Imagine a classroom missing one thing that has long been considered a necessary part to reading and writing? Paper. No notebooks, no textbooks, no test paper. Nor are there any pencils or pens, which always seem to run out of ink at the critical moment.

　　Students don't do any handwriting in this class. Instead, they use palm size, or specially－de－signed computers. The teacher downloads texts from Internet libraries and sends them to every student's personal computer.

　　Having computers also means that students can use the Web. They can look up information on any subject they're studying!

　　High school teacher Judy Harrell in Florida, US, described how her class used the Web to learn about the war in Afghanistan over one year ago.

　　“We could touch every side of the country through different sites, from the forest to refugee camps,” she said. “Using a book that's three or four years old is impossible.”

　　A．paperless classroom is a big step towards reducing the waste of paper. High school teacher Stephanie Sorrell in Kentucky, US, said she used to give about 900 pieces of paper each week to each student.

　　But, with all this technology, there's always the risk that the machines will break down. So, in case of a power failure or technical problems, paper textbooks are still widely available for these hi－tech students.

1．All of the following is not needed in a paperless classroom EXCEPT ________.

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2．The example of Judy Harrell's class mainly shows us that ________.

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A．high school students are interested in wars

B．his class is better equipped than others'

C．computers are the best teachers

D．computers can offer more updated information than books

3．We can infer from the text that ________.

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A．there are already a large number of students using paperless classrooms

B．only students in the US have benefited from paperless classrooms

C．a paperless classroom is a big step towards reducing the waste of paper

D．there are some disadvantages about paperless classrooms

4．The purpose of writing this text is probably to ________.

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A．advise all schools to use paperless classrooms

B．inform us how we will benefit from paperless classrooms

C．tell us the news about a new technology in classrooms

D．show how well a paperless classroom can prevent the waste of paper

　　Georgia was waking up to a new president Monday but it was also getting as its first lady a green－eyed linguist from Holland who has already managed to cast a spell over the little Caucasus nation. Sandra Roelofs is seen by some as the secret weapon which enables her husband Saakashvili to win in this presidential election. She runs an investment consultancy(投资咨询公司), speaks six languages and some believe she is the real brains behind her husband's rise to power.

　　Roelofs, who is a year younger than her husband, met him in 1993 when he was studying an international law programme in Strasbourg, France. She planed to go from there to Somalis as an aid worker but Saakashvili persuaded her to go with him instead to New York, where he had got a scholarship. They married soon after and when Saakashvili returned to his native Georgia to begin a career in politics, she went with him.

　　She has enchanted(使人心醉) many of her adopted countrymen. The mention of her name sends women swooning(神魂颠倒), and melts the tough expressions of strong Georgian men. “You can really tell that she cares about people,” says a resident of the capital, Tbilisi. “She runs a hunitarian organization. She is smart and pretty and kind and did you hear the way she speaks Georgian? Perfectly!”

　　The new first lady's looks and intelligence play a large part in her appeal. But Georgians are especially taken by her simple manner. She has said that she plans to keep living in the family's modest flat, even though they have the right to move into a luxurious government residence. “She doesn't care about fancy houses and cars.” said Malika, a 29－year－old civil servant in Tbilisi.

1．The underlined part “cast a spell over” means ________.

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2．Which of the following can he best used to describe Sandra Roelofs?

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3．What moves Georgians most is that Sandra Roelofs is very ________.

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4．Which is the right order in which Sandra Roelofs did the following?

a．Roelofs married Saakashvili.

b．She planned to go from France to Somalis as an aid worker.

c．Roelofs runs an investment consultancy.

d．Roelofs came from Holland.

e．Roelofs went to Georgia with Saakashvili.

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　　The Olympic Games are seen as the greatest test of an athlete's ability and are supposed to celebrate the spirit of fair play. But in fact, sportsmen have been using drugs to cheat their way to victory since the Games first began.

