For over one hundred and fifty years, Americans of all social classes have worn blue jeans．　　1　　 Whether they are worn for work or for fashion today．Strauss' invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but also among people around the world．

　　Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829．　　2　　 He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New York in 1847．Before becoming an American citizen and moving to the West in 1853, Strauss worked in his brother's dry goods business．This gave him a chance to produce his famous invention．After the gold rush of 1949, Strauss decided to move to the West to seek his fortunes．

　　Strauss did not want to be a person who searched an area for minerals．Instead, he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies to the miners．At first, he planned to sell sewing supplies and cloth．　　3　　 When he heard miners complaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining, he decided to use a special fabric to make pants for the miners．These pants proved so popular that he quickly ran out of materials to make more．

　　In 1873, Strauss received a letter from a Jewish tailor named Jacob Davis who had invented a process of connecting pockets with copper rivets(铆钉)．This made the pants last a long time．Because Davis did not have the money to patent his idea, he offered to share it with Strauss if Strauss would agree to pay for the patent．　　4　　．

　　The business has been growing ever since and Levi Strauss' company is now one of the largest clothing companies in the world．

　　By the time Strauss died in 1902, he had made a great contribution to American fashion．　　5　　

A．As a young boy, he moved with his family to the United States．

B．Nobody knew what kind of material was suitable．

C．He did and Levi jeans have been made with metal rivets ever since．

D．However, he did not get much business for those products．

E．He also made a great contribution to America's clothing industry．

F．Since they were invented by Levi Strauss, they have become a symbol of American

consumer culture．

G．As the business grew, Strauss got much money from it．

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　　There are many destructive(破坏性的)forces when it comes to nature, which have destroyed whole cities and killed many people．They're really terrible, but they occur somewhat often, and this is why you see so many charities these days which focus their efforts on helping people who have been affected by natural disasters．

　　While the world is a very beautiful place to live in, there will always be parts of the world where natural disasters happen more often than in other places, where properties(财产)and lives are destroyed．Only the people who live in the country where tsunamis and earthquakes as well as other disasters occur experience these, and we can only imagine the suffering that they go through．

　　For some people out there, the world is cruel, but they have no choice but to stay where they are．A lot of the time people simply cannot afford to move away, as they might not be able to get a job when they leave．

　　In 2004, there was a tsunami in the Indian Ocean．A tsunami is a large wave that towers hundreds of feet into the air, and covers whole areas when it comes crashing(冲进)down on to dry land．This particular tsunami was caused by an earthquake that happened in the middle of the sea, shooting the water away from the ground and towards dry land．This tsunami actually reached thirty meters in height, and was one of the worst waves the world has ever seen．Over 200,000 people were hurt in the disaster．

　　In 2005, we also saw a hurricane happened in the United States．This hurricane was known as hurricane Katrina, and is perhaps the worst in the history of the world．It happened in 2005 and destroyed millions of properties in the area．It also took the lives of nearly 2,000 American people．It was known that for ten days, the wind swept through the area, meaning the most powerful country in the world became helpless in their attempts to save the people who were affected by the hurricane．

　　Finally, in 2008 we saw yet another natural disaster．This time it was a cyclone(旋风), which is similar to a hurricane but happens in a circular motion(圆周运动)．This cyclone Nargis had been one of the strongest to have ever occurred, causing the death of nearly 150,000 people．All of these were terrible disasters that were unavoidable．

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注意：每个空格只填一个单词。

　　It's every student's dream to do well in the national college entrance examination and enter a good university．In the eyes of students and parents, a good university should have a high ranking, and the employment rate of its graduates should be high．But be careful! The employment rate they tell you might not always be true．

　　Recently, people created a Chinese phrase “bei jiuye”, which has become popular on the Internet almost overnight across China．The word “bei” has a grammatical use in Chinese：it has a function similar to the passive voice in English．But now people often use it to express their doubts about something．Here, the phrase “bei jiuye” has the literal meaning of “to be hired”, but people understand that it really means “to be hired without one's knowledge” or “be hired for jobs that may not exist at all”．

　　The story of “bei jiuye” goes like this．Zhao Dongdong, a graduate of a university in Shanxi province, was surprised to find that he got a job from a company he never applied to, which he wasn't even sure was a real place．On his last day of graduation ceremonies, he was surprised to come across the employment contract．

　　“God! At that time, I had not landed a job yet, but they gave me an employment contract! I wondered who on earth signed the contract with the company．” When Zhao made a phone call to the company to check it out, no one answered．He was not the only one in his college who was “hired” for a job that did not exist．One of his classmates signed a contract with a company called Xi'an Beilin Industrial Corporation, which could not be found on the Internet either．In the end, it turned out that the college had faked the contract to make it seem like the employment rate for new graduates was higher than that．By doing this, the college could build up a “good” reputation that could help it attract new students．“Bei jiuye” is just one of many hot “bei” words on the Internet．See some of them in “Bonus”．The use of “bei” is a satirical(讽刺的)way for the public to express its helplessness and criticize abuses of power, some people say．People also use “bei” words to bring attention to social problems, hoping they will be noticed by authorities．

Directions：Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph．There is one extra heading which you do not need．

1．________

　　Lin(Jeremy Shu-How Lin)got to start for the Knicks because they had to start him．They had too many injuries．Baron Davis was gone．The other point guards were out．Carmelo Anthony was injured．Amare Stoudemire had to leave the team because of a family death．Lin could have squandered the opportunity and we would have never have noticed．But he made the most of it．You never know when opportunities are going to arise in life．Often, they're when you least expect them．Make the most of them．Don't waster them．

2．________

　　Lin isn't Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant．He's not a pure scorer．He's a passer and distributor – who can also score very well．It didn't work for him in Golden State or Houston – where he was before landing at the Knicks．But Mike D'Antoni's system at the Knicks has been perfect for him to show off his strengths．You've got to do your best to understand what your strengths are and then ensure that you're in a system(a job or organization or industry)that is a good fit for those strengths．Otherwise, people overlook the talents you bring to the table．

3．________

　　You probably manage people at your own company today．Are you sure you don't have a Jeremy Lin living among you now? How do you know that “Mike” couldn't do amazing things if you gave him a new project to run with? How do you know “Sarah” isn't the right person to take the open job in London that you've been talking over with your colleagues? We put people around us in boxes．He's from Harvard．He's Asian-American．Not sure he can play．How many assumptions have you made about talent around you? Don't be like the General Managers in Golden State and Houston, and let talent slip through your fingers．With all their money, scouts(球探), and testing, they didn't have a clue what they had in their hands．Do you know what your people(or even yourself)are really capable of? Take off the blinders of assumptions you wear when you look at the world．

4．________

　　If you one day are lucky enough to have newspapers want to put you on the cover in order to sell more, don't let it get to your head．It's been remarkable watching how humble Lin remains through all this media craze．It makes his teammates and fans love him that much more．

5．________

　　Lin couldn't have seized his opportunity if he hadn't worked like crazy for years perfecting his skills．There are no short cuts to hard work．Success is a by product of that．If you've got a Tiger Mom who's always pushed you to work hard, great．If not, let your conscience be your own Tiger Mom! Get up early, stay up late．Nobody gave Lin any free passes．Why should you get any? You can only control what you control and that means you've got to work harder than anyone else you know．

Directions：Complete the following passage by using the words in the box．Each word can only be used once．Note that there is one word more than you need．

　　A year ago, at the annual pre-Grammy party, Whitney Houston, the great diva(女歌手), walked on stage and closed the evening with a brilliant performance．

　　Last Saturday, Houston was once again the 　　1　　 of the showcase before the Grammys, but her presence was a posthumous(死后的)one．

　　Earlier that day, pop music's former queen was found dead in her hotel room．She was 48．

　　This, no doubt, is sad news to the whole music industry and her fans all over the world, 　　2　　 what a legendary life and remarkable career that she once had．

　　At her peak, Houston was the golden girl of the music world．From the mid-1980s to the late 1990s, she was one of the world's 　　3　　 artists．She strongly impressed the audiences with effortless, powerful and peerless vocals．

　　Besides multi-million record sales, Houston made countless hits such as The Greatest Love of All, I Have Nothing, and the mostly famous I Will Always Love You．

　　She also 　　4　　 a generation of younger singers, from Christina Aguilera to Mariah Carey．

　　But by the end of her career, it was a 　　5　　 fall for this superstar．Houston has been addicted to drugs．Her album sales plummeted and the hits stopped coming．Her once calm and peaceful image was shattered by a wild manner and unusual public appearances, and her once natural voice became rough and hoarse, unable to hit the high notes as she 　　6　　．

　　“The biggest devil is me．I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy,” Houston told the ABC in an interview in 2002．

　　In 2009, Houston staged what seemed to be a successful 　　7　　 with the album I Look To You, which debuted on top of the charts．

　　But hoarse voice, 　　8　　 concerts, and continuous illness–Houston's comeback trail wasn't smooth at all．In an interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2009, Houston confessed：“It(show business)is too much．So much to try to live up to, to try to be, and I wanted out．”

　　Now that Houston has finally taken a break from all the chaos, may she rest 　　9　　．

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　　－Now, tell me about the man who stole your neighbour's car．What did he look like?

　　－Well, sir．He was tall…

　　－　　1　　

　　－Oh yes, and he was younger than you-only about thirty, I'd say．

　　－Well! And what colour was his hair?

　　－It was brown, and short… it was similar to yours, actually．

　　－　　2　　

　　－No, He was clean-shaven．

　　－OK．Now have a look at these photos-can you see him?

　　－　　3　　

　　－But that's Frankie Famham-he's got a beard, and he's very short!

　　－Hm, well…

　　－　　4　　

　　－Yes, the strangest thing was that he appeared to be a gentleman-he was wearing a suit… not like a thief at all．

　　－Hm, like this photo?

　　－Yes, that's him!

　　－That's Bill Mahony：he's in prison! Are you sure you saw the thief?

　　－　　5　　

1．________

2．________

3．________

4．________

5．________

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　　W：Hr．Greg．　　1　　

　　M：Yeah, I'm working night shift today．What are you doing here?

　　W：Well, I'm trying to look for a book but it has been out for the last three weeks．　　2　　 I know it's overdue according to the computer．Just hope the borrower won't bang on to the book for too long．

　　M：　　3　　

　　W：You might not believe this．But I'm into astronomy and the book I want to read is by Stephen Hawking who writes about the creation of the universe．Did you notice my eyes?I have been staying up late at night to see the sky and stars．

　　M：　　4　　 I never expect you of alt people to have the patience to watch the sky, let alone staying up all night．No wonder you were dozing off during the lecture this morning．

　　W：　　5　　 But I'm really interested in the mystery of the universe and I'm thinking perhaps I'm in the wrong major．I would switch to physics instead of taking drama．

A．When did you get involved with the universe?

B．I thought I would try my luck today, but it was all for not

C．What's up?

D．I know it's embarrassing．

E．What a surprise to see you here!

F．Nobody will believe it．

G．What kind of book is it that you wanted so much?

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　　Heigouding Village, Ledu County in the west of Qinghai province is a place where many people of the Tu minority have lived for centuries．As the little village is comparatively closed to the outside world, a custom called “Four Tigers” was created 200 years ago to protect its inhabitants(栖息地)from sickness and bad luck．

　　Every year the ceremony is held on the eve of January 15th according to the Chinese lunar calendar to frighten off ghosts and evil souls, and to pray for peace．

　　Normally four local villagers are selected to be the “tigers” in the ceremony．At first, they gathered with village elders at the mountain－god temple to offer sacrifices of wine, food and incense, and to ask the god to help the tigers．Then the tigers were adorned with herbs, candles and two batches of incense to serve as the tiger's ears．Two red ribbons held in their mouths represented the tiger's tongue．The “Tigers” drank wine, knelt and kowtowed to the mountain god before they received Hada, a kind of white silk scarf representing respects and good luck, from the village head with firecrackers crackling．

　　As night fell, the candles on the tigers’ bodies were lit and the tigers began their visits to one household after another．Villagers followed, shouting “Tigers are coming!” The elder from each household welcomed the tigers at the gate, while the rest of the family knelt down in the courtyard．Firecrackers were set off, a toast made and candies, meat and wine were presented to the villagers following the tigers．After twirling(快速转动)in three circles in the courtyard while those present kowtowed and prayed, the tigers went through every corner of every room to drive away any hiding ghosts．If there was a sick person in the house, the tigers jumped around him or her, scratched their body and said lucky words to drive away diseases and ghosts．After the ceremony, the family would present wine and food to the tigers．Then, shouting “The tigers are leaving!” the whole family saw them off．

　　After visiting all 30 or 40 households, the herbs were removed from the tigers and burned, to indicate that all the ghosts had been conquered．Then the villagers knelt and kowtowed with the sound of firecrackers, marking the end of the ceremony．

　　The tiger image exists in other minority groups, also．In ancient times, people entrusted their happiness to gods．The “four tigers” ceremony is vividly held in memory of ancient times and a living fossil for academics studying the lives of ancient people．As it is not popular nowadays, this cultural heritage is on the edge of extinction and needs to be rescued．

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　　When you learn reading, math, and other subjects taught in school from your parents or tutors(家庭教师)who come to your house, it's called homeschooling．A kid may be the only one, or he or she may be taught with brothers, sisters, or kids from the neighborhood．

　　Parents choose to homeschool their children for many different reasons．　　1　　 But more often, kids are homeschooled because their parents feel they can give their child a better education than the local school can．　　2　　

　　If you don't like school, homeschooling might seem like the perfect solution．But it's better for everyone if homeschooling isn't chosen just as an escape from school or problems there, such as bullying．　　3　　 Your school counselor(顾问)and other school officials, such as the principal, often can help．

　　　　4　　 It's true that kids must be educated, but it's legal to be schooled at home in the US．In fact, more than 1 million students do it．These kids can learn just as they do in regular schools, but their parents are in charge of their education．

　　　　5　　 The parents also may have to file paperwork with the state to explain who's teaching the kid and which subjects are being covered．

A．Homeschooling is very popular in the United States．

B．Sometimes a kid is sick and can't go to regular school．

C．Finding solutions to the problem should be the first step．

D．Some people's kids should attend public schools．

E．Homeschool parents must make sure that their kids get the instruction and the experiences they need．

F．You might wonder if kids have to go to school．

G．Parents also may choose homeschooling because they want their child's education to include religious instruction, which isn't offered at public schools．