Ted Turner, achieved high goals and great success by the time he was 43. Best known for his CNN, Ted Turner launched a second nationwide all-news network, Headline News, purchased the Atlanta Braves baseball team, and became the world's best yachtsman at the America's Cup in 1977. In 1982 Ted Turner was named by Forbes one of the 400 richest people in the US. He was named Time magazine's "Man of the Year" in 1992. How did Ted Turner accomplish all of this at such a young age?

      Ted Turner's father, Ed, was a self-made millionaire who demanded that his only son try to achieve similar success. He instilled in the boy a strong belief that hard work was good. Besides reading a new book every two days, Ted Turner was also charged rent at home during summer vacations from boarding school. Ed Turner was a strong influence in his son's life.

      As a child, Ted Turner lived a very lonely life, often separated from his family. He was enrolled in a military academy in the fifth grade and eventually went to Brown University. He attended college off and on, became involved in sailboat racing, and became a member of the U.S. Coast Guard. In his early twenties, Ted Turner became general manager of one of his father's branch offices in Georgia.

      Two years later after his father’s suicide, Ted Turner took over the company. He soon discovered that he was more skilled than his father in managing the business. During the next twenty years, Ted Turner worked hard to accumulate enough power and money to fulfill his father's dream.

      Reflecting on his father's death, however, Ted Turner realized that it was dangerous to put too much emphasis on material possessions. He decided to use his hard-earned influence to serve the public. Concerned about the environment, Ted Turner established the Better World Society in 1985. The purpose of this organization was to produce documentaries to educate people about pollution, hunger, and the danger of building weapons of mass destruction. In 1986 Turner began sponsoring the Goodwill Games to promote world peace. The Turner Tomorrow Awards were created to encourage writers and thinkers to focus their attention on solving world problems. The Turner Family Foundation was established in 1992.

What is CNN according to the passage?

   A. It’s a broadcast-news company.     B. It’s a basketball team agency.

   C. It’s a charity organization.      D. It’s a publishing house.

What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?

   A. The creation of CNN encouraged broadcasters to be more successful.

   B. Towering goals and hard work led to fame and prosperity.

   C. Ted Turner was expert at sailboat racing and playing basketball.

   D. Ted Turner became very successful at an early age.

As a student in a military academy, Turner ______.

   A. wasn’t as lonely as he looked because his many friends at school.

        B. missed his family very much despite having friends at school.

        C. served as a member of the US Coast Guard for a while.

        D. showed little interest in studying but other affairs. 

The author seems to believe that Ted Turner is ______.

   A. slow moving       B. incompetent      C. goal-oriented    D. modest

Which of the following best describes an important change in Ted Turner’s life?

   A. He became more determined and was feared by this workmates.

   B. He developed respect and admiration for his employees.

   C. H e revised his view of the world and his responsibility in it.

   D. He demanded the same level of success as he father.

The city of Rome has passed a new to prevent cruelty to animals. All goldfish bowls are no longer allowed and dog owners must walk their dogs.

This comes after a national law was passed to give prison sentences to people who desert cats or dogs.

“The civilization of a city can be measured by this,” said Monica Carina, the councilor (议员) behind the new law.

“It’s good to do whatever we can for our animals who in exchange for a little love fill our existence with their attention,” she told a Rome newspaper.

The newspaper reported that round bowls don’t give enough oxygen for fish and may make them go blind.

“Rome has tried to protect fish more than anywhere else in the world. It stands out for recognizing that fish are interesting animals who deserve(值得) over respect and compassion every bit as much as dogs and cats and other animals,” said Karin Robertson, a director of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Last year a law was passed in Italy that gives people who desert pets big fines (罚款) and prison sentences. Since then local governments have added their own animal protection rules.

The northern city of Turin passed a law in April to give pet owners fines of up to ＄598 if they do not walk their dogs three times a day.

The new law in Rome also says that owners mustn’t leave their dogs in hot cars or cut their dogs’ tails to make them look lovelies. The law also gives legal recognition to the “cat ladies” who feed homeless cats. The cats live all over the city from ancient ruins to modern office car parks.

The new law passed in Rome will ________.

A. help improve fishing environment

B. guarantee better conditions for goldfish

C. stop people from catching goldfish

D. discourage keeping goldfish at home

The underlined word “compassion” in Paragraph 6 is the closest in meaning to ________.

A. pity                  B. praise                C. support             D. popularity

People may break the law in Turin if they ________.

A. keep their dogs or cats in cars

B. feed homeless animals in car parks

C. raise their cats near ancient ruins

D. shut their dogs home all day long

Going to the beach is many American’s favorite activity. They went swimming in the ocean without giving a thought to what was underwater. But those days are long gone. In the summer of 1988, many of the beaches had to be closed because garbage（废料）from hospitals was found in the water. The garbage included glass bottles with samples of blood, and people were afraid they might get AIDS from the blood. At some beaches, sewage（下水道）was found in the water. Americans were shocked by this state of affairs. People didn’t think of the underwater garbage because it was out of sight.

