Americans think that travel is good for you. Some even think it can help to solve one of the coun­try ’ s worst problems ~: crime (犯罪）.
Crime worries a lot of people. Every year, the number of crimes is up and up. And many criminals (罪犯）are young. They often come from sad homes, with only one parent or no parents at all.
There are many young criminals in prison，but prison doesn ’ t change them. Six or seven in ten will go back to crime when they come out of prison.
One man ,Bob Burton, thought of a new idea. In the old days, young men had to live a difficult life on the road. They learned to be strong and brave, and to help their friends to be strong and brave, and to help their friends in time of danger. This helped them grow into men. So Bob Burton started “Vision Quest. “ He takes young criminals on a long ,long journey with horses and wagons (马车）， 3,000 miles through seven states. They are on the road for more than a year.
The young people in Vision Quest all have bad problems. Most of them have already spent time in prison. This is their last chance.
It's hard work on the road. The day starts before the sun comes up. The boys and girls have to feed the horses. Some of them have never loved anyone before  but they love their horses. That love can help them to live a new life.
Not all the young people on Vision Quest will leave crime behind them. Three or four in ten will one day be in prison again. Bob Burton is right. Travel can be good for you. Even today, Americans still say, “ Go west, young men. ”
小题1:In the last paragraph “leave crime behind them" means    .

A．no longer do a crime	B．leave people who do a crime
C．don't do all the crimes	D．leave criminals behind

小题2:Why is Bob Burton right?

A．Because he can help to solve crime.

B．Because three or four is better than six or seven.

C．Because the young criminals have a hard life on the road.

D．Because he can stop crime in the country.

小题3:Form the passage we may infer that   .

A．getting up before the sun rises can help out of crime

B．we can hardly find a person who has no love for anybody or anything

C．travelling can help all criminals out of prison

D．young people can do anything freely

小题4:    On “ Vision Quest"   .

A．young people have bad problems

B．young people grow tall very fast

C．young people often help their friends in time of danger

D．all of the above

小题5:Americans still say, "Go west, young men. ”because .

A．if they go west they can have a travel

B．in the west there is a prison

C．there they have to live a hard life to grow into men

D．prison doesn't change them

Do you know what really troubles me? For some reason, words with silent letters have always bothered me. For example, consider these words: know, design, island, school, wrist, naughty, and salmon. All of these words have at least one letter that is not typically pronounced, and these words are just a very small part of words with silent letters in them.
Some words are even worse, consider this word: colonel. Not only are some letters not pronounced, but letters that are not even there are pronounced.
Even foreign languages, especially French, are guilty of this needless complexity and confusion. I know there must be some main historical reasons why the words are spelled and pronounced the way they are, but that does not mean bad traditions must continue to survive. Especially if they are no longer logical.
Unfortunately, there is very little that anyone can do for it, because there’s no group of people who can change or have the right to change the English language for everyone. However, the only thing we can do is make changes in the way we talk and write in hopes that it catches on. For example, I pronounce the letter “l” in salmon on purpose to make people annoyed and to sound more different or complicated. I even pronounce colonel the correct or French way.
I can only hope these two minor changes to the English language make sense to you, and you will help to keep up these minor changes forever in your everyday life.
小题1:We can learn from the passage ________.

A．colonel is pronounced

B．salmon is pronounced

C．all the words with silent letters come from French

D．linguists will solve the problem of dumb letters

小题2:Which of the following is the main reason for silent letters?

A．French language.	B．Historical reasons.
C．Some linguists	D．Bad traditions.

小题3:The underlined phrase “catches on” probably means “________”.

A．becomes popular	B．gets across
C．follows the fashion	D．doesn’t fall behind

小题4:Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

A．Troubles in everyday life	B．Traps in English words
C．Words with silent letters	D．Necessary changes of languages

Some places in the world have strange laws. It’s important for you to know about them before going there.
Whoever likes to chew gum(口香糖) may have to leave Singapore. The government really wants to keep the city clean and will fine you for chewing gum.
Before you leave for the United Arab Emirates you’d better make sure you aren’t visiting during Ramadan(斋月). During that time you aren’t allowed to eat or drink in public. Tourists have been fined up to $275 for drinking in public.
Lovers spend so much time kissing each other goodbye at train stations that trains often start late. This law — no kissing your lover goodbye at train stations – is rather old, and isn’t in use today in France.
In Thailand it’s against the law to drive a car or motorcycle without a shirt on, no matter how hot it is. Punishments are different in different areas and can include warnings and tickets costing about $10. No joke -- the local police will stop you.
Studies in Denmark have shown that cars with their headlights on are more noticeable by other drivers than those with their headlights off. Drivers there are required to leave their headlights on even during the day, or they may face a fine up to $100.
Do you often buy things using coins? Don’t do it in Canada. The Currency Law of 1985 doesn’t allow using only coins to buy things. Even the use of the dollar-coin is limited (受限制的). The shop owner has the right to choose whether to take your coins or not.
Make sure you know about these laws before your next trip. Better safe than sorry.
小题1:What is mainly talked about in the text?

A．How to make your trip around the world safe.

B．Why there are strange laws in the world.

C．Interesting places you can go to around the world.

D．Some strange laws you should know about for your trip.

小题2:If you are driving a car in Thailand, _____.

