As a substitute teacher, my daily routine involves driving to a new school almost every day so I’m usually unable to anticipate the day’s events, good or bad!
On one particular day, I was teaching in a very difficult classroom. I was managing behavior all morning and by lunch time, I knew I needed coffee to even consider surviving the afternoon. So on my lunch break, I drove to a nearby plaza（购物中心）to get a cup of coffee. Upon returning to the car I realized I had locked my keys and my phone inside! I had about 15 minutes to get back to the school which was a good 4 or 5-minute drive away. I contemplated  (思考）sprinting（冲刺）back, but it being winter, I thought a nasty fall on ice would only make the situation much worse.
So I ran into a McDonald’s which was in the same plaza and asked the man at the counter who happened to be the manager to please call me a cab. I briefly explained my situation to him, and I could tell by the look in his eyes, that he empathized. He hurried to the back to use the phone while I paced in the restaurant. I had less than 10 minutes to get back to my school at this point.
The manager returned only to tell me that the cab company had put him on hold and then the line got disconnected, and that he was now on hold again, but had not yet been able to request the cab yet. My expression, I assume, began to resemble some combination of hopelessness and fear.
Without a thought, he grabbed his coat and offered to drive me to the school. Without hesitation, I followed him into his car and made it back into my classroom with 2 minutes to spare before the bell!
Upon arriving at the school, I thanked this man endlessly. His calm demeanor（举止）and kind nature made me think he was probably a wonderful manager to work for, and also a wonderful human being to have on this earth. This experience makes me realize that out of every seemingly hopeless situation, there is the opportunity for acts of kindness to transpire（发生）, which can have an unimaginable impact on those who receive them

1. 1.

   Why did the author go to get a coffee?

   1. A.
      Because he needed to eat something as lunch
   2. B.
      Because he was very thirsty
   3. C.
      Because he had to refresh himself for the classes in the afternoon
   4. D.
      Because he wanted something hot to drink
2. 2.

   What happened to the author after he got a cup of coffee?

   1. A.
      He fell on the icy road
   2. B.
      He realized his keys and phone were locked inside the car
   3. C.
      His car was broken
   4. D.
      He lost his keys and phone
3. 3.

   How long probably had the author stayed in the McDonald’s?

   1. A.
      For about 15 minutes
   2. B.
      For about 10 minutes
   3. C.
      For about 8 to 9 minutes
   4. D.
      For only 2 minutes
4. 4.

   What kind of person is the manager?

   1. A.
      Kind-hearted
   2. B.
      Active
   3. C.
      Good-mannered
   4. D.
      Thoughtful

Are you interested in country music? I like it very much! It will take me away for a while after I am tired .The guitars and songs will take me to mountains and fields.
Country music usually talks of everyday life and feelings. It’s the spirit of America, easy to understand, slow and simple.
Country music developed in the Southern United States. It was the folk music of American countryside. Many of songs tell about the lives of farmers .They talk about love, crops or death.
The life of the countryside can be hard, so the words in country music are often sad. At first, people played the music only at family parties. But it became more popular later. In the 1920s, people played country songs on the radio, and they made them into records.
When people in the countryside moved to towns and cities to look for work, they took their music with them. Country music continued to change and became popular across America.
John Denver was one of America’s most famous country singers in the 1970s.His song “Take Me home, Country Roads” is well-known and people still play it today

1. 1.

   Country music is usually about ______.

   1. A.
      everyday life and feelings
   2. B.
      farmers’ feelings
   3. C.
      the lives of workers
   4. D.
      the lives of farmers
2. 2.

   People began to make country song records ______.

   1. A.
      in the 1920s
   2. B.
      in 1920
   3. C.
      in the 1970s
   4. D.
      in 1970
3. 3.

   Why did Country music become popular in America?

   1. A.
      Because city people liked the music
   2. B.
      Because farmers moved to cities with their music and it continued to change
   3. C.
      Because country music talked about city people’s lives
   4. D.
      Because country music developed in the Southern Africa
4. 4.

   Who is famous for the song “Take Me Home, Country Roads”?