Some of the most polluted waters still look beautiful. San Francisco Bay is a good example of a beautiful bay that’s full of chemicals. Scientists discovered pollution in some lakes and rivers when they found fish with rotting skin. People are told not to eat too much fish because of pollution. Most American cities put their garbage in the ground. But New York and a few other cities put their garbage in the ocean. Boston Harbor is so polluted that scientists say it won’t recover until the next century. The government has ordered the city to build a sewage treatment plant, Cleaning up oceans won’t be easy, but people can no longer ignore（忽视）this challenge.

The main idea of the article is that _____.

A. ocean waters around America have become polluted.

    B. Americans are bringing too much garbage to the beach.

    C. beaches were closed because Americans were shocked.

    D. going to the beach is many American’s favorite activity.

The oceans are polluted by _____.

    A. swimmers, AIDS patients and fish.

    B. Boston, San Francisco and New York only.

    C. garbage, sewage and medical waste and so on.

D. swimmers and fishes

Many polluted waters are beautiful because _____.

A. chemicals can be beautiful.

B. they have been cleaned up.

C. pollution is underwater or hard to see.

D. there are still many fish in them

More people can go to the beaches near Boston if _____.

A. the city puts its garbage in the ground

B. a sewage plant is built

C. they don’t eat too much fish

D. they stop polluting the water

Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams. All the     in the school had been working hard for some time, reviewing their lessons for the exams. If they didn’t    , they would have to retake(重考) them in September. There were usually a few who    , but Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year,     just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister Barbara was     about her. She went to bed too    . The night before the first exam, Barbara     that she have an early night and take a     pill. She promised to wake     up in the morning.

As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep. Her     kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of    , she went to sleep. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination    , but she couldn’t answer any of the questions.     around her was writing pages and pages.     she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write    . She kept looking at her    . Time was running out. There was only an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences,     and tried another one. With only half an hour left, she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started    . Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she     up. She was still in bed and it had all been a     dream. A minute later, Barbara called her name.

1.                A．teachers        B．students        C．classmates D．poets

 

2.                A．prepare        B．miss           C．gain D．pass

 

3.                A．succeeded      B．failed          C．ended    D．harvested

 

4.                A．but            B．so             C．and  D．because

 

5.                A．excited         B．frightened       C．worried  D．satisfied

 

6.                A．early           B．late            C．sadly D．eagerly

 

7.                A．insisted         B．admired        C．ordered  D．wished

 

8.                A．sleeping        B．starving         C．exciting   D．breathing

 

9.                A．him            B．her            C．them D．herself

 

10.               A．hand          B．eye            C．mind D．body

 

11.               A．her sister       B．her parents     C．the lessons D．the medicine

 

12.               A．result          B．marks          C．desk  D．paper

 

13.               A．The teacher     B．The students     C．No one    D．Everyone

 

14.               A．If             B．Though         C．So   D．How

 

15.               A．with           B．about          C．on   D．to

 

16.               A．watch          B．textbook        C．sister D．subject

 

17.               A．gave up        B．put off         C．look around    D．thought over

 

18.               A．examining      B．drowning       C．copying   D．crying

 

19.               A．raised          B．woke          C．turned    D．cheered

 

20.               A．nice           B．wonderful      C．terrible   D．special

 

 

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Once there was a group of men — a young hot-blooded man and a big number of old folks, doing a timber (木料) job in a jungle.

This young man was very   16  . He always continued to work through his break time and   17  that those old folks were wasting time, having to  18  several times a day to drink and chat. As time went by,this young man noticed that  19  he worked through break time and hardly took a   20   , those old folks were chopping the same   21   of trees as he did and sometimes did more. It was as if they worked through the break time as he did. So he   22   to work harder the next day. Unfortunately the   23   were even worse.

One day, one of the old folks   24   him for a drink during their break time. That young man   25   and said that he had no   26   time! Then the old man smiled and said, “It is just a waste of effort to   27   chopping trees without  re-sharpening  your axe（斧子）.Sooner or later you will   28   or be so tired as you have spent too much   29   .”

Suddenly the young man  30   that actually during break times while those old folks were having a chat, they were   31   re-sharpening their axes at the same time! And that's how they could   32   faster than him, yet spending less time!

What we  33   is efficiency by making use of our skill and ability 34   . Only then can we have more time to do other things. Otherwise we will always keep saying ... I have no  35   !

A. weak       B. clever         C. hard-working     D. good-looking

A. admired     B. complained    C. reminded        D. predicted

A. plan        B. appear        C. work            D. break

A. even though  B. only if       C. because          D. unless

A. photo       B. rest          C. step             D. bath

A. weight      B. height        C. amount          D. price

A. failed       B. pretended     C. agreed           D. decided

A. marks       B. results      C. effects          D. conditions

A. invited      B. blamed      C. thanked        D. forgave

A. begged     B. argued      C. nodded         D. refused

A. wrong.     B. valuable     C. extra           D. exact

A. mind       B. avoid.      C. practice         D. keep

A. speed up    B. give up     C. watch out        D. turn out

A. energy      B. money     C. life             D. skill

A. warned      B. expected   C. realized         D. announced

A. also         B. hardly     C. seldom         D. never

A. talk         B. chop      C. walk           D. climb

A. abandon     B. introduce   C. need           D. teach

A. quickly      B. curiously   C. seriously       D. intelligently

A. time         B. tool       C. job           D. patience