49. The underlined phrase “nod off” Paragraph 1 most probably means “ _______”.

A. turn around　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. agree with others　

C. fall asleep　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. refuse to work

48. Carskadon suggests that high schools should not start classes so early in the morning because ________.

A. it is really tough for parents to enforce bedtime

B. it is biologically difficult for students to rise early

C. students work so late at night that they can’t get up early

D. students are so lazy that they don’t like to go to school early

47. How many of them mentioned that they would miss food or drink?

A. One.　　　 　　　　　　　 B. Two.　　　 　　　　　　 C. Three.　　　 　　　　　 D. Four.

答案　 45.B　 46.C　 47.C

Passage 39

(08·浙江C篇)

A Brown University sleep researcher has some advice for people who run high schools: Don’t start classes so early in the morning. It may not be that the students who nod off at their desks are lazy. And it may not be that their parents have failed to enforce (确保) bedtime. Instead, it may be that biologically these sleepyhead students aren’t used to the early hour.

“Maybe these kids are being asked to rise at the wrong time for their bodies,” says Mary Carskadon, a professor looking at problems of adolescent　 (青春期的) sleep at Brown’s School of Medicine.

Carskadon is trying to understand more about the effects of early school time on adolescents. And, at a more basic level, she and her team are trying to learn more about how the biological changes of adolescence affect sleep needs and patterns.

Carskadon says her work suggests that adolescents may need more sleep than they did at childhood, not less, as commonly thought.

Sleep patterns change during adolescence, as any parent of an adolescent can prove. Most adolescents prefer to stay up later at night and sleep later in the morning. But it’s not just a matter of choice-their bodies are going through a change of sleep patterns.

All of this makes the transfer from middle school to high school-which may start one hour earlier in the morning-all the more difficult , Carskadon says. With their increased need for sleep and their biological clocks set on the “sleep late, rise late” pattern, adolescents are up against difficulties when it comes to trying to be up by 5 or 6 a.m. for a 7:30 a.m. first bell. A short sleep on a desktop may be their body’s way of saying,“I need a timeout.”

46. Which of the following people would feel most uncomfortable without the news

media?

A. Steve.　　 　　　　　　　　 B. Jaime.　　 　　　　　　 C. Roger.　　　 　　　　　 D. Tomas.

45. Who would miss his or her family most?

A. Jaime.　　　 　　　　　　　　　 B. Jayne.　　　 　　　　　 C. Miko.　　　　　 　　 D. Paola.

43. Which of the following may be the best title for the passage?

　 A. What to Buy at Charity Shops

　 B. Charity Shop: Its Origin & Development

　 C. Charity Shop: Where You Buy to Donate

　 D. The Public’s Concern about Charity Shops

答案　 40.C　 41.D　 42.A　 43.C

Passage 38

(08·浙江B篇)

Below is a discussion on a website.

42. Which of the following is TRUE about charity shops?

　 A. The operating costs are very low.　　　

　 B. The staff are usually well paid.

　 C. 90% of the donations are second-hand.

　 D. They are open twenty-four hours a day.

41. The first charity shop in the UK was set up to_______.

　 A. sell cheap products　　　　　　　　　　 　 B. deal with unwanted things

　 C. raise money for patients　　　　　　 　 D. help a foreign country

40. The author loves the charity shop mainly because of _______.

　 A. its convenient location　　　　　　　 　 B. its great variety of goods

　 C. its spirit of goodwill　　　　　　　　　 　 D. its nice shopping environment

76.What is the main idea of this passage?

　 　　 A.We should balance work with rest.

B.The Sabbath gives us permission to rest.

C.It is silly for anyone to say “I am so busy”.

D.We should be available to our family and friends.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

答案　 73.B　 74.D　 75.B　 76.A

Passage 37

(08·天津B篇)

I love charity(慈善) shops and so do lots of other people in Britain because you find quite a few of them on every high street. The charity shop is a British institution, selling everything from clothes to electric goods, all at very good prices. You can get things you won’t find in the shops anymore. The thing I like best about them is that your money is going to a good cause and not into the pockets of profit-driven companies, and you are not damaging the planet, but finding a new home for unwanted goods.

The first charity shop was opened in 1947 by Oxfam. The famous charity’s appeal to aid postwar Greece had been so successful it had been flooded with donations(捐赠物). They decided to set up a shop to sell some of these donations to raise money for that appeal. Now there are over 7,000 charity shops in the UK. My favourite charity shop in my hometown is the Red Cross shop, where I always find children’s books, all 10 or 20 pence each.

Most of the people working in the charity shops are volunteers, although there is often a manager who gets paid. Over 90% of the goods in the charity shops are donated by the public. Every morning you see bags of unwanted items outside the front of shops, although they don’t encourage this, rather ask people to bring things in when the shop is open.

The shops have very low running costs: all profits go to charity work. Charity shops raise more than ￡110 million a year, funding(资助)medical research, overseas aid, supporting sick and poor children, homeless and disabled people, and much more. What better place to spend your money? You get something special for a very good price and a good moral sense. You provide funds to a good cause and tread lightly on the environment.