When people want to know about the wcather, they usually go to there radios, TVs, newspapers, or to the Internet．However, you can also find many weather signs among wildlife, because of their highly developed senses．Drops in air pressure(压力)produce an effect on small animals in many ways．Mice and deer are good weather indicators．People who spend a lot of time outdoors have observed that, before a storm, field mice come out of their holes and run around, Deer leave high ground and come down from the mountains．
Birds are especially good weather indicators because they also show the effect of a prcssure drop in many ways．For example, some birds become irritable(急躁的)and qusrrelsome and will fight over a picce of bread．Other birds chirp(叽叽喳喳)and sing just before a storm．It seems they know they won’t get snother chance for an bour on two．Birds also seek safe placcs before a storm, You will sometimes see birds settling in trees or gathering together on a wire close to a building．Pre-storm low pressure makes the are so thin that birds have difficulty flying．
It is unusual to see many birds flying overhead in the summertime, rather than during the periods in the spring or autumn．Watch for other weather signs if you see this．If they fly in the wrong direction, they may be flying a bead of a storm．
By paying closer attention to some important signs in nature, we can become better prepared for any kind of weather．
(1)
The word“indicators”in paragraph I probably means ________．
[ ]
A．
maps
B．
services
C．
signs
D．
stations
(2)
There will be a storm if birds ________．
[ ]
A．
make more noise than usual
B．
fly in different directions
C．
come down from tall trees
D．
share a piece of bread
(3)
How can birds sense the coming of a storm?
[ ]
A．
By feeling a drop in air temperature．
B．
By noticing the change of wind directions．
C．
By feeling a drop in air pressure．
D．
By notieing the movements of other animals．
(4)
The best title for the text would be ________．
[ ]
A．
Signs of a Storm
B．
Drops in Air Pressure
C．
Animals’Sharp Senses
D．
Nature’s Weather Signs
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Louis Armstrong had two famour nicknames(绰号)．Some people called him Bagamo．They said his mouth looked like a large bag, Musicians often called him Pops, as a sign of respect for his influence(影响)on the world of music．
Born in 1901 in New Orleans, be grew up poor, but lived among great musicians．Jazz was invented in the city a few years before his birth．Armstrong often said,“Jazz and I grew up together．”
Armstrong showed a great talent(天赋)for music when he was taught to play the cornet(短号)at a boy’s home．In his late teens, Armstrong began to live the life of a musician．He played in parades, clubs, and on the steamboats that traveled on the Mississippi River．At that time, New Orleans was famous for the new music of jazz and was home to many great musicians．Armstrong learned from the older musicians and soon became respected as their cqual．
In 1922 he went to Chicngo．There, the tale of Louis Armstrong begins．From then until the end of his life, Armstrong was celebrated and loved wherever be went Armstrong had no equal when it came to playing the American popular song．
His cornet playing had a deep humanity(仁爱)and warmth that caused many listeners to say, “Listening to Pops just makes you feel good all over．”He was the father of the jazz style(风格)and also one of the best-known and most admired people in the world．His death, on July 6,1971, was headline news around the world．
(1)
Armstrong was called Pops because he ________．
[ ]
A．
looked like a musieian
B．
was a musician of much influence
C．
showed an interest in music
D．
traveled to play modern music
(2)
The third paragraph is developed ________．
[ ]
A．
by space
B．
by examples
C．
by time
D．
by comparison
(3)
Which statement about Armstrong is true?
[ ]
A．
His tale begins in New Orleans．
B．
He was born before jazz was invented．
C．
His music was popular with his listeners．
D．
He learned popular music at a boy’s home．
(4)
Which would be the best title for the text?