　　In the early years, athletes ate mushrooms(蘑菇) and plant seeds to improve their performance. Nowadays, this kind of cheating has a name doping(服用兴奋剂)

　　Just last month, Britain's top sprinter(赛跑选手) Dwain Chambers and several American athletes tested positive(呈阳性) for the drug THG. Until a coach secretly gave a sample of THG to scientists, no one knew how to test for it.

　　“We're like cops(警察) chasing criminals－athletes are always adapting and looking for areas we haven't investigated,” said Jacques de Ceaurriz, a French anti－doping expert.

　　Since the first drugs test was carried out at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, many cheats have been caught out. The most famous case in history is that of Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson.

　　He broke the 100 metres world record in winning gold at the 1988 Seoul(汉城) Olympics. But days later, he tested positive for drug use, lost his gold medal and was banned from the sport. Five years later, he returned to action－only to be found positive again and banned forever.

　　China has also had problems with drug cheats. At the 1994 Asian Games, 11 Chinese athletes－seven of them swimmers－tested positive for banned drugs. Sports organizations promised that cheating on this scale would not happen again.

　　Experts are also worried that doping can damage a person's health. It is believed to increase the risk of liver and kidney(肝肾) diseases, and women may experience reproductive(生育)problems. As long as they can stay ahead of the scientists, it is unlikely the cheats will stop. But experts say there is a limit to what can be achieved and that athletes will not be able to change their bodies using gene(基因) technology.

　　“For the moment, genetic doping does not exist,” said de Ceaurriz. “Even in 10 or 15 years it will not be done easily－the scientific community(界) will not let it happen.”

1．Which of the following is not the way that some athletes cheat to their better sports achievements?

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2．How many countries are mentioned in the passage in which there were athletes doping?

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3．We can infer from the passage that ________.

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A．scientists get a lot of information about drugs before the athletes take doping

B．taking doping will never happen again because of the serious test

C．few athletes used drug cheats before the first drugs test was carried out at the 1968 Olympics

D．problems with drug cheats are still serious though they are severely tested

4．Which statement of the following is true?

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A．Many police are sent to chase criminals of taking doping during the Olympic Games.

B．The drug test was carried out until the 1968 Olympics.

C．There is the possibility that women athletes taking doping will give no birth to a child.

D．Ben Johnson was banned from sports forever for being tested positive for drug use at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

　　The year is 2094. It has been announced that a comet(彗星) is heading towards the Earth. Most of it will miss our planet, but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the Earth.

　　On July 17th, a piece of four kilometers wide enters the Earth's atmosphere (大气层) with a massive explosion. About half of the piece is destroyed, but the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound. The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the sea bed. Huge waves are created and spread outwards from the hole. The wall of water, a kilometer high, rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometers an hour. Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people are drowned.

　　Before the waves reach South America, the second piece of the comet lands in Argentina. Earthquakes and volcanoes are set off in the Andes Mountains. The shock waves move north into California and all around the Pacific Ocean. The cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Tokyo are completely destroyed by earthquakes. Millions of people in the southern half of the Earth are already dead, but the north won't escape for long. Because of the explosions, the sun is hidden by clouds of dust, temperatures around the world fall to almost zero. Crops are ruined. The sun won't be seen again for many years. Wars break out as countries fight for food. A year later, no more than 10 million people remain alive.

　　Could it really happen? In fact, it has already happened more than once in the history of the Earth. The dinosaurs were on the Earth for over 160 million years. Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared. Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a piece of object in space. The dinosaurs couldn't live through the cold climate that followed and they died out. Will we meet the same end?

1．What is mainly described in the passage?

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A．A．historic discovery.

B．A．research on space.

C．An event of imagination.

D．A．scientific adventure.

2．When the first piece hits the South Atlantic, it causes ________.

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3．Why can't the northern half of the Earth escape for long?

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A．Because the land is covered with water.

B．Because the light and heat from the sun can not reach the Earth.

C．Because people there can not live at the temperature of zero.

D．Because wars break out among countries.

