Leave a camera on a mountaintop, and chances are, you'll never see it again. But 24-year-old Paul Bellis, a university student from Wales, believed that most people were better than that, and set up a creative experiment to test out his theory.
"I was speaking to a friend who said you can't trust anyone, anywhere these days," Bellis told the Daily Mail. "I didn't want to believe that so I set up this experiment to find out what might happen and prove you can trust people."
Billis decided to do an experiment by hiking up a mountain called Snowdonia, taking a photo, and leaving his camera behind. He also attached a note to the camera, asking other hikers to take photos of themselves and then leave the camera there until the roll of film (胶卷) was empty. He also included his address, in case someone would be nice enough to return the camera to his home after the roll of film was finished.
Four days later, Bellis got a visit from a Snowdonia park manager, who came to return his camera. After Bellis got the film developed, he saw that his fellow hikers and followed his instructions. Thirty people had each taken photos of themselves at the mountain. From viewing the collection, it was clear that all the hikers had enjoyed the experiment.
As for the park manager, Brian, "I found the camera and thought it had been lost until I saw the note," he said. "I was passing his home and just dropped it off. I' m glad that the photos came out very well."
小题1:The underlined word "that" in Paragraph 2 refers to __________.

A．the Daily Mail

B．Bellis' theory

C．the idea that Bellis would do the experiment

D．the opinion that we shouldn't trust people

小题2:What can we know from the note Bellis attached to his camera?

A．The camera wasn't a missing one.

B．The roll of film had been used up.

C．Bellis was very kind to other hikers.

D．Bellis asked others to take pictures of him.

小题3:Brian returned the camera directly because __________.

A．he wanted to be trusted by others

B．Bellis' home was on his way

C．Bellis asked him to do so

D．he wanted to have a look at the photos

小题4: The experiment Bellis turned out to be __________.

A．unsuccessful

B．disappointing

C．encouraging

D．surprising

One cold January evening in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, America, I went with my father on an oil burner service call. My father was in his forties at that time and I was about twelve years old. He was always working hard trying to support us seven kids. I enjoyed hanging out with him whenever I could — he taught me so much.
We arrived at the call and after walking over snow and ice, we knocked on the customer’s door. A senior citizen opened the door and let us into her very cold home. She was wearing an old, worn-out brown coat that went down to her knees. On her head, covering her gray hair, was an old and worn hat. The home wasn’t furnished very well and was quite dark, except for a single light bulb over the dining room table. Below the light was an older man counting change from several old coffee cans. He looked up at us as we passed by to get to the kitchen where my dad would fix the oil burner. He didn’t say anything. He just looked up at us. He couldn’t speak English, nor could his wife. She only pointed to the kitchen and smiled at us.
After a short while, my father had the heater up and running, and it began to heat their cold home. The lady asked my dad in poor English how much she owed him for fixing the heater. My dad looked around the house and said that he had to go out to the truck and write the bill.
Once in the truck he marked the bill “no answer at home, no charge”, so they wouldn’t be charged for his work. He looked over at me and said, “He was counting his change to pay me. They need their money more than I do.”
As usual, my father taught me something important that time, which was to be kind to the poor.
小题1:According to Paragraph 1, we know that the writer’s father                        .

A．often taught the writer how to work

B．worked several jobs at the same time

C．had a very big family to support

D．brought up his children alone

小题2:The description in Paragraph 2 shows that the old couple                        .

A．had no job

B．led a very poor life

C．didn’t know how to save money

D．were not very friendly to strangers

小题3:What can we infer from the passage?

A．The old couple had no children in America.

B．The old man didn’t plan to pay money.

C．The old woman felt very embarrassed all the time.

D．The old couple were not native Americans.

小题4:The writer’s father didn’t charge for his work because                         .

A．he didn’t need that money

B．he felt pity for the old couple

C．he was not satisfied with his work

D．he wanted to set a good example to others

I was sleeping in my room when my bed started shaking and a loud noise was heard. I woke up and my mom was screaming my name. Next moment I was running along with my younger sister, mom and dad. Before I ran out of the door, I realized my elder sister hadn’t come out yet. So I screamed her name at the top of my voice. My mom said she had gone to her class. Then the four of us, along with many others, were running on the staircase. We lived on the seventh floor, so I thought we would not be able to make it and the building would fall before we managed to reach even the fourth floor. My dad’s head was injured by something falling down. I did try to put my hand over his head. When we reached the sixth floor, the building split into two. We had no way to get down.
The next thing I remember is silence. There were around 30 people on the staircase and none could react. Five minutes later, someone opened the door of the sixth-floor flat. We all went in. We were wondering how would get down. From the balcony of the sixth-floor flat, I saw people standing on the ground floor. All eyes were stuck on us. I could see my elder sister crying.
Our first hope of surviving came when a worker climbed a rope to where we were. That was the first time we thought maybe we could get down. Half an hour passed and we were still trapped. Finally RSS people arrived with ropes. They got people down one by one. My biggest worry was how my dad would get down. Finally after two and a half hours, we all got down.
That day we saw the power of nature. It has taken more than two years to build the flats and it took just one and a half minutes to destroy the structure.
小题1:What is this passage mainly about?