   1. A.
      A farmer in the countryside
   2. B.
      A person who moved to towns
   3. C.
      John Denver
   4. D.
      John Denver’s brother

London will stage its biggest political funeral in almost half a century on Wednesday when Britain's governing elite join the Queen and global leaders to bid farewell to former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, better known as the “ Iron Lady".
In an event comparable to that of Winston Churchill's funeral in 1965, Thatcher's coffin will be carried on a horse-drawn gun carriage through streets lined with admirers from parliament to the city's most famous cathedral.
The bells of London's symbolic Big Ben clock tower will fall silent for the first time since Churchill's funeral and more than 700 men and women from Britain's armed forces will honor a woman who led them to victory in the 1982 Falklands War as foreign politicians from around 170 nations look on.
Surveys have shown that many are unhappy that the estimated l0-million($15 million)pound bill for the funeral is being picked up by the taxpayer, while some left-wing lawmakers say the luxurious funeral is too expensive.                                                                            
But her admirers, of whom there are many in her party and in southern England, argue that her historical profile deserves such a funeral. She was the country's first and only woman premier, was Britain's longest-serving prime minister of the 20th century, and won three general elections.
More than 2,300 mourners will attend including 11 serving prime ministers from around the world, the British government's entire cabinet, two heads of state and 17 foreign ministers.
But there will be notable absences. Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is too ill to attend and Nancy Reagan, the widow of Thatcher's great U·S. ally Ronald Reagan, is also unable to come.
Thatcher struck up a close relationship with Reagan during the Cold War, backed the first President  George Bush during the 1991 Gulf War, and was among the first to discover that Gorbachev was a man she could "do business with. ”
Covered in the red, white and blue British flag, Thatcher's coffin lay overnight in a 13th-century church in Britain's parliament, a forum she dominated for years

1. 1.

   From the passage we know that Big Ben clock tower will fall silent to______.

   1. A.
      get repaired for the first time
   2. B.
      honour the passing away of the great woman
   3. C.
      tell the specific time to the public
   4. D.
      welcome the officials from all over the world
2. 2.

   Who that are still alive will be absent from the funeral?

   1. A.
      Mikhail Gorbachev and Nancy Reagan
   2. B.
      Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan
   3. C.
      Nancy Reagan and Ronald Reagan
   4. D.
      George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev
3. 3.

   From the passage we can learn that Margaret Thatcher was______.

   1. A.
      strong and smart
   2. B.
      weak and disappointing
   3. C.
      aggressive and warlike
   4. D.
      stubborn and luxurious
4. 4.

   Which of the following might serve as the best title of the passage?

   1. A.
      The legend of Thatcher, the “Iron Lady"
   2. B.
      Why Big Ben falls silent for the first time?
   3. C.
      Who will pay for such a luxurious funeral?
   4. D.
      London will witness its biggest political funeral

33 Chilean miners were trapped nearly a half-mile underground after the mine accident. They had no real hope that they’d ever be found. Luckily, though, the men had Luis Urzua. They were rescued to safety on October 13, 2010.Urzua, 54, was the shift leader at the time of the disaster, and used all his wisdoms and his leadership talents to help his men stay calm and in control for the 17 terrible days it took for rescuers to make their first contact with them.
It was no surprise that Urzua was the last of the 33 miners to leave the mine.
Urzua --- after shaking hands with rescue workers ---- climbed into a capsule barely wider than a man’s shoulders at 9:46 and was hauled up (拖上来) from a narrow hole drilled through 2,000 feet of rock. He arrived at the top 11 minutes later.
“We have done what the entire world was waiting for,” he told Chilean President Sebastian Pinera immediately after his rescue. “The 69 days that we fought so hard were not in vain.” Pinera greeted Urzua, saying “You have been rescued, coming out last like a good leader… You have no idea how all Chileans share with
you your hardships, your hope, and your joy. You are an inspiration.” With Urzua by his side, the president led the crowd in singing the national anthem.Robinson Marquez once worked with Urzua in a nearby mine. He described Urzua as a calm, professional person and a born leader. “He is very protective of his men and obviously loves them. He wouldn’t have left until all of his men were safely above ground,” Marquez said.
Under Urzua’s leadership, the men stretched an emergency food supply meant to last just 48 hours over two and a half weeks, taking tiny sips of milk and bites of fish every other day.He described the difficulties of the first days, saying that it took about three hours for the dust to settle before the men could inspect where tons of collapsed rock sealed off (堵住) the main way out. When the rescuers first made contact by drilling a narrow hole into their refuge (避难处), the miners were so excited that everyone wanted to hug the drill hammer.After the collapse, Urzua was the first to speak to Pinera and to urge him not to let him and his men down. “Don’t leave us alone,” he asked the president, who assured the workers that they would not be abandoned, telling them he would do everything he could to get them back to the surface

1. 1.