4．By giving the example of dinosaurs, the author tries to prove ________.

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A．animals could not live in the cold climate

B．what happened 65 million years ago was an invented story

C．the human beings will die out in 2094

D．the Earth could be hit by other objects in space

　　Modern technology has developed in a manner which often conflicts with the environment. Nevertheless, it is possible and practical to achieve a high level of technology without altering the overall natural environment.

　　There are two basic methods of conserving(保护) the natural environment. One is alternative technology in which techniques (such as windmills and solar energy) must be found for providing power. The other is to try to minimize the effects of modern technology by the more efficient use of materials and more effective pollution control. There comes a point when the quality of life can no longer be improved because of the high population density(密度) and the largely unsuccessful attempts to meet its demands.

　　Present energy policies of the western world are considering new energy sources to meet the demands of a growing population. The main sources used have been oil, gas, and coal－which are in limited supply－and nuclear power, which has problems concerning radioactive waste storage. Wind and solar energy are alternative possibilities, but only solar energy is likely to become a main power source for many countries.

　　Many of the materials used daily in a technological society are destined (注定)to be discarded. Rags, paper, metal, glass, and plastics are all substances that could be recycled or reused. Research is being done to determine methods of separating useful products from industrial and domestic waste.

　　The processing of sewage requires considerable amounts of electricity. Many sewage treatment plants in the U. S. have become self－sufficient by using the methane gas(沼气) given off by sewage. This is collected in gas holders and burned to produce heat and create electricity. The solid waste itself is often used for soil enrichment.

1．Modern technology is harmful to the natural environment because ________.

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A．of industrial pollutants.

B．it has become too expensive.

C．it has become too complicated.

D．it consumes all natural resources.

2．Alternative technology suggests that ________.

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A．new ways be found to burn coal, oil and gas.

B．solar energy and wind power be considered.

C．new ways be found to store radioactive waste.

D．the present energy resources be fully used.

3．Methane gas is used to ________.

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A．conserve(保存) industrial residues(废料).

B．create recycled paper products.

C．provide electricity to process sewage.

D．treat with the raw sewage.

4．From the selection, we can determine that ________.

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A．conservation technology is a necessity.

B．nuclear power is the energy source of the future.

C．problems of energy conservation are not worldwide.

D．all the industrial and domestic wastes can be reused and recycled.

5．Processing sewage requires large quantities of ________.

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　　Without the atmosphere there would be no weather, no wind, rain, snow, or clouds. Air is all around us; We live at the bottom of a great ocean of air. It is invisible, but we can feel it when it moves. There are miles of air above us, pressing down with great weight on the earth and everything on it. Because air presses down on us from all directions at the same time, and because we are able to bear this weight, we do not seem to feel it. But scientists have proved that air has this weight, and that anything that has weight creates a force called pressure. As changes in air pressure take place, they, make air move.

　　Air is a gas that expands when heated, gets lighter, and moves upward. When air is cooled, it gets heavier, sinks close to the earth's surface, and flows like water in a great river. As warm air rises, cold air rushes in to take its place. Thus winds originate. The winds that blow high above us are caused by the warmer air running away from colder air. The wind we feel near the earth's surface is the heavy colder air trying hard to catch the warmer air. Changes in temperature cause the air to move. And of course there are many changes, so air movements are taking place practically all the time.

1．The first paragraph mainly tells us ________.

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A．that there is air pressure

B．why air is invisible

C．why there is air around us

D．that there is air around us

2．Air moves under such conditions that ________.

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A．there is air pressure

B．the air is heavy

C．air pressure doesn't remain the same all the time

D．air comes up and down

3．Which of the following pictures best tells the movements of warm air and cold air?

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A．

B．

C．

D．

4．Why do farmers who grow fruit trees make fires in the early morning?

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A．To drive away warm air.

B．To prevent cold air from coming to harm their trees.

C．To cause more wind.

D．To stop warm air running away.

