One summer day as I was heading to the teaching building I heard someone call my name. I turned around and I saw Philip ,a counselor(顾问) at our admissions office(招生办公室)， standing with another young man, Philip introduced me to him, Stephen, and reminded me that Stephen would be taking one of my classes.

Stephen looked at me. With a somewhat painful expression, he asked if my class was going to be hard and if he would be able to pass. I introduced all the things that he would be expected to learn. As we talked, I saw Stephen’s eyes getting big with fear.

I told him to do all of his assignments, and to hand them in on time. Rather than being overwhelmed(压倒) by all of the work, I told him the most successful students made a master calendar of all the assignments so they could plan their workload.

As the fall semester went on, I learned more of Stephen’s story. It had taken him longer to finish the assignments than most young people. Family members , including his mother ,kept reminding him that he was a failure. But he kept at it and didn’t take them to heart. He told me that before coming to our college, no one believed he could manage it.

Stephen didn’t become an A student. Still, he managed to pass all of his courses by being in class every day, turning in all of his assignments on time and breaking down his study into bite-sized parts. By passing course after course he began to gain a measure of self-esteem.

On his graduation day, he walked up to me, and said “Thank you.”

67. According to Stephen’s questions to the author, we know that Stephen_________．

A.      wasn’t very confident about himself.

B.      didn’t want to attend the author’s class.

C.      had never been an A student.

D.     couldn’t pass the author’s exam.

68. Compared with other students, Stephen____________.

A.      arranged his workload better.

B.      failed fewer times than them.

C.      spent more time on study.

D.     handed his work earlier.

69. According to the passage, the author__________.

A.      wouldn’t have met Stephen without the introduction of Philip

B.      told Stephen how to deal with his study.

C.      helped Stephen to get an A in his class.

D.     didn’t believe that Stephen could study in college

70. What lesson can we learn from the passage?

A.      A good beginning is a half done.

B.      One bite at a time

C.      Haste(n.急速) makes waste

D.     Look before you leap(v. 跳).

One summer day as I was heading to the teaching building I heard someone call my name. I turned around and I saw Philip ,a counselor(顾问) at our admissions office(招生办公室)， standing with another young man, Philip introduced me to him, Stephen, and reminded me that Stephen would be taking one of my classes.

Stephen looked at me. With a somewhat painful expression, he asked if my class was going to be hard and if he would be able to pass. I introduced all the things that he would be expected to learn. As we talked, I saw Stephen’s eyes getting big with fear.

I told him to do all of his assignments, and to hand them in on time. Rather than being overwhelmed(压倒) by all of the work, I told him the most successful students made a master calendar of all the assignments so they could plan their workload.

As the fall semester went on, I learned more of Stephen’s story. It had taken him longer to finish the assignments than most young people. Family members , including his mother ,kept reminding him that he was a failure. But he kept at it and didn’t take them to heart. He told me that before coming to our college, no one believed he could manage it.

Stephen didn’t become an A student. Still, he managed to pass all of his courses by being in class every day, turning in all of his assignments on time and breaking down his study into bite-sized parts. By passing course after course he began to gain a measure of self-esteem.

On his graduation day, he walked up to me, and said “Thank you.”

67. According to Stephen’s questions to the author, we know that Stephen_________．

A.      wasn’t very confident about himself.

B.      didn’t want to attend the author’s class.

C.      had never been an A student.

D.     couldn’t pass the author’s exam.

68. Compared with other students, Stephen____________.

A.      arranged his workload better.

B.      failed fewer times than them.

C.      spent more time on study.

D.     handed his work earlier.

69. According to the passage, the author__________.

A.      wouldn’t have met Stephen without the introduction of Philip

B.      told Stephen how to deal with his study.

C.      helped Stephen to get an A in his class.

D.     didn’t believe that Stephen could study in college

70. What lesson can we learn from the passage?

A.      A good beginning is a half done.

B.      One bite at a time

C.      Haste(n.急速) makes waste

D.     Look before you leap(v. 跳).

LAYTON-Some Utah high school students have a science project that is generating more than praises and good grades．

They’re generating enough electricity through wind power to sustain（维持）a portable classroom，and that commitment to alternative energy has earned them an international honor．

The students at the Northern Utah Academy of Math，Engineering and Science installed a 400 watt turbine（涡轮机）they bought from Target on top of a portable classroom．Their goal：create an action plan to make classrooms energy—efficient．

“If it keeps spinning at l5 miles an hour wind，if we connected to the grid（输电网）and sold it to California at 12 cents per kilowatt，it would pay us about$50 an hour, ”said student Jace Shuldberg．

They met their goal，and say they gained a new vision for the impact they could have on alternative energy．

“As science and engineering students，we are on the forefront of alternative energy solutions for how to deal with climate change," said student Delaney Burks.

Their plan and ability to communicate it has won them, an all expense-paid trip to the United Nations in New York for a summit on youth leadership. They’ll represent, not only Utah, but the nation, and share ideas.

"Maybe a school in India is near a coast and is looking toward tidal power. Here in Utah, we’re looking toward wind turbine and solar and possibly nuclear power," Shuldberg said.

"I’m so excited for them to meet students from Bulgaria and South Korea and Mongolia," said teacher Gayle Stucki. "I think it’s going to change their lives."

"We really go into it, and I think every person here has been affected by the research that we’ve done," Burks said. "We are talking about an idea that will happen, and that this is the further," Stucki said.

The students leave Wednesday for the Big Apple.