   The mine collapsed on ______.

   1. A.
      March 2
   2. B.
      June 3
   3. C.
      August 5
   4. D.
      October 13
2. 2.

   Which word can’t be used to describe Urzua?

   1. A.
      Selfish
   2. B.
      Calm
   3. C.
      Optimistic
   4. D.
      Talented
3. 3.

   What do you know about the capsule?

   1. A.
      It is very spacious
   2. B.
      It is very narrow
   3. C.
      It is made by Urzua
   4. D.
      It is used in space
4. 4.

   The emergency food supply was designed to last ______.

   1. A.
      over two and a half weeks
   2. B.
      five days
   3. C.
      one week
   4. D.
      two days

Recently a group of children in America poured some gasoline on a sleeping man and set him on fire. When caught, the children said they had done what they’d seen on TV.
The incidents make people angry who believe that American children are harmed by watching too much TV. They claim children can’t tell between the fiction of TV and reality, and TV distracts them from learning and makes them violent.
To estimate the impact of TV on young people, “Life” magazine hires a company to interview hundreds of school children in Nora Springs, Iowa and in Dallas, Texas. Although the two cities are very different, the company finds children in each city watch the same TV shows.
Many Iowa children, who watch an average of three hours of TV a day, recognizing that life on TV is rosier than what they experience. Their favourite shows are situation comedies about American families in trouble. Many boys like violent shows about police detectives or heroes, girls particularly soap operas-stories about families and friends.
On the whole, children find real violence on news programs hard to take. “If you see a bus crash on the news, it’s frightening,” one fifth grader says. By and large, the Iowa children agree that the best thing about TV is it makes you laugh.
Children in Dallas are savvier about programs of drug use on TV. “They don’t really show them doing it right. On TV they are not real.” A fifth grader says.
“Life” agrees with a 1988 study by the U. S Department of education that finds children are none the worse for watching TV. The study finds TV doesn’t have lasting effect on children. On the contrary, kids show good judgment about what they watch. “There are very few good shows on TV anymore,” a 10-year-old boy says.
While the debate about TV is so heated, the “Life” survey gives hope that American kids aren’t wasting three or four hours a day (what is worse, by the time young people enter college today, they will have devoted more time to watching television than they will spend in college). However, a child watching TV isn’t reading a good book or joining in healthful sports

1. 1.

   The main idea of the passage is ______.

   1. A.
      children who watch more TV are smarter than those who watch only one hour a day
   2. B.
      children learn about drugs from watching TV
   3. C.
      watching too much TV can cause children to go out and kill people
   4. D.
      children learn from TV and can tell reality from what they see on it
2. 2.

   Children who see real violence on TV news programs ______.

   1. A.
      change the channel to watch other programs
   2. B.
      live in Iowa or Texas
   3. C.
      are sometimes upset and scared
   4. D.
      think TV gives a very positive image of friendship
3. 3.

   Children who enter college today ______.

   1. A.
      usually cause the satisfaction of the society
   2. B.
      think life on TV is happier than their life at home
   3. C.
      have spent more time watching TV than they will spend in college
   4. D.
      watch most the same TV shows as children in Dallas
4. 4.

   The “Life” survey of children’s TV habits ______.

   1. A.
      concludes that watching up to seven hours a day of TV is good for children
   2. B.
      agrees with the U.S. Department of Education study that finds few negative effects from watching TV
   3. C.
      concludes that there aren’t any good shows on TV any more
   4. D.
      concludes that children shouldn’t pour gasoline on sleeping man

1. 1.

   If Mr. Black has a desire to be a sports teacher, he should contact______.

   1. A.
      Airport Terminal Services
   2. B.
      www. workatats. com
   3. C.
      865-524-9881
   4. D.
      tlgknoxvilletn@thelittlegym. com
2. 2.

   As a driver in Local Delivery, John has to ______.

   1. A.
      work hard to earn good money
   2. B.
      have printing skills
   3. C.
      have interest in the position
   4. D.
      be offered paid training
3. 3.

   Mr. Smith can find a job as a mechanic at______.

   1. A.
      Washington DC Locations
   2. B.
      Baltimore location
   3. C.
      a fast paced company
   4. D.
      Dillard
4. 4.

   What is a must when one hopes to be a member of Dillard’s team?

