness is encouraged to take part in recalling information.

B．the interviewer should interrupt the witness from time to time.

C．the interview should take place outside the police station.

D．the witness should recall details at the scene of the event.

4.The underlined word "distorted" in the passage probably means " ____

A．arranged          B．balanced          C．changed          D．examined