A．the police will play a joke on you

B．you should wear your shirt even though it’s hot

C．the police will give you tickets costing about $10

D．you should always keep your headlights on

小题3:What can we learn from the text?

A．Kissing goodbye at train stations isn’t allowed in France today.

B．The Singaporean government cares a lot about its environment.

C．Tourists in the United Arab Emirates shouldn’t eat in public.

D．You can turn your headlights off in daytime in Denmark.

小题4:What do we know about the strange law in Canada?

A．It is a newly invented law

B．You aren’t allowed to use dollar-coins.

C．You will be fined if you use coins

D．Shop owners can decide if you can use coins.

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D .Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Would you send a monkey to do your shopping for you? Sounds very strange, doesn’t it ? But monkeys can be trained to do some wonderful things. Most people know that monkeys are one of  36   cleverest beasts(兽). Scientists have been studying the connection（联系） __37__ monkeys and people for a long time. They have done experiments that test __38__monkeys are able to do simple things.
In one test, a scientist put two monkeys in two cages beside each other. Each cage had a machine. One cage had a machine which gave out water. __39__ had one which gave out food. Each monkey was given _40__ black and white coins. The black coins worked _41_ in the food machine. The white coins worked in the machine with the __42__. After some time, both animals _43__ know which coin worked in which machine.
Then the test was made _44__. The coin s were taken away. The monkey with the water machine was __45_ to have any water for twenty-four hours. The food monkey was prevented from __46_ any food. The next day, the coins were returned to the monkeys. This time, __47__, the monkey with the food machine was given coins for water machine, and the monkey with the water machine was given the coins that worked in the food machine. What did the two __48__ monkeys do? The two clever monkeys __49__ through the bars (栅栏) of their cages and __50_coins with each other.

小题1:	A．man’s B．earth’s C．nation’s D．nature’s

小题2:	A．between B．with C．to D．from

小题3:	A．when B．what C．whether D．as

小题4:	A．The one B．The rest C．Another D．The other

小题5:	A．a piece of B．a bag of C．a little D．scores

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

小题7:	A．water B．food C．monkey D．scientist

小题8:	A．were used to B．used to C．could hardly D．were able to

小题9:	A．harder B．easier C．worse D．newer

小题10:

A．allowed B．not allowed C．asked D．drank

小题11:

A．wasting B．drinking C．having D．asking

小题12:

A．but B．unless C．however D．although

小题13:

A．tired B．angry C．wild D．poor

小题14:

A．looked B．got C．reached D．arrived

小题15:

A．received B．changed C．refused D．played

Fool’s Day falls on 1st of April. People _36_forget the significance （意义） of the day.
In March 1980. I was   37   at Durham University with seven other Chinese students. I had   38   to go to another university after graduation and had   39          application (申请)  forms to several  40  . Every morning I arrived at the porter’s office (传达室) and waited my fate. But no 41   came.
On April 1st, as I was eating my   42  , Huang came in , with a toothbrush  43  in his hand. 44   fearing that he might forget the important news , he passed me the  45 . “Morning  , Wu,” he said , “I saw Mr. G this morning. He told me that a letter had arrived in his office for you from Manchester University, and asked you to go and get it  46  possible.” I jumped with   47 .
I  even didn’t   48  my breakfast and rushed to Mr. G’s  office but  he wasn’t   49   .  I then went to the secretary’s room and    50    everything to her. She opened Mr. G’s room. I looked at everything. There didn’t seem to be a letter for me. “If he had asked you to pick it up from here,” said the secretary , “ he would have put it in  51 or simply left it to me.”
Greatly  52  , I walked out of the room and   53  the  secretary lock it. 54    the secretary’s eyes   55  . “Sorry,” she said. “It’s April Fool’s Day!”
小题1:A sometimes         B. never                   C. always            D. seldom

小题2:	A．staying B．working C．visiting D．studying

小题3:	A．continued B．planned C．managed D．remembered

小题4:	A．returned B．taken C．handed D．sent

小题5:	A．people B．colleges C．cities D．offices

小题6:	A．application B．report C．reply D．chance

小题7:	A．dinner B．lunch C．supper D．breakfast

小题8:	A．still B．even C．yet D．already

小题9:	A．Because of B．As if C．After D．While

小题10:

A．message B．sign C．letter D．notice

小题11:

A．if B．as soon as C．when D．as fast as

小题12:

A．the news B．the letter C．joy D．luck

小题13:

A．take B．finish C．complete D．have

小题14:

A．anywhere B．in C．at D．away

小题15:

A．asked B．told C．explained D．answered

小题16:

A．the office B．his desk C．the room D．an obvious（明显的） place

小题17:

A．disappoint B．disappointed C．disappointing D．disappointment

小题18:

A．watched B．made C．saw D．let

小题19:

A．Quickly B．Strangely C．Finally D．Suddenly

小题20:

A．closed B．opened C．brightly D．darkened

To what degree can a computer achieve intelligence？The answer to this question may lie in a newly-developed US computer program called Smarter Child and the Internet.
If you ran into Smarter Child online, you would be surprised at this kid’s huge memory. It can recite many facts. For example, Smarter Child knows every baseball player in every team this season.
He knows every word in the dictionary and the weather in every major city areas across the US. However, if you ask Smarter Child other questions, you get strange answers