Highfield Campus is the university’s main campus. It is set in green and pleasant surroundings, just a short walk from the city centre. New and modern student facilities（设备）, such as the Jubilee Sports Centre and Students’ Union, the Hartley Library, a range of restaurants, a bookshop, a post office and four major banks could be found here.

Southampton University is one of the top 10 research universities in the UK and has achieved high scores for its teaching and learning activities. The experts in this university regularly introduce new approaches and techniques related to the world today. Some of these have entered world-leading research centres and institutes.

A wide range of scholarships（奖学金）are arranged to aid the students’ studies at Southampton University. The university offers a large number of scholarships for any of the students’ courses. Most scholarships are awarded on the basis of the achievements of the students and all are competitive. If the student is serious about his desire to study with a scholarship, he should look into all scholarships open to him and put in a strong application for each one.

Students joining Southampton University either from home or abroad will find that it is really a great place to live and study in.

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57. The underlined word “diverse”（in Paragraph 1）most probably mean         

A. proper                           B. different                  C. enough                    D. excellent

58. Which of the following is NOT supported in the passage?

A. Southampton University has a population of over 29, 000

B. It’s convenient to borrow or buy books on the campus

C. There are more than ten research universities in the UK

D. Most scholarships are offered to hard―working students

59. The best title for this passage would be

A. Highfield Campus, Pride of Southampton University

B. Hartley Institute, Mother of Southampton University

C. Southampton University, First-class University

D. Southampton University, World-leading Research Centre

The University of Southampton is a forward―thinking university with a diverse student population, which is from a variety of cultures. Its main Highfield campus is located two miles from the centre of Southampton, with other sites spread across Southampton and Winchester. Originally founded in 1862 as the Hartley Institute, Southampton University has grown into a large university with over 24, 000 undergraduate and postgraduate students and 5, 000 staffs.

Highfield Campus is the university’s main campus. It is set in green and pleasant surroundings, just a short walk from the city centre. New and modern student facilities（设备）, such as the Jubilee Sports Centre and Students’ Union, the Hartley Library, a range of restaurants, a bookshop, a post office and four major banks could be found here.

Southampton University is one of the top 10 research universities in the UK and has achieved high scores for its teaching and learning activities. The experts in this university regularly introduce new approaches and techniques related to the world today. Some of these have entered world-leading research centers and institutes.

A wide range of scholarships（奖学金）are arranged to aid the students’ studies at Southampton University. The university offers a large number of scholarships for any of the students’ courses. Most scholarships are awarded on the basis of the achievements of the students and all are competitive. If the student is serious about his desire to study with a scholarship, he should look into all scholarships open to him and put in a strong application for each one.

Students joining Southampton University either from home or abroad will find that it is really a great place to live and study in.

56. Which of the following best shows the structure（缘陶）of the passage?

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57. The underlined word “diverse”（in Paragraph 1）most probably mean         

A. proper                           B. different                  C. enough                    D. excellent

58. Which of the following is NOT supported in the passage?

A. Southampton University has a population of over 29, 000

B. It’s convenient to borrow or buy books on the campus

C. There are more than ten research universities in the UK

D. Most scholarships are offered to hard―working students

59. The best title for this passage would be

A. Highfield Campus, Pride of Southampton University

B. Hartley Institute, Mother of Southampton University

C. Southampton University, First-class University

D. Southampton University, World-leading Research Centre

Bamboo is one of the nature’s most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass.

Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist recorded one bamboo plant that grew almost 1.5 meters in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1,000 kinds of bamboo that grow around the world on both mountains and plains(平原).

Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimeters wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across. This plant also comes in different colors, from yellow to black to green.

Many Asian countries have been using bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for building new buildings. As a matter of fact, the cables(绳索) that hold up the hanging bridge across the Min River in Sichuan are made of bamboo. The bridge has been in use for more than 1,000 years, and is still holding strong.

In Africa, engineers are teaching poor farmers how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap ways to find water because they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. It seems that bamboo is one of the best things they can use. Bamboo pipes and drills(钻) can help to make the poor thirsty fields to be watered.

How is bamboo like grass?