A．Ways to survive an earthquake.

B．Reasons why earthquakes happen.

C．The love of parents in an earthquake.

D．The writer’s experience in an earthquake.

小题2:When the building split into two, the writer and his family ____________.

A．were still sleeping

B．were trapped on the sixth floor

C．were looking for a family member

D．were running on the staircase of the seventh floor

小题3:The first time the writer thought they would probably survive was when            .

A．he was encouraged by people on the ground floor

B．someone opened the door of the sixth-floor flat

C．a worker climbed up on a rope

D．RSS people arrived with ropes

小题4:The earthquake made the writer realize that                       .

A．there is always hope for people

B．the power of nature is really great

C．natural disasters can happen any time

D．human beings are strong in natural disasters

阅读理解
Maybe ten-year-old Elizabeth put it best when she said to her father. “But Dad, you can't be healthy if you're dead.”
Dad , in a hurry to get home before dark so he could go for a run, had forgotten to wear his safety belt--a mistake 75% of the US population make every day. The big question is why.
There have been many myths about safety belts ever since their first appearance in cars some forty years ago. The following are three of the most common.
Myth( 神话)Number One: It's best to be “thrown clear” of a serious accident.
Truth: Sorry , but any accident serious enough to “throw you clear” is also going to be serious enough to give you a very bad landing. And chances are you'll have traveled through a windshield(挡风玻璃)or door to do it. Studies show that chances of dying after a car accident are twenty-five times greater in cases where people are “thrown clear.”
　　Myth Number Two: Safety belts “trap” people in cars that are burning or sinking in water.
　　Truth: Sorry again. but studies show that people knocked unconscious(昏迷) due to not wearing safety belts have a greater chance of dying in these accidents. People wearing safety belts are usually protected to the point of having a clear head to free themselves from such dangerous situations, not to be trapped in them.
　　Myth Number Three: Safety belts aren't needed at speeds of less than 30 miles per hour
　　Truth: when two cars traveling at 30 mph hit each other. An unbelted driver would meet the windshield with a force equal to diving headfirst into the ground from a height of 10 meters.
小题1:Why did Elizabeth say to her father, “But. Dad, you can't be healthy if you're dead”?

A．He was driving at great speed.

B．He was running across the street.

C．He didn't have his safety belt on.

D．He didn't take his medicine on time.

小题2:The reason Father was in a hurry to get home was that he＿＿＿＿＿．

A．wasn't feeling very well

B．hated to drive in the dark

C．wanted to take some exercise

D．didn't want to be caught by the police

小题3: According to the text, to be “thrown clear” of a serious accident is very dangerous ,because you ＿＿＿＿＿．
A. may be knocked down by other cars
B may get seriously hurt being thrown out of the car
C. may find it impossible to get away from the seat
D. may get caught in the car door
小题4:Some people prefer to drive without wearing a safety belt because they believe＿＿＿.

A．the belt prevents them from escaping in an accident

B．they will be unable to think clearly in an accident

C．they will be caught when help comes

D．cars catch fire easily

小题5:What is the advice given in the text?

A．Never drive faster than 30 miles an hour.

B．Try your best to save yourself in a car accident.

C．Never forget to wear the safety belt while driving.

D．Drive slowly while you're not wearing a safety belt.

完形填空（共20题，满分1.5分）
Once upon a time there was a child ready to be 小题1:.
One day the child asked God, "They tell me you are going to send me to earth tomorrow but how am I going to live there being so small and 小题2: ?"
God 小题3:, "Among the many angels, I have chosen one for you. She will be waiting for you and will 小题4: you."
"But", said the child, "tell me here in 小题5: I don’t do anything else but sing and smile. That’s what I need to be小题6: !"
　God said, "Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you everyday. And you will feel your angel’s love and be happy."
"And", said the child, "How am I going to be able to 小题7: when people talk to me, if I don’t know the language that men talk?"
"That’s easy", said God, "Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and 小题8: words you will ever hear, and with much 小题9: and care, your angel will teach you how to 小题10:."
The child looked up 小题11: God saying, "And what am I going to do when I want to talk you?"
God smiled at the child saying, "Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to 小题12:."
The child said, "I’ve heard on earth there are bad men. Who will 小题13: me?"
God put his arm around the child, saying, "Your angel will defend you - even if it means 小题14: life!"
The child looked sad, saying, "But I will always be小题15: because I will not see you anymore."
God hugged the child, "Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you the way to come back to me，小题16: I will always be next to you."
The child, in a hurry, asked softly, "Oh God, if I am about to leave now please tell me my angel’s 小题17: !"
God replied, "Your angel’s name is of no 小题18:... you will 小题19: call her 小题20:!"