　　WASHINGTON: Chinese scientist Yuan Longping and Dr Monty Jones of Sierra Leone were named co－winners of the 2004 World Food Prize here on Monday for their contribution to world food security and rice production.

　　In announcing the recipients in a ceremony held at the US State Department, President of the World Food Prize Foundation Kenneth Quinn lauded both scientists for their “breakthrough scientific achievements” which have significantly increased food security for millions of people from Asia to Africa.

　　Quinn said it was particularly fitting that the two pioneering rice breeders rewarded the prize during the United Nations International Year of Rice, the crop identified as the staple(主要的) diet of more than 3 billion people around the world.

　　Professor Yuan Longping is director－general of the China National Hybrid Rice(杂交水稻) Research and Development Centre in Hunan Province, China. Jones is presently executive secretary of Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa.

　　Yuan is credited with(功劳在于……) developing the world's first successful and widely grown hybrid rice varieties, revolutionizing rice cultivation in China and tripling production over a generation.

　　Jones's work recaptured the genetic(遗传的) potential(潜能) of ancient African rice by combining African and Asian rice species.

　　Present at the ceremony hosted by US Secretary of State Colin Powell were UN Food and Agriculture Director－General Jacques Diouf, US Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman and Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission of the Chinese Embassy Lan Lijun.

　　The World Food Prize will be formally presented to Professor Yuan and Jones on October 14 this year in Iowa, the United States.

1．Which of the following is the best title?

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A．A．pioneer of the genetic research.

B．Passion for hybrid rice.

C．Scientists from China, Africa share food prize.

D．What is the World Food Prize?

2．The underlined word “lauded” can be replaced by ________.

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3．Jones won the 2004 World Food Prize for his achievements in ________.

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A．breeding(培育) hybrid rice

B．breeding hybrid wheat

C．improving ancient African rice

D．finding the genetic secret of rice

4．Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．The ceremony was held at the US State Department

B．Professor Yuan Longping attended the ceremony hosted by US Secretary of State Colin Powell.

C．Professor Yuan and Jones will go to the USA．in October to receive the World Food Prize.

D．3 billion people around the world live on rice.

　　A newly discovered story and a letter written by 20th century literary giant Ernest Hemingway will be auctioned in New York, in December.

　　The two－page letter and five －page story are based on an incident at a bullfighting arena(enclosed area). They were written in 1924 when the future Nobel prize winner was 25. This was just before the publication of his first important work, the short story collection “In Our Time”. The story, “My Life in the Bull Ring with Donald Ogden Stewart”, was inspired by an actual incident in 1924. Stewart, a popular US writer and close friend of Hemingway's, had faced a bull in Pamplona, Spain, the home of bullfighting.

　　“It's by no means a literary masterpiece, but I think it's more than youngsters' reading material,” said Patrick McGrath, an auction expert in books and manuscripts. “It's a clear attempt at writing a comic story, and it is interesting in that way, because it's a form Hemingway didn't try very often,” McGrath said.

　　The story and the letter are expected to bring between US 12,000 and US 18,000, McGrath said. The five－page story is about Stewart's effort to take an a bull during an amateur session during the famous annual running of the bulls. Hemingway sent the story to Stewart, asking him to submit the manuscript to the US magazine Vanity Fair for publication. But Stewart felt it was not good enough to pass on. He explained later in his autobiography that “humour was not (Hemingway's) dish.”

　　The work was apparently forgotten until last year when Stewart's son discovered the story and the letter among his father's papers. His father died in 1980.

1．When Hemingway wrote the five－page story, ________.

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A．he had won the Nobel prize

B．he had become world famous

C．he had not shown any talent in literature

D．he was friendly with Stewart

2．Patrick McGrath thinks “My Life in the Bull Ring with Donald Ogden Stewart”

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A．is a masterpiece

B．fits the young only

C．has a different style in the way that Hemingway usually wrote

D．was originally written for the youngsters

3．The phrase “take on” in paragraph 4 probably means ________.

