阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　New York, 10 NOVEMBER —— 5∶27 p．m．, yesterday．Biggest power failure in the city’s history．

　　★ Thousands of people got stuck in lifts．Martin Salzmann spent three hours between the 2lst and 22nd floors of the Empire State Building．“There were twelve of us．But no one panicked．We passed the time telling stories and playing word games．One man wanted to smoke but we didn’t let him．Firemen finally got us out．”

　　★“It was the best night we’ve ever had,”said Angela Carraro, who runs an Italian restaurant on 42nd Street．“We had lots of candles on the tables and the waiters were carrying candles on their trays．The place was full —— and all night, in fact, for after we had closed, we let the people stay on and spend the night here．”

　　★ The zoos had their problems like everyone else．Keepers worked through the night．They used blankets to keep flying squirrels and small monkeys warm．While zoos had problems keeping warm, supermarkets had problems keeping cool．“All of our ice cream and frozen foods melted,”said the manager of a store in downtown Manhattan．“They were worth $ 50,000．”

　　★ The big electric clock in the lobby (大厅) of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in downtown Manhattan started ticking (滴答) again at 5∶25 this morning．It was almost on time．

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阅读下面短文，从题后所给的A、B、C、D四个答案中选出最佳选项。

　　“It takes an entire village to raise a child．”That’s an old proverb (谚语) that is being quoted more and more often these days．And I’m pleased about that．

　　Today, more and more schools are reaching out to involve parents, community members and businesses(工商企业)to help shape a child’s future．

　　Parents need to be involved in their children’s education in many ways．Helping children with homework and studying, going on a field trip, teaching a craft(手工艺)or coaching a child’s sports team are all great ways to be involved with your child’s education．And don’t forget to communicate with teachers -－they need and respect your input．Studies show that children learn more and schools function better when parents and schools work together．It’s important to stay in touch with your child’s education all through his or her school career．

　　Communities can help children create and achieve new goals．Help with homework, read to a child, coach a children’s team, or provide emotional(情感上的)support．Help solve problems and build self-esteem(自尊心)．Kids need role models and advisers can be role models by sharing their experiences and wisdom．

　　Businesses can also help shape our children’s future．Invite a class from your local school to visit your workplace．You may be providing a glimpse that opens a new world of possibilities．Show students what goes on during a typical day．Give a mini course for students：how to use a computer; how products are made; how machinery works．You may have a developing electrician, teacher, nurse, or even a newspaper reporter on your hands．

　　It really does take an entire village to raise a child．So share the responsibility(职责)-- and the joy -- of bringing a child to his or her full potential(潜能)．

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阅读下面短文，从题后所给的A、B、C、D四个答案中选出最佳选项。

　　Everyone has good days and bad days．

　　Sometimes, you feel as if you’re on top of the world．But occasionally you feel horrible, and you lose things and you cannot focus on your schoolwork．

　　For more than 20 years, scientists have suggested that high self-esteem (自尊) is the key to success．Now, new research shows that focusing just on building self-esteem may not be helpful．In some cases, having high self-esteem can bring bad results if it makes you less likeable or more upset when you fail at something．

　　“Forget about self-esteem,”says Jennifer Crocker, a psychologist (心理学家) at the University of Michigan, US．“t’s not the important thing．”

　　Feeling good

　　Crocker’s advice may sound a bit strange because it is good to feel good about yourself．

　　Studies show that people with high self-esteem are less likely to be depressed, anxious, shy, or lonely than those with low self-esteem．

　　But, after reviewing about 18,000 studies on self-esteem, Roy Baumeister, a psychologist at Florida State University, has found that building up your self-esteem will not necessarily make you a better person．

　　He believes that violent and wicked (邪恶的) people often have the highest self-esteem of all．He also said：”There’s no evidence that kids with high self-esteem do better in school．”

　　Problems

　　All types of people have problems．People with high self-esteem can have big egos (自我) that can make them less likeable to their peers (同龄人), said Kathleen Vohs, a psychology professor at Columbia University．

　　People with high self-esteem tend to think more of themselves, Vohs says．People with low self-esteem are more likely to rely on their friends when they need help．

　　What to do

　　Researchers say it is best to listen to and support other people．Find positive ways to contribute to society．If you fail at something try to learn from the experience．“The best therapy (药方) is to recognize your faults,”Vohs says．“It’s OK to say, ‘I’m not so good at that,’ and then move on．”

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阅读下面短文，从题后所给的A、B、C、D四个答案中选出最佳选项。