[ ]
A．
The Invention of the Jazz Music
B．
The Father of the Jazz Style
C．
The Making of a Musician
D．
The Spread of Popular Music
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Sports shoes that out whether their owner has enough exercise to warrant time in front of the television have been devised in the UK．
The shoes－named Square Eyes－contain an electronic pressure sensor and a tiny computer chip to record how many steps the wearer has taken in a day．A wireless transmitter passes the information to a receiver connected to a television, and this decides how much evening viewing time the wearer deserves, based on the day’s efforts．
The design was inspired by a desire to fight against the rapidly ballooning waistlines among British teenagers, says Gillian Swan, who developed Square Eyes as a final year design project at Brunel University to London, UK．“We looked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out,” she says．“And I wanted to tackle that with my design．”
Once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise, the television automatically switches off．And further time in front of the TV can only be earned through more steps．
Swan calculated how exercise should translate to television time using the recommended daily amounts of both．Health experts suggest that a child take 12,000 steps each day and watch no more than two hours of television．So, every 100 steps recorded by the Square Eyes shoes equals precisely one minute of TV time．
Existing pedometers(计步器)normally clip onto a belt or slip into a pocket and keep count of steps by measuring sudden movement．Swan says these can be easily tricked into recording steps through shaking．But her shoe has been built to be harder for lazy teenagers to cheat．“It is possible, but it would be a lot of effort,” she says．“That was one of my main design considerations．”
(1)
According to Swan, the purpose of her design project is to ________．
[ ]
A．
keep a record of the steps of the wearer
B．
deal with overweight among teenagers
C．
enable children to resist the temptation of TV
D．
prevent children from being tricked by TV programs
(2)
Which of the following is true of Square Eyes shoes?
[ ]
A．
They regulate a child’s evening TV viewing time．
B．
They determine a child’s daily pocket money．
C．
They have raised the hot issue of overweight．
D．
They contain information of the receiver．
(3)
What is stressed by health experts in their suggestion?
[ ]
A．
The exact number of steps to be taken．
B．
The precise number of hours spent on TV．
C．
The proper amount of daily exercise and TV time．
D．
The way of changing steps into TV watching time．
(4)
Compared with other similar products, the new design ________．
[ ]
A．
makes it difficult for lazy teenagers to cheat
B．
counts the wearer’s steps through shaking
C．
records the sudden movement of the wearer
D．
sends teenagers’health data to the receiver
(5)
Whichof the following would be the best title for the text?
[ ]
A．
Smart Shoes Decide on Television Time
B．
Smart Shoes Guarantee More Exercise
C．
Smart Shoes Measure Time of Exercise
D．
Smart Shoes Stop Childhood Overweight
阅读理解
When Andrea Peterson landed her first teaching job, she faced the daunting task of creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards based learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers．
For her drive and creativity in overcoming those challenges, she’s been named national teacher of the year．
Principal Waynes Kettler said he’s worked with many outstanding teachers in his 22 years as an educator, but Peterson is “just that one step above anybody I’ve ever worked with before．”
Kettler and others at Monte Cristo Elementary School talk about the ways she has introduced the learning from other classrooms into her music program and her creativity in working around things such as the lack of money for new music．
When students were reading S．E．Hinton’s novel The Outsiders in their regular classroom, Peterson helped them write a 30 minute play with scenes from the book．Then they chose three Broadway tunes that focused no race, equality and social justice, the themes of the book．Peterson composed two other songs herself after classroom discussions about the play and the book．
The honor means a lot to residents of Granite Foils．It’s inspiring to know that people from small towns own even win national honors．
As national teacher of the year, Peterson will spend the more year outside the classroom, as a national and international spokes woman for education．Not surpassingly．She is a big believe in the white of acts education．She said it’s essential for schools to offer classes such as act or music and physical education because for some kids one of those subjects is the only thing that notiusters them to come back to school day after day．
(1)
The underlined word “daunting” in Paragraph 1 most probably means ________．
[ ]
A．
discouraging
B．
interesting
C．
creative
D．
unbearable
(2)
When Peterson began her teaching career, ________．
[ ]
A．
music was a focus of learning in most schools
B．
the environment was favorable to music teaching
C．
the school backed teaching facilities for music
D．
immemorial support for music programs was unavailable
(3)
What is the most important reason that Peterson won the award?
[ ]
A．
She concerned herself with current social problems．
B．
She motivated students to learn music with her creativity．
C．
She has aught music at the elementary school for 22 years．
D．
She make great efforts to amuse students’interest in literature．
(4)
Which of the following is an example of Peterson’s way of teaching music?