   1. A.
      He must be able to work in the evening and on weekends
   2. B.
      He must have experience
   3. C.
      He must have a good knowledge of shoe fashion and sales
   4. D.
      He must like top brands of shoes

Once in a blue moon,(极为罕见) there is one on New Year's Eve. Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. But don't expect it to be blue - the name has nothing to do with the color of our closest celestial(天空的) neighbor. A full moon occurred on December 2. It will appear again on Thursday in time for the New Year's countdown.
The New Year's Eve blue moon will be visible in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America and Africa. For partygoers in Australia and Asia, the full moon does not show up until New Year's Day, making January a blue moon month for them.
A full moon occurs every 29.5 days, and most years have 12. On average, an extra full moon in a month - a blue moon - occurs every 2.5 years. The last time there was a lunar double take was in May 2007. New Year's Eve blue moons are rarer, occurring every 19 years. The last time was in 1990; the next one won't come again until 2028.
“Blue moons have no astronomical significance,” said Greg Laughlin, an astronomer at the University of California. “`Blue moon' is just a name in the same sense as a `hunter's moon'(a full moon in octorber) or a `harvest moon,'” Laughlin said in an e-mail.
The popular definition of blue moon came about after a writer for Sky & Telescope magazine in 1946 misinterpreted the Maine Farmer's Almanac and labeled a blue moon as the second full moon in a month. In fact, the almanac(年历) defined a blue moon as the third full moon in a season with four full moons

1. 1.

   What’s the color of blue moon?

   1. A.
      blue
   2. B.
      golden
   3. C.
      green
   4. D.
      red
2. 2.

   If you are in China, in which month can you see the blue moon?

   1. A.
      December, 2009
   2. B.
      November, 2009
   3. C.
      January, 2010
   4. D.
      February, 2010
3. 3.

   Compared with the hunters moon, the blue moon ________

   1. A.
      is more beautiful
   2. B.
      is rarer
   3. C.
      is larger
   4. D.
      is brighter
4. 4.

   Which full moon should be called blue moon according to the original definition?

   1. A.
      The second full moon in a month with two full moons
   2. B.
      The third full moon in a month with three full moons
   3. C.
      The second full moon in a season with four full moons
   4. D.
      The third full moon in a season with four full moons
5. 5.

   What would be the best title for the passage ?

   1. A.
      Rare New Year’s Eve Blue Moon to Ring in 2010
   2. B.
      Blue Moon to Take Us Good Fortune
   3. C.
      The Best Time to Observe Blue Moon
   4. D.
      The Reason for Blue Moon’s Appearing

At five he was collecting old newspapers to make money.And when he was fifteen he signed his schoolmates up to start a baby-sitting circle(保姆中心).
Now 20,third- year Cambridge University student,Peter Blackburn is the managing director of company with a 30,000 pounds plan.And he thinks he will make more than $15,000 by next summer.
He set up Peter Blackburn Company last year to bring out a new color term-planner(学期计划)that now students all over the UK are using.
“I felt that most of the planners going around were pretty unimaginative,”he says.”I believed that I could do a better job and decided to have a go.”
Blackburn agrees that he is putting far more effort into business than his computer studies course at university.While fellow students are out with their friends,he keeps in touch with his business office in Lancashire by mobile phone.Before he set up the company he spent one holiday preparing a plan that would persuade the bank to lend him money.
“Most students work hard for a good degree because they believe that will help them get a job to support themselves,”he says.”I work hard at my company,because that is what will support me next year,after I leave college.”
Friends believe that Blackburn will make one million pounds within five years.
He is not quite so sure,however.”There is a lot to be done yet,”he says

1. 1.

   When he was quite young,Blackburn______.

   1. A.
      already made a lot of money
   2. B.
      already had a business brain
   3. C.
      was already a managing director of a company
   4. D.
      already set up his own business
2. 2.

   The underline expression in the fourth paragraph “have a go”means______.

   1. A.
      give up his job and have a new one
   2. B.
      leave the company
   3. C.
      have a try
   4. D.
      develop my business quickly
3. 3.

   Which of the following best explains why Blackburn works hard at his company?

   1. A.
      He wants to do more business practice before he leaves college
   2. B.
      He wants to make more money before he leaves college
   3. C.
      He wants to get a good job like most students after he leaves college
   4. D.
      He depends on the company for his living in the future
4. 4.

   Choose the right order of the facts given in the passage.
   a.He spent his holiday preparing a plan.
   b.He collected newspapers.
   c.He set up his own company.
   d.He asked the bank for money
   e.He set up a baby-sitting circle

   1. A.
      e,b,c,a,d
   2. B.
      b,e,a,d,c
   3. C.
      b,e,d,a,c
   4. D.
      b,e,c,a,d

Some scientists say that animals in the oceans are increasingly threatened by noise pollution caused by human beings.
The noise that affects sea creatures comes from a number of human activities. It is caused mainly by industrial underwater explosions, ocean drilling, and ship engines. Such noises are added to natural sounds. These sounds include the breaking of ice fields, underwater earthquakes, and sounds made by animals themselves.
Decibels (分贝) measured in water are different from those measured on land. A noise of one hundred and twenty decibels on land causes pain to human ears. In water, a decibel level of one hundred and ninety-five would have the same effect.
Some scientists have suggested setting a noise limit of one hundred and twenty decibels in the oceans. They have observed that noises at that level can frighten and confuse whales（鲸鱼）.
A team of American and Canadian scientists discovered that louder noises can seriously injure some animals.
The research team found that powerful underwater explosions were causing whales in the area to lose their hearing. This seriously affected the whales' ability to exchange information and find their way. Some of the whales even died. The explosions had caused their ears to bleed and become infected(被感染的).
Many researchers whose work depends on ocean sounds are against a limit of one hundred and twenty decibels. They say such a limit would mean an end to important industrial and scientific research.
Scientists do not know how much and what kinds of noises are harmful to ocean animals. However, many scientists don’t think that noise is a greater danger than they believed. They want to prevent noises from harming creatures in the ocean

1. 1.

   According to the passage, which of the following is increasingly dangerous to sea creatures?

   1. A.
      The sound of cars
   2. B.
      The sound of voices
   3. C.
      Man-made noise pollution
   4. D.
      The sound of steps
2. 2.

   According to the passage, natural sounds include all of the following EXCEPT______.

   1. A.
      sounds made by animals themselves
   2. B.
      ocean drilling
   3. C.
      underwater earthquakes
   4. D.
      the breaking of ice fields
3. 3.

   Which of the following is discussed in the third paragraph?

   1. A.
      The same noise level produces a different effect on land and in the ocean
   2. B.
      Different places may have different types of noises
   3. C.
      The decibel is not a right unit (单位) for measuring underwater noise
   4. D.
      Different ocean animals may have different reactions to noises
4. 4.

   Which of the following is true of whales?

   1. A.
      They won't be confused by noises
   2. B.
      They are deaf to noises
   3. C.
      Their ability to reproduce will be lowered by high-level noises
   4. D.
      Their hearing will be damaged by high-level noises
5. 5.

   According to the passage, what will scientists most probably do in the future?

   1. A.
      They will work hard to reduce ocean noise pollution
   2. B.
      They will protect animals from harmful noises
   3. C.
      They will try to set a limit of 120 decibels
   4. D.
      They will study the effect of ocean noise pollution

JINTAN, JIANGSU: The 20 students — 18 boys and 2 girls —had a thousand reasons to be proud of themselves. They had just climbed their way to the top rung（阶梯）out of 4 million students taking part in the Fifth National Hua Luogeng Gold Cup Mathematics Contest（竞赛）on Tuesday evening. The 20 gold medal winners are all primary and middle school students under the age of 14. ‘Many of the problems are of college level and these pupils can figure them out. It is just unbelievable!’said a teacher from Guangdong province. Named after China's most famous mathematician, Hua Luogeng, the contest started in 1986,one year after his death. In less than 10 years, it has been recognized by the State Education Commission（国家教委） as the country's biggest and best contest of its kind

1. 1.

   This news story is mainly about______.

   1. A.
      when the contest started
   2. B.
      how the contest got its name
   3. C.
      the 20 pupils who have won gold medals in the contest
   4. D.
      the 5th National Hua Luogeng Gold Cup Mathematics Contest
2. 2.

   This news story most probably appeared in a newspaper in ______.

   1. A.
      1986
   2. B.
      1987
   3. C.
      1995
   4. D.
      1997
3. 3.

   It can be inferred from the text that the teacher from Guangdong province______.

   1. A.
      felt proud of the gold medal winners
   2. B.
      wondered if the students were honest
   3. C.
      thought that the problems were too difficult for the students
   4. D.
      believed that the twenty winners could go to study at university
4. 4.

   The underlined phrase ‘figure out’ in the text means______.

   1. A.
      work out
   2. B.
      add up
   3. C.
      guess
   4. D.
      study