A. It is thin and easy to cut.                 B. It grows everywhere.

C. It grows quickly after its cut short.       D. It is short and green.

The sentence “while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across.” means “Some other bamboo plants may grow to be very _______.”

A. short          B. strong        C. thick             D. tall

From the text we know ______.

A. most people call bamboo plant trees

B. a bamboo plant may grow 4.5 meters in three days

C. the bamboo plant changes its colors when it grows

D. a bridge held by bamboo cable was built thousands of years ago

Why did the engineers teach the poor farmers in Africa to make use of bamboo?

A. Because it is cheap.              B. Because it is colorful.

C. Because it drills fast.             D. Because it is used by Asians.

One effective way of destroying happiness is to look at something and focus on even the smallest fault. It's like looking at the tiled(铺瓦的) ceiling and concentrating on the space where one tile is 1. .

Once I heard a bald(秃头的) man said. “Whenever I enter a room,  2.  I see is hair." Once you've   3. what your missing tile is, explore whether getting it will   4.  make you happy. Then do one of the three things: get it, replace it with a different  5.  , or forget about it and  6.  the tiles in your life that are not missing.

We all know people who have had a relatively  7.  life, yet are often unhappy while people who have suffered a great deal but  8.  remain happy.

The first  9.  is gratitude. All happy people are  10. . Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to  11.  , but it's truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.

The second secret, is 12. that happiness is a byproduct(副产品) of something else. The most obvious 13. are those pursuits(追求) that give our lives purpose—anything 14. studying insects to playing baseball. The more passions we have, the more happiness we are  15. to experience.

Finally, the belief that something permanent goes beyond us and that our  16.  has some larger meaning can help us to feel happier. We   17. a spiritual faith, or a philosophy of life. Whatever your philosophy, it should 18.  this truth: if you choose to find the 19. in every situation, you will be blessed, and if you choose to find the awful, you will be cursed. As with happiness itself, this is  20.   your decision to make.

21.               A．different       B．missing         C．short D．broken

22.               A．nothing        B．none          C．all    D．anything

23.               A．determined     B．predicted       C．assumed   D．imagined

24.               A．completely      B．naturally        C．hopefully  D．really

25.               A．tile            B．brick           C．ceiling D．house

26.               A．look on         B．focus on        C．count on  D．decide on

27.               A．peaceful        B．difficult         C．easy  D．ordinary

28.               A．certainly        B．merely         C．hardly D．generally

29.               A．secret         B．factor          C．rule  D．key

30.               A．wealthy        B．grateful        C．proud D．generous

31.               A．upset          B．quarrel         C．complain  D．depress

32.               A．admitted       B．assuming       C．proving   D．realizing

33.               A．sources        B．results         C．answers   D．goals

34.               A．among         B．from           C．through   D．for

35.               A．probable       B．possible        C．likely D．capable

36.               A．value          B．destination      C．survival   D．existence

37.               A．need          B．lack           C．demand   D．expect

38.               A．involve         B．include         C．absorb    D．mean

39.               A．worst          B．best           C．positive   D．negative

40.               A．absolutely      B．totally          C．exactly    D．Largely

Bamboo (竹子) is one of nature’s most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass.

Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist reported one bamboo plant which grew 1.5 meters in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1, 000 kinds of bamboo.

Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimeters wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across. This plant also comes in different colors, from yellow to black to green.

Bamboo has been used to make many things such as hats and kitchen tools. Because it is strong, bamboo is also used to build buildings.

Many Asian countries have used bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for buildings and supporting new buildings and bridges while they are being built.

In Africa, poor farmers are taught how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap way to find water because they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. Bamboo pipes (管子) help poor farmers bring water to their thirsty fields without spending a lot of money.

How is bamboo like grass?

A. It grows quickly.                            B. It’s wood.

C. It is easy to cut.                           D. It is very thin.

Though you can see bamboo everywhere, it doesn’t grow __________.

A. in China                             B. in Europe

C. on mountains                         D. in Africa

Why is bamboo used by African poor farmers?

A. It is cheap.                             B. It has different colors.

C. It is strong.                                D. It has been used by Asians.

In Asia, bamboo has been used for __________.

A. a short time                             B. about 100 years

C. many hundreds of years                       D. many thousands of year