　　One would have to be a fool to overlook the importance of using positive thinking for you rather than allowing negative thinking to work against you．In recent years, research in psychopharmacology (精神药理学) has proved what many people have known over the centuries：a positive attitude is good for you, good for your health, good for your wealth, good for everything．Researchers found that a positive attitude produces a specific chemical reaction which makes people feel better, while negative thinking results in a decline of hormone (荷尔蒙) and shuts down the immune (免疫的) system．This leads to illness and depression．Positive thoughts will make you feel better．Even if you must begin by literally forcing yourself to be positive (faking it, so to speak), it will become contagious (会传播的) and the positive thoughts will generate nice little chemicals and good feelings which will reinforce the positive thoughts．

　　For example, if you force yourself to smile or laugh, even when you don’t feel like smiling or laughing, if you keep at it for a few minutes, you will soon feel like it．Feelings can generate thoughts, but thoughts can also generate feelings．Control your thoughts and you can control your feelings．Positive thinking is important in all aspects of our lives．There is probably no single factor more important in determining your success in achieving your career objectives than your own attitude．

　　It’s often been said that in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king．And in the office of militant (好战) negativism, the positive workers shine like gold．You cannot control external events, but you can learn to control your reaction to those events and thereby have a positive attitude and be happy．This vital key to success is totally within your control．Use it．

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阅读下面短文，从题后所给的A、B、C、D四个答案中选出最佳选项。

　　There are many famous museums throughout the world where people can enjoy art．Washington, D．C#has the National Gallery of Art (美术馆); Paris has the Luvre; London, the British Museum．Florida International University (FIU) in Miami also shows art for people to see．And it does so without a building, or even a wall for its drawings and paintings．

　　FIU has opened what it says is the first computer art museum in the United States．You don’t have to visit the University to see the art．You just need a computer linked to a telephone．You can call the telephone number of a university computer and connect your own computer to it．All of the art is stored in the school computer．It is computer art, produced electronically by artists on their own computers．In only a few minutes, your computer can receive and copy all the pictures and drawings．

　　Robert Shostak is director of the new computer museum．He says he starts the museum because computer artists had no place to show their works．

　　A computer artist can only record his pictures electronically and send the records, or floppy discs, to others to see on their computers．He can also put his pictures on paper．But to print good pictures on paper, the computer artist needs an expensive laser printer．

　　Robert Shostak says the electronic museum is mostly for art or computer students at schools and universities．Many of the pictures in the museum are made by students．Mr Shostak said the FIU museum will make computer art more fun for computer artists because more people can see it．He says artists enjoy their work much more if they have an audience．And the great number of home computers in America could mean a huge audience for the electronic museum．

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阅读下面短文，从题后所给的A、B、C、D四个答案中选出最佳选项。

　　My topic today is the internet．It was prompted(引出) by the first letter , which I am unable to answer fully for the reasons given!

　　Dear David,

　　I am a middle school student．Now I am preparing for a writing competition．Could you please check the mistakes in my article about using the Internet and give me some advice?

　　Thank you．

No name

　　David writes：I am very sorry to say that I think it would be very unfair for me to help you win a competition---unfair to the other competitors!

　　But I will say that your article is very interesting and I wish you good luck．Your article makes some good points that deserve talking about in this column!．

　　Dear David,

　　I’m now learning English by myself．Can you introduce some useful websites where I can make friends with foreigners?Please help me．

　　David writes：Well, dear moonlight, I bet you will make a good choice by using the Internet in your studies．Two very good websites I would suggest to you are：www．British council．org．cn and britishcoucil．Org．cn /learn English．

　　By the way, for those readers interested in the teaching of English, there is an Internet discussion group called English Language Teaching Contacts Scheme China List．

　　And also, a healthy warning to all my readers：If over used, the Internet can be a WOMBAT----a Waste of money, Brains and Time!

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Reading Comprehension

　　In May 1994, When Ralph Illion was a sailor stationed in the Pacific, he wrote a love letter to a girl named Gloria back in Chicago．He also wrote to his wife, Lillian．You can imagine Lillian’s surprise when she opened her letter and found Gloria’s included．

　　“Dear Gloria,”it began．“It’s about time I introduced myself．We haven’t met, yet I have heard so much about you, I must say I’ve fallen in love．”

　　“This confession might come as a shock, since you know nothing about me except what other people have told you．Don’t take them too seriously．I’m really a bad fellow once you get to know me．And my feelings for you will never change as long as I live．”

　　“I hope this makes the proper impression and you won’t think me too bold．Send me a picture．And please keep my love for you locked in your heart, have it opened only when I call for it in person．”