[ ]
A．
She wrote plays on themes of race, equality and social justice．
B．
She made use of the contents of other classes in her teaching．
C．
She organized classroom discussions of Broadway tunes．
D．
She helped students compose songs by themselves．
(5)
In Peterson’s opinion, ________．
[ ]
A．
art music and PE classes are all important
B．
more subjects should be offered to students
C．
students should benativated to attend art classes
D．
arts education is more important than other subjects
(6)
It can be inferred from the text that ________．
[ ]
A．
Peterson’s honor was a surprise for the local people
B．
Peterson’s art classes attracted students back to school
C．
Peterson aroused the local residents’passion for music
D．
Peterson will change her profession next year
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If you look for a book as a present for a child．You will be spoiled for choice even in a year there is no new Harry Patten J．K Powling’s wizard is not alone the past decade has been a harvest for good children’s books ,which has set off a large quantity of films and an increased sales of classics such as The lard of the Rings．
Yet despite that ,reading is increasingly unpopular among children．According to statistics in 1997 23% said they didn’t like reading in all．In 2003, 35% did．And around 6% of children leave primary school each year unableto read properly．
Maybe the decline is caused by the increasing availability of computes games．Maybe the books boom has affected only the top of the educational pile．Either way , Chancellor Cordon Brown plans to change things for the bottom of the class．In his pre_budget report , he announced the national project of Reading Recovery to help the children struggling most．
Reading Recovery is wined at six year olds ,who receive four months of individual daily half hour classes with a specially trained teacher．An evaluation either this year reported that children on the school made 20 months’ progress in just one year, whereas similarly weak readers without special help made just five months’progress ,and so ended the year even further below the level expected for their age．
International research tends to find that when British children leave primacy school they read well ,but read text often for fun than those elsewhere．Reading for fun matters because children who are been on reading can report lifelong pleasure and loving books is an excellent indicator of future educational success．According to the OECD, being a regular and enthusiastic reader is of great advantage．
(1)
Which of the following is true of Paragraph 1?
[ ]
A．
Marry children’s books have been adapted from films．
B．
Marry high quality children’s books have been published．
C．
The sales of classics have led to the popularity of films．
D．
The sales of presents for children have increased．
(2)
Statistics suggested that ________．
[ ]
A．
the number of top students increased with the use of computers
B．
a decreasing number of children showed interest in reading
C．
a minority of primacy school children read properly
D．
a huge percentage of children read regularly
(3)
What do we know about Reading Recovery?
[ ]
A．
An evaluation of it will be made sometime this year．
B．
Weak readers on the project were the most hardworking．
C．
It aims to train special teachers to help children with reading．
D．
Children on the project showed noticeable progress in reading．
(4)
Reading for fun is important because book loving children ________．
[ ]
A．
take greater advantage of the project
B．
show the potential to enjoy a long life
C．
are likely to succeed in their education．
D．
would make excellent future researchers
(5)
The arm of this text would probably be ________．
[ ]
A．
to overcome primary school pupils reading difficulty．
B．
to encourage the publication of more children’s books
C．
to remind children of the importance of reading for fun
D．
to introduce a way to improve early children reading
阅读理解
A month after Hurricace Katrina, I returned home in New Orleans．There lay my house, reduced to waist-high rains, smelly and dirty．
Before the trip, I’d had my car fixed．When the office employee of the garage was writing up the bill, she noticed my Louisiana license plate．“You from New Orleans?” she asked．I said I was, “No charge．” She said, and firmly shock her head when I reached for my wallet．The next day I went for a haircut, and the same thing happened．
As my wife was studying in Florida, we decided to move there and tried to find a rental house that we could afford while also paying off a mortgage(抵押贷款)on our ruined house．We looked at many places, but none was satisfactory．We’d began to accept that we’d have to live in extremely reduced circumstances for a while, when I got a very curious e-mail from a James Kemmedy in California．He’d read some pieces I’d written about our sufferings for state, the online magazine and wanted to give us(“no conditions attached”)a new house across the lake from New Orleans．It sounded a good to her return, but I replied, thinking him for his exceptional generosity, then we to go back．Then the University of Florida offered to let him house to me．While he want to England on his one year, paid leave．The rent was rather reasonable．I mentioned the poet’s offer to James Kemdedy, and the next day he sent a check covering our entire rent for eight months．Throughout this painful experience , the kindness of strangers back my faith in humanity．It’s almost worth losing you wordy possessions to be reminded that people really when given had a channel．
(1)
The garage employee’s attitude toward the author was that of ________
[ ]
A．
unconcern
B．
sympathy
C．
doubt
D．
tolerance
(2)
What do we know about James Kemnedy?
[ ]
A．
He was a written of an online magazine．
B．
He was a poet at the University of Florida
C．
He offered the author a new house free of charge．
D．
He learned about the author’s sufferings．
(3)
It can be inferred from the text that ________．
[ ]
A．
the author’s family was in financial difficulty
B．
rents were comparatively reasonable despite the disaster
C．
houses were difficult to find in the hurricane0stricken area
D．
the mortgage on the ruined house was paid off by the bank
(4)
The author learned from his experience that
[ ]
A．
wordy possessions can be given up when necessary
B．
generosity should be encouraged in some cases
C．
people benefit from their sad stories
D．
human beings are kind after all．
阅读理解
Most people want to know how things are made．They honestly admit, however, that they hardly know a thing when it comes to understanding how a piece of music is made．Where a composer(f^ft^)begins, how he manages to keep going－in fact, how and where he learns his trade-all are covered in complete darkness．The composer, in short, is a man of mystery(tt%)．
One of the first things the common man wants to know about is the part inspiration(^．^)plays in a composer’s work．He finds it difficult to believe that composers are not much interested in that question．Writing music is as natural for the composer as eating or sleeping for all．Music is something that the composer happens to have been born for．
The composer, therefore, does not say to himself："Do I feel inspired?" He says to himself：
"Do I feel like working today?" And if he feels like working, he does．It is more or less like saying to himself："Do I feel sleepy?" If you feel sleepy, you go to sleep．If you don't feel sleepy, you stay up．If the composer doesn't feel like working, he doesn't work．It’s as simple as that．
(1)
What would be the best tide for the text?
[ ]
A．
Composer：a man of mystery
B．
Practice makes good music
C．
Relation between sleeping and music
D．
Music：product of nature
(2)
The words "covered in complete darkness" underlined in Paragraph I most probably mean ________
[ ]
A．
difficult to be made
B．
without any light
C．
black in color
D．
not known
(3)
Most people seem to think that a composer ________．
[ ]
A．
finds it difficult to write music
B．
considers it important to have a good rest
C．
should like to talk about inspiration
D．
never asks himself very simple questions
(4)
The author will most probably agree that composers ________
[ ]
A．
are born with a gift for music
B．
are people full of mystery
C．
work late at night for their music
D．
know a lot about eating and sleeping
阅读理解
It is difficult for doctors to help a person with a damaged brain．Without enough blood, the brain lives for only three to five minutes．More often the doctors can' t fix the damage．Sometimes they are afraid to try something to help because it is dangerous to work on the brain．The doctors might make the person worse if he operates on the brain．
Dr．Robert White, a famous professor and doctor, thinks he knows a way to help．He thinks doctors should make the brain very cold．If it is very cold, the brain can live without blood for 30 minutes．This gives the doctor a longer time to do something for the brain．
Dr．White tried his idea on 13 monkeys．First he taught them to do different jobs, then he operated on them．He made the monkeys' blood go through a machine．The machine cooled the blood．Then the machine sent the blood back to the monkeys' brains．When the brain’s temperature was 10℃, Dr．White stopped the blood to the brain．After 30 minutes he turned the blood back on．He warmed the blood again．After their operations the monkeys were like they had been before．They were healthy and busy．Each one could still do the jobs the doctor had taught them．
(1)
The biggest difficulty in operating on the damaged brain is that ________．
[ ]
A．
the time is too short for doctors
B．
the patients are often too nervous
C．
the damage is extremely hard to fix
D．
the blood-cooling machine might break down
(2)
The brain operation was made possible mainly by ________．
[ ]
A．
taking the blood out of the brain
B．
trying the operation on monkeys first
C．
having the blood go through a machine
D．
lowering the brain’s temperature
(3)
With Dr．White’s new idea, the operation on the damaged brain ________．
[ ]
A．
can last as long as 30 minutes
B．
can keep the brain’s blood warm
C．
can keep the patient’s brain healthy
D．
can help monkeys do different jobs
(4)
What is the right order of the steps in the operation?
a．send the cooled blood back to the brain
b．stop the blood to the brain
c．have the blood cooled down
d．operate on the brain
[ ]
A．
a, b, c, d
B．
c, a, b, d
C．
c, b, d, a
D．
b, c, d, a
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Odiand remembers like it was yesterday working in an expensive French restaurant in Denver．The ice cream he was serving fell onto the white dress of a rich and important woman．
Thirty years have passed, but Odiand can' t get the memory out of his mind, nor the woman' a kind reaction(fsi^L)．She was shocked, regained calmness and, in a kind voice, told the young Odiand, " It’s OK．It wasn't your fault．" When she left the restaurant, she also left the future Fortune 500 CEO(^．lHO with a life lesson：You can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she treats the waiter．
Odiand isn't the only CEO to have made this discovery．Rather, it seems to be one of those few laws of the land that every CEO learns on the way up．It’s hard to get a dozen CEOs to agree about anything, but most agree with the Waiter Rule．They say how others treat the CEO says nothing．But how others treat the waiter is like a window into the soul．
Watch out for anyone who pulls out the power card to say something like, " I could buy this place and fire you," or "I know the owner and I could have you fired．" Those who say such things have shown more about their character(\!m)than about their wealth and power．
The CEO who came up with it, or at least first wrote it down, is Raytheon CEO Bill Swanson．He wrote a best-selling book called Swanson’s Unwritten Rules of Management．
"A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter, or to others, is not a nice person," Swan-son says．" I will never offer a job to the person who is sweet to the boss but turns rude to someone cleaning the tables．"
(1)
What happened after Odiand dropped the ice cream onto the woman’s dress?
[ ]
A．
He was fired．
B．
He was blamed．
C．
The woman comforted him．
D．
The woman left the restaurant at once．
(2)
Odiand learned one of his life lessons from ________．
[ ]
A．
his experience as a waiter
B．
the advice given by the CEOs
C．
an article in Fortune
D．
an interesting best-selling book
(3)
According to the text, most CEOs have the same opinion about ________．
[ ]
A．
Fortune 500 companies
B．
the Management Rules
C．
Swanson’s book
D．
the Waiter Rule
(4)
From the text we can learn that ________．
[ ]
A．
one should be nicer to important people
B．
CEOs often show their power before others
C．
one should respect others no matter who they are
D．
CEOs often have meals in expensive restaurants
阅读理解
Growing up in Philadelphia, Lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was seven．His food-loving family had two kitchens, and he quickly learned what was the best way to bake his cakes．Lieberman improved his kitchen skills greatly during a year abroad before college, learning from a cook in Italy and studying local specialties(A&^T ^F fe^)in Germany, Spain and France．At Yale, he was known for throwing dinner parties, single-handedly frying and baking while mixing drinks for dozens of friends．Just for fun, he and some friends decided to tape a show named Campus Cuisine about his cooking．Lieberman was a real college student showing his classmates how to do things like make drinks out of dining-hall fruit．That helped the show become very popular among the students．They would stop Lieberman after classes to ask for his advice on cooking．Tapes of the show were passed around, with which his name went beyond the school and finally to the Food Network．
Food Network producer Flay hopes the young cook will find a place on the network television．He says Lieberman’s charisma is key．" Food TV isn't about food anymore," says Flay．" It’s about your personality(^"ft)and finding a way to keep people's eyeballs on your show．"
But Lieberman isn't putting all his eggs in one basket．After taping the first season of the new show, Lieberman was back in his own small kitchen preparing sandwiches．An airline company(M $'^'Xl)was looking for someone to come up with a tasteful, inexpensive and easy-to-make menu to serve on its flights．Lieberman got the job．
(1)
We can learn from the text that Lieberman’s family ________．
[ ]
A．
have relatives in Europe
B．
love cooking at home
C．
often hold parties
D．
own a restaurant
(2)
The Food Network got to know Lieberman ________．
[ ]
A．
at one of his parties
B．
from his teachers
C．
through his taped show
D．
on a television program
(3)
What does the word "charisma" underlined in the text refer to?