1. The students mentioned in the text are from______

A. Bulgaria      B. South Korea      C. Mongolia      D. America

2. What did these Utah high school students do?

A. They built a portable classroom which is energy-efficient.

B. They made use of wind power to produce electricity.

C. They went to New York for a meeting on energy-saving.

D. They invented a 400 watt turbine.

3. The following words can be used to describe the students except ________

A. confident        B. proud         C. creative        D. conservative

4. A school in India is mentioned to show that______

A. their researches are quite different from each other

B. location of a country matters little to their research

C. local resources should be taken advantage of

D. Utah was superior to India in using wind power

5. From the text, we know that Utah high school students ________

A. have won worldwide praise

B. have found solutions to climate change

C. aim to make a big profit from their research

D. haven’t benefited from their project

Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together. Like pairs of dogs you can find in any neighborhood, these two loved each other and played together so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their houses.

One evening, Brownie’s family noticed that Brownie hadn’t returned home. They went looking for him with no success. Brownie didn’t show up the next day, and, although they made their efforts to find him, by the next week he was still missing, Curiously, Spotty showed up at Brownie’s house alone, barking and jumping. Busy with their own lives, they paid no attention to the nervous little neighbor dog.

Finally, one morning Spotty refused to take “no” for an answer. Ted, Brownie’s owner, was continuously disturbed by the angry, determined little dog. Spotty followed Ted about, barking all the time, then rushing toward a nearby empty lot and back, as if to say, “Follow me! It’s urgent!”

Eventually, Ted followed Spotty across the empty lot as Spotty stopped to race back and barked encouragingly. The little dog led the man to a deserted spot a half mile from the house. There Ted found his beloved Brownie alive, one of his legs crushed in a steel trap (圈套). Frightened, Ted now wished he had taken Spotty’s earlier appeals seriously.

Then Ted noticed something. Spotty had done something else besides leading Brownie’s human owner to his trapped friend. In a circle around the injured dog, Ted found some food remains of every meal. Brownie had been fed that week! Spotty had been visiting Brownie regularly, in the hope of keeping his friend alive. Spotty had actually stayed with Brownie to protect him from hunger and other dangers, and keep his spirits up.

Brownie’s leg was carefully treated and he soon got well again. For many years thereafter the two families watched the faithful friends chasing each other down that well-worn path between their houses.

1.At the very beginning, Ted paid little attention to Spotty because __________.

A．he was not free at the moment

B．he was sure Brownie would be OK

C．he didn’t like Spotty at all

D．his missing dog made him sad

2. After Ted was brought where Brownie was trapped, he ___________.

A．managed to free his dog at once

B．was very thankful to Spotty

C．regretted not following Spotty earlier

D．was angry with the trap-maker

3. The BEST title for this passage might be____________?

A．Dogs in Love                           B．A Friend in Need

C．Human and dogs                        D．Dogs Are Communicative

4.We can infer from the passage that ___________.

A．humans and animals depend on each other for comfort

B．It’s not right to hunt for animals in any neighborhood

C．Ted has to take better care of his beloved dog later on

D．Brownie would have died without Spotty’s timely help

 

Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together. Like pairs of dogs you can find in any neighborhood, these two loved each other and played together so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their houses.

One evening, Brownie’s family noticed that Brownie hadn’t returned home. They went looking for him with no success. Brownie didn’t show up the next day, and, although they made their efforts to find him, by the next week he was still missing, Curiously, Spotty showed up at Brownie’s house alone, barking and jumping. Busy with their own lives, they paid no attention to the nervous little neighbor dog.

Finally, one morning Spotty refused to take “no” for an answer. Ted, Brownie’s owner, was continuously disturbed by the angry, determined little dog. Spotty followed Ted about, barking all the time, then rushing toward a nearby empty lot and back, as if to say, “Follow me! It’s urgent!”

Eventually, Ted followed Spotty across the empty lot as Spotty stopped to race back and barked encouragingly. The little dog led the man to a deserted spot a half mile from the house. There Ted found his beloved Brownie alive, one of his legs crushed in a steel trap (圈套). Frightened, Ted now wished he had taken Spotty’s earlier appeals seriously.

Then Ted noticed something. Spotty had done something else besides leading Brownie’s human owner to his trapped friend. In a circle around the injured dog, Ted found some food remains of every meal. Brownie had been fed that week! Spotty had been visiting Brownie regularly, in the hope of keeping his friend alive. Spotty had actually stayed with Brownie to protect him from hunger and other dangers, and keep his spirits up.

Brownie’s leg was carefully treated and he soon got well again. For many years thereafter the two families watched the faithful friends chasing each other down that well-worn path between their houses.

1.At the very beginning, Ted paid little attention to Spotty because __________.

A．he was not free at the moment

B．he was sure Brownie would be OK

C．he didn’t like Spotty at all

D．his missing dog made him sad

2.After Ted was brought where Brownie was trapped, he ___________.

A．managed to free his dog at once

B．was very thankful to Spotty

C．regretted not following Spotty earlier

D．was angry with the trap-maker

3.The BEST title for this passage might be____________?

A．Dogs in Love	B．A Friend in Need
C．Human and dogs	D．Dogs Are Communicative

4.We can infer from the passage that ___________.

A．humans and animals depend on each other for comfort

B．It’s not right to hunt for animals in any neighborhood

C．Ted has to take better care of his beloved dog later on

D．Brownie would have died without Spotty’s timely help