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4．The sentence “humour was not (Hemingway's ) dish” shows ________.

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A．the story was short of humors

B．Hemingway disliked dishes

C．Humor improved Hemingway's writing style

D．Hemingway was not good at humor in writing

　　Central Pack

　　Outside among the trees, watch the wildlife － both the human and animal varieties. Call(212) 360 3465 or(212) 360 2726 for events and tours. Central Pack stretches from 59th to 110th Sts. , and from 5th Ave. to Central Pack West.

　　Empire State Building

　　This is among the most striking buildings in the city, the nation, even the world. The observation deck(瞭望台) on the 86th floor is open to general public, offering a wonderful view of the second floor you'll find the New York Skyride, a simulated(模拟的) helicopter ride Over Manhattan 5th Ave. at 34th st. , Midtown/

　　(212) 7363100.

　　Intrepid Sea－Air－Space Museum

　　Five blocks west of Time Square, this museum has hundreds of air, deep sea and space exhibits. Walk the fight deck of the 900－foot long aircraft carrier Intrepid, see dozens of old and modern aircraft and ride the Intrepid Navy Flight Simulator. Pier 86, W. 46 th st. and 12 th Ave. /(212)245 0072.

　　Madison Square Garden

　　If it's big, it probably happens at the Garden. Check out sporting events, concerts and much more. Tours are available. 7th Ave, btwn. 31th and 33th Sts. Midtown/ (212) 465－6741.

1．The New York Skyride is for ________.

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2．If a visitor is interested in music, he will probably go to ________.

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A．Central Pack

B．Empire State Building

C．Intrepid Sea－Air－Space Museum

D．Madison Square Garden

3．What is the purpose of these texts?

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A．To provide information of living in New York.

B．To provide directions of city traffic in New York.

C．To give visitors a guide to New York.

D．To give a brief introduction to the history of New York.

　　Habitual, long－term mobile phone users could soon know if they are at the risk of developing cancer.

　　In what is believed to be a world－first study, human brain cells are being used to test the long－term effects of mobile phone radiation.

　　The study will use a device(装置) to simulate the effects of long － term exposure of the brain to electromagnetic radiation from mobile phones over a long period.

　　Testing will be done by researchers at Sydney's St. Vincent's Hospital. The project's chief investigator(调查者), Peter, a French researcher, said the trial would test whether mobile phone radiation causes cancer in longterm users.

　　Testing will either prove people's fear, or show that there is no effect on human brain cells or perhaps that the cells can become immune(免疫的) to electromagnetic radiation through repeated exposure.

　　During the study, brain cells will be exposed to electromagnetic radiation for an hour each day. Test results are expected in three to six months, with the final report to be published by the end of the year.

　　The research is unique because most previous studies have focused on short－term exposure on animal cells, which did not help understand the effects of years of regular mobile phone use on human brain cells.

　　As mobile phones become increasingly popular throughout our society, it is important that we understand as much as possible about the long－term effects of electromagnetic exposure, if any, on human health.

1．From the passage, what might cause mobile phone users to suffer from a deadly disease is ________.

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A．that there is some poison in mobile phones

B．mobile phone radiation

C．the polluted plastic covers of mobile phones

D．some parts of mobile phones

2．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

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A．The testing is dangerous to people's safety.

B．Such a research is the first study in the world.

C．People feel afraid when they hear of doing such a test.

D．The test results will be published in three or six days.

3．Why will Peter do such an experiment?

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A．He wants to let people know if long－term mobile phone using will have negative effects on their lives.

B．He hopes to tell people how to use mobile phones better.

C．He wants to let people learn how to repair mobile phones.

D．He wishes to tell people how to pick mobile phones.

4．The passage is mainly ________.

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A．about how to use mobile phones safely

B．about how to protect mobile phones carefully

C．to warn people of possible harm if they use mobile phones for a long time

D．to tell people some scientists will do a test about long － term mobile phone users and their health