72. Daylight Saving Time was introduced in Tasmania _______________.

　 A. to stop the drought in 1967　　　　　 B. to support government officials

　 C. to pass a special law in the state　　　 D. to save water and electricity

64．The arm of this text would probably be _________.

A．to overcome primary school pupils reading difficulty.

B．to encourage the publication of more children’s books

C．to remind children of the importance of reading for fun

D．to introduce a way to improve early children reading

答案　 60.B　 61.B　 62.D　 63.C　 64.D

Passage 27

(07·全国ⅠE篇)

Today about 70 countries use Daylight Saving Time (DST). Daylight Saving was first introduced during World War I in Australia. During the world wars, DST was used for the late summers beginning January 1917 and 1942, and the full summers beginning September 1942 and 1943.　

In 1967, Tasmania experienced a drought(干旱). The State Government introduced one hour of daylight saving that summer as a way of saving power and water. Tasmanians liked the idea of daylight saving and the Tasmanian Government has declared daylight saving each summer since 1968. Persuaded by the Tasmanian Government, all states except two passed a law in 1971, for a test use of daylight saving. In 1972, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria joined Tasmania for regular daylight saving, but Queensland did not do so until 1989.

Tasmania, Queensland and South Australia have had irregular plans, often changing their dates due to politics or festivals(节日). For example, in 1992, Tasmania extended(延长)daylight saving by an extra month while South Australia began extending daylight saving by two weeks for the Adelaide Festival. Special daylight saving plans were made during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

The differences in daylight saving in Australia continue to cause serious problems in transport and many other social activities. It also reduces the number of hours in the working day that are common to all centers in the country. In particular, time differences along the east coast cause major differences, especially for the broadcasters of national radio and television.

63．Reading for fun is important because book-loving children _________.

A．take greater advantage of the project

B．show the potential to enjoy a long life

C．are likely to succeed in their education.

D．would make excellent future researchers

62．What do we know about Reading Recovery?

A．An evaluation of it will be made sometime this year.

B．Weak readers on the project were the most hardworking.

C．It aims to train special teachers to help children with reading.

D．Children on the project showed noticeable progress in reading.

61．Statistics suggested that _________.

.　 A．the number of top students increased with the use of computers

B．a decreasing number of　 children showed interest in reading

C．a minority of primacy school children read properly

D．a huge percentage of children read regularly

60．Which of the following is true of Paragraph 1?

A．Marry children’s books have been adapted from films.

B．Marry high-quality children’s books have been published .

C．The sales of classics have led to the popularity of films.

D．The sales of presents for children have increased.

39.What is Tracy’s “new idea”(Paragraph 2)of being a volunteer?

A.Going abroad to help the sick.

B.Working in Mother Teresa’s home.

C.Doing simple things to help the poor.

D.Improving oneself through helping others.

答案　 36.A　 37.B　 38.D　 39.D

Passage 26

(07·山东B篇)

If you look for a book as a present for a child. You will be spoiled for choice even in a year

there is no new Harry Patten J.K Powling’s wizard is not alone the past decade has been a harvest

for good children’s books ,which has set off a large quantity of films and an increased sales of

classics such as The lard of the Rings.

Yet despite that ,reading is increasingly unpopular among children .According to statistics in 1997 23% said they didn’t like reading in all . In 2003, 35% did . And around 6% of children leave

primary school each year unable to read properly.

Maybe the decline is caused by the increasing availability of computes games. Maybe the

books boom has affected only the top of the educational pile . Either way , Chancellor Cordon

Brown plans to change things for the bottom of the class .In his pre-budget report , he announced

the national project of Reading Recovery to help the children struggling most.

Reading Recovery is wined at six year olds ,who receive four months of individual daily

half-hour classes with a specially trained teacher . An evaluation either this year reported that

children on the school made 20 months’ progress in just one year, whereas similarly weak readers

without special help made just five months’ progress ,and so ended the year even further below the

level expected for their age.

International research tends to find that when British children leave primacy school they read well ,but read text often for fun than those elsewhere .Reading for fun matters because children who are been on reading can report lifelong pleasure and loving books is an excellent indicator of future educational success . According to the OECD, being a regular and enthusiastic reader is of great advantage.

38.Why did Tracy choose to be a volunteer?

A.She liked to work with Mother Teresa.

B.She had already had some experience.

C.She was asked by Mother Teresa to do so.

D.She wanted to follow Mother Teresa’s example.

37.Tracy started her work as a volunteer　　　　 .

A.after she met Mother Teresa

B.after she finished high school

C.when she was touring Calcutta

D.when she was working in a hospital

36.According to the text,a volunteer refers to a person who　　　　 .

A.is willing to help those in need without pay

afford to travel to different places

C.has a strong wish to be successful

D.has made a big fortune in life