小题21:

A．delivered B．born C．multiplied D．reproduced

小题22:

A．young B．lonely C．helpless D．naughty

小题23:

A．supplied B．replied C．applied D．complied

小题24:

A．take care B．look after C．tend to D．pretend

小题25:

A．Heaven B．Sky C．Hell D．Space

小题26:

A．sad B．happy C．embarrassed D．awkward

小题27:

A．think B．suppose C．utter D．understand

小题28:

A．sweet B．hard C．fluent D．bitter

小题29:

A．patience B．tolerance C．joy D．happiness

小题30:

A．speak B．state C．put D．say

小题31:

A．to B．at C．in D．on

小题32:

A．behave B．perform C．pray D．wave

小题33:

A．prevent B．protect C．tend D．accompany

小题34:

A．to risk B．risking C．to devote D．devoting

小题35:

A．sorrowful B．happy C．cheerful D．confused

小题36:

A．as though B．now that C．even though D．so that

小题37:

A．name B．address C．appearance D．quality

小题38:

A．meaning B．importance C．usage D．value

小题39:

A．simply B．faithfully C．sincerely D．devotedly

小题40:

A．MOMMY B．DADDLY C．SISTER D．BROTHER

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
It was Lin Tao’s first visit to England. He was looking   36  to his first journey on London’s Underground Railway. Against   37  of his friends he decided to go alone.
He   38  the station shortly after five o’clock in the afternoon. This is a   39  time to travel in London because too many people go home   40  work at this hour. He had to join a long line of people   41  were waiting for tickets. When   42  his turn came, he had some difficulty in making himself understood by the man   43  tickets. However, he got the right   44   in the end and by asking people the   45  he also found the right platform. It was crowed with people. He did not manage to get on the first train,   46  he was able to move nearer the edge of the platform so as to be in a better position to   47  the next one.
When this train came in, Lin Tao was swept forward on to the train by the rush of people from behind. The doors   48  and the train moved off. He was   49  to see the names of the stations   50  the train stopped, but he knew that the station he wanted was the sixth stop along the line. When the train reached the sixth station, Lin Tao got off,   51  glad that his journey had been so easy. But he suddenly   52  that he had come to a station he   53 ! He explained his difficulty to a man standing on the platform. With a smile   54  his face, the man told Lin Tao that he   55  a train going in the opposite direction. The train had come to a small town, the name of which sounded very strange.

小题1:	A．forward B．toward C．upward D．downward

小题2:	A．an advice B．the advice C．advice D．advise

小题3:	A．arrived B．got C．hurried D．entered

小题4:	A．short B．well C．good D．bad

小题5:	A．for B．at C．from D．before

小题6:	A．who B．whom C．whose D．which

小题7:	A．at first B．at last C．at least D．at most

小题8:	A．sell B．to sell C．selling D．sold

小题9:	A．platform B．station C．ticket D．taxi

小题10:

A．road B．way C．path D．means

小题11:

A．and B．or C．but D．so

小题12:

A．get on B．get off C．get up D．get down

小题13:

A．open B．opened C．close D．closed

小题14:

A．able B．unable C．sure D．possible

小题15:

A．which B．that C．before D．where

小题16:

A．feeling B．felt C．fell D．fallen

小题17:

A．recognized B．understood C．realized D．felt

小题18:

A．have never listened to B．had never heard of C．had never listened D．has never heard

小题19:

A．in B．on C．of D．to

小题20:

A．had bought B．had sat C．had driven D．had caught

There is much more to growing up in a bilingual(双语的) family than learning two languages, and the cultural influences from both cultures are just as important.
In July we had a curious incident that shows the slight differences between cultures. My son has already changed a few of his baby teeth and since we lived in Italy we decided to go with the Italian version(版本) of the Tooth Fairy, which is not a fairy(仙女) but a little mouse. So last year when he lost his first tooth we had a visit from the little mouse who took the tooth away and left a rather good amount of coins --- when he lost the second tooth a few days later, however, the amount was significantly less! That in itself caused quite a few questions, but the real questions started when in July during a visit to the UK another tooth left my son’s mouth in Tooth Fairy land! The grandparents made a real problem out of it --- it was their first grandson’s tooth they got to say Goodbye to, so it was Tooth Fairy and rather generous, too!
The Qs & As
Son: Mum, how is the little mouse going to smell my tooth all this way? (as the story goes the little mouse smells a milk tooth and comes to collect it)
Me: No dear, it won’t! We are in England now so the Tooth Fairy will come.
Son: Oh, is she stronger than the little mouse? (I knew where this was going)
Me: She is very strong, and she is magic.
Son: What does the Tooth Fairy bring? (straight to the point)
Me: I am not sure. We’ll find out maybe a nice message.
Son: So is the little mouse coming too?
Me: No, it won’t make it all the way from Italy.
Son: But why don’t they have little mice in England?
Me: Because here the Tooth Fairy collects all baby teeth and she’s too fast, so the little mouse would always get there late.
Son: Oh!?
小题1:Italian kids are supposed to believe ________ will come and collect the milk teeth.

A．a little mouse

B．Tooth Fairy

C．their parents

D．the grandparents

小题2:The author thought Tooth Fairy would be rather generous because ________.

A．Italian parents often give much money for their kids’ lost baby teeth[

B．she knew Tooth Fairy was more generous than the little mouse

C．she knew the grandparents would give her son a big gift

D．English people are usually more generous than Italians

小题3:Hearing “Oh, is she stronger than the little mouse?”, the author knew her son was actually worried about ________.

A．the tooth fairy’s health

B．the little mouse’s coming

C．the amount of coins he could get

D．the story his grandparents know

小题4:By telling this story, the author intends to say it’s important to _________ in a bilingual family.

A．make kids know the folk stories

B．help kids choose one of the cultures

C．teach kids two languages

D．keep the balance of both cultures

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项.
As a young reporter, Sparky asked Lu Haoting, a business reporter from China Daily, for help on interviewing．He found that interviewing people is not as  1 as just asking questions．To his  2 , journalists also need to do a lot of homework  3  an interview．
Lu shared her  4 of a recent interview with the president of Boeing China, David Wang, with Sparky．
There are two  5 of interviews, inclusive （群访） and exclusive （专访）．The inclusive interview is 6 in the form of a press conference．
In a（n） 7interview, only you and the interviewee talk  8 ．You need to  9 all your questions for both types of interviews  10 ．
"  11 you don’t prepare, you will ask some silly questions and  12  your time," Lu said．
"I wanted to know Boeing’s new strategy in the Chinese market．13 I checked out over 20 reports from different newspapers about Boeing and its rival, Airbus," Lu said．She also found useful  14 about the two companies on their websites．
On many occasions, interviewees  15 journalists to provide a question list in advance of an interview．In order to  16 a proper objective story Lu also interviewed some  17 to get their comments on Boeing’s performance in China．
18 her interview with David Wang only lasted about half an hour, her  19 helped her to ask many good questions about Boeing’s development in China．
"After a successful interview, you always find all that homework was really  20 it," Lu told Sparky．

小题1:	A．interesting B．simple C．general D．interactive

小题2:	A．excitement B．disappointment C．surprise D．delight

小题3:	A．before B．after C．at D．in

小题4:．

A．idea

B．opinion

C．knowledge

D．experience

小题5:．

A．stages

B．kinds

C．steps

D．ways

小题6:	A．almost B．nearly C．mainly D．hardly

小题7:	A．inclusive B．exclusive C．formal D．informal

小题8:	A．side by side B．in secret C．at work D．face to face

小题9:	A．prepare B．think C．find D．ask

小题10:

A．in case B．in memory C．in advance D．in mind

小题11:

A．Though B．As C．Since D．If

小题12:

A．waste B．take C．cost D．lose

小题13:

A．But B．So C．Then D．Now

小题14:

A．comments B．information C．news D．reports

小题15:

A．insist B．allow C．require D．agree

小题16:

A．read B．produce C．make D．form

小题17:

A．experts B．friends C．businessmen D．others

小题18:

A．Then B．Although C．When D．Until

小题19:

A．homework B．friends C．attitude D．search

小题20:

A．realizing B．behind C．worth D．helping

My dad was never the kind to offer many words of love or encouragement. But we knew he loved us... he just had his own way of showing it.
When I was a teen, we were seasonal campers at a family campground almost an hour outside the city where we lived. Each family had their own campsite with water and electric, and you basically parked your camper there from May through October. Most "Seasonals" visited them every weekend during those months, with the occasional weeklong stay. There were plenty of other kids who camped seasonally each weekend, and they came to be some of my closest friends. Of course, many of them were boys.
We kids paired up with our little boyfriends or girlfriends, and we'd hold hands as we'd walk around the campground. We'd play ping-pong, have some snacks, and play songs. Most weekends were pretty similar, but the couples would change. You'd see so-and-so with a different so-and-so than they were with the weekend before. You know how it is when you're a teen — a three-week relationship is a really long time.
So, needless to say, my teen years were spent with quite a few different boys. But every single one of them had something in common... they'd all received The Evil Eye.
The Evil Eye was a magical sort of thing. One simple look from my dad, and the boy immediately knew not to mess with me. It was as if he could send his warnings through invisible laser（激光）beams that shot directly from his eyes to the boys' brains.
"You will not put your hands on my daughter... You will not kiss my daughter... You will not even whisper sweet nothings into my daughter's ear."
I remember one night in particular, walking with a boy around the campground after dark. We came from one direction, and my dad from the other. The boy and my dad locked eyes for a brief second, then the boy dropped my hand like a hot potato and turned away, giving me a quick, "See ya later."
Yes, the Evil Eye. Best way ever to keep wandering teen boy hands away from your daughters.  
小题1:The Evil Eye in the passage implies that__________.

A．Dad gets angry easily

B．Dad’s eyes are like evil’s

C．Dad’s eyes are ugly-looking

D．Dad’s eyes are protective to his daughter

小题2:The underlined words “mess with” in paragraph 5 most probably means_________.

A．cause trouble	B．make untidy
C．get married to	D．talk to

小题3:

A．As teenagers, we went camping every weekend.

B．We made lots of friends during the seasonal camping.

C．We had regular boyfriends or girlfriends and enjoyed ourselves.

D．The boy dropped my hand and turned away because he loved The Evil Eye.

小题4:It can be inferred from the passage that the author ___________.

A．is a teenage girl who loves her father

B．is a teenage boy who hates his father

C．is now an adult who has come to understand her father’s love

D．used to be a naughty boy who changed girlfriends now and then

Steinbeck, John, 1902-68, American writer, born in Salinas, Calif., studied at Stanford. He is probably best remembered for his strong sociological novel The Grapes of Wrath, considered one of the great American novels of the 20th century. Steinbeck's early novels-Cup of Gold (1929), The Pastures of Heaven (1932), and To a God Unknown (1933)-attracted little critical attention, but Tortilla Flat (1935), an affectionate（亲切的）yet realistic novel about the lovely, Spanish-speaking poor of Monterey, was enthusiastically received.
A merciful understanding of the world's poor was to be Steinbeck's mark. The novel In Dubious Battle (1936) defends striking immigrant agricultural workers in the California fields. In the novel Of Mice and Men (1937; later made into a play), Steinbeck again presents immigrant workers, but this time in terms of human worth and integrity（完好）－a theme he also used in The Moon Is Down (1942; later made into a play), about Norwegian resistance to the Nazis. The Grapes of Wrath (1939; Pulitzer Prize), while treating the hard situation of dispossessed Dust Bowl farmers during the 1930s, presents a universal picture of victims of disaster. Steinbeck's description of the westward migration of the Joad family, and their following struggles in the agricultural industry of California, is realistic and moving, and he presents his inferior characters with nobility.
Steinbeck's other works are diverse, ranging from the literal account of a voyage, The Sea of Cortez (1941; written with the marine biologist E. F. Ricketts),to a moral story, The Pearl (1948); to a French folk piece, The Short Reign of Pippin IV (1957). Love of his native land shines through the delicately nostalgic story "The Red Pony" in The Long Valley (1938). The somewhat emotional attitude of Tortilla Flat appears again in Cannery Row (1945), The Wayward Bus (1947), and Sweet Thursday (1954). 
小题1: How many novels adapted into a play are mentioned in the passage ?_________.

A．Nine

B．Seven

C．Four

D．Two

小题2:Accoding to the passage , which of the following is true?

A．The Grapes of Wrath, is considered one of the great novels of this century.

B．Only in the novel In Dubious Battle Steinbeck referred to immigrant workers.

C．In The Grapes of Wrath, farmers living in Dust Bowl possess almost nothing.

D．All Steinbeck’s late works are related to his love of his native land.

小题3:We can learn from the passage that Steinbeck         .

A．did not draw much attention until Tortilla Flat was published

B．wrote all his novels in terms of human worth and integrity

C．presented poor but noble characters in all his novels

D．showed his love for his native land in The Short Reign of Pippin IV

小题4:The passage is mainly about Steinbeck’s          .

A．works

B．life

C．fame

D．prize