　　Gloria, now in her mid-40s, mailed me the letter, along with the one Ralph wrote in May 1944 to Lillian．Gloria was three months old when Ralph, her father, mailed them both．He’d been on a warship for ten months and had never seen her．He’s 80 now and still happily married to Lillian, Gloria’s mom．

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Reading Comprehension

　　A student who enters a university in the second half of the 20^th century is in a new situation．He is not like the young man of the early 19^th who came to sit at the feet of the masters and left as a master．That situation no longer exists, because now it is not only the student who changes．He may grow fast, but science grows still faster．

　　The young German philosophy Hegel, writing at the beginning of the 19^th century, believed that one man’s mind could contain all the knowledge of his times．At that time it was perfectly possible for a man to hold such a belief and to base his life on it．Hegel’s friend Goethe wrote a famous poem about a young man who hoped to translate this purpose into reality．They young man in the poem was called Fraust．But Hegel’s situation was slightly different from Fraust’s because Fraust, the hero of the poem, had the devil to help him, while Hegel had only his professors．

　　Today a very different situation exists, a situation in which the professor and the devil have lost most of their power．Today a student cannot master knowledge, he can only be its servant．He knows that he can become familiar only with a small corner of knowledge, and that his learning will always be imperfect and incomplete．But he can still hope to add something to the sum of knowledge, and so make the situation slightly more difficult for those who come after him．

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阅读理解

　　Mr Brown was the manager of an office in London．He lived in the country and came up to work by train．He liked walking from the station to his office unless it was raining, because it gave him some exercise．One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger stopped him and said to him．“You may not remember me, sir, but seven years ago I came to London without a penny in my pockets．I stopped you in the street and asked you to lend me some money, and you gave me five pounds, because you said that you were willing to take a chance so as to give a man start on the road to success．”Mr Brown thought for a few minutes and then said,”Yes, I remember you．Go on with your story．”

　　“Well,”answered the stranger,”are you still willing to take a chance?”

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阅读理解

　　Read a whole book in English? Me?

　　Yes, you．Believe it or not, that may be easier than you think．Not all classics are too difficult or complicated．So you’re not limited to the simplified versions．And the easier books are not all for children．

　　Books in their original versions may send you to the dictionary．And you might not understand everything you read．But reading one from cover to cover will give you a real sense of accomplishment(成就)．

　　The key is to find the right books．Let’s take a look at these．

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C．S．Lewis)

　　Stepping into an old wardrobe, four English schoolchildren find themselves in the magical world of Narnia．On this delightful land, they find friends among the many talking creatures．

　　The children soon discover, however, that Narnia is ruled by the White Witch．Edmund, one of the children, falls under her power．Who can free Narnia? Only Aslan, the great and noble lion．He alone knows the Deeper Magic．But the children themselves must help fight the battle against the White Witch and those who serve her．

The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)

　　Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman, hasn’t caught any fish in more than 80 days．Sailing far out from land, the old man hooks an enormous fish．That begins an agonizing three day battle．First he struggles against the great fish．Then he must fight off the sharks that circle the little boat and threaten to eat his fish．Exhausted and bleeding, the old man arrives back at shore．But his fish, his beautiful fish．．．

　　Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for this superb story of strength and courage, of victory and regret．

A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine Lingle)

　　Meg’s father, a U．S．government scientist, has been missing for many months．He had been experimenting with time travel when he mysteriously disappeared．

　　Now Meg, her little brother Charles Wallace and her friend Calvin will try to rescue him．But first they must outwit the forces of evil they encounter(遇到) on their journey through time and space．Can they find Meg’s father before it’s too late?

　　This novel is more than just a science fiction adventure．It’s an exploration of the nature of our universe．

The Pearl (John Steinbeck)

　　One day Kino, a poor Mexican pearl diver, finds a magnificent pearl．With it he dreams of buying a better life, new clothes and schooling for his son．Instead, it brings only evil．His wife pleads with him to get rid of it．“No,”says Kino．“I will have my chance．I am a man．”But when he kills a man who is trying to steal the pearl, Kino and his wife must run for their lives．

　　This tale of dreams, justice and the power of greed is told simply and beautifully．

The Long Winter (Laura Ingalls Wilder)

　　It’s winter, 1880－1881, on America’s northern prairies．Mr．and Mrs．Ingalls and their four girls stay near the kitchen stove to keep warm．Heavy snowstorms cut them off even from neighbors．With the trains stopped, no supplies can reach the town．Food and fuel are running out．Day after day the girls must grind wheat for bread and twist hay to burn．At times they nearly lose the battle to keep their spirits up．

　　This story provides a fascinating glimpse into the life of early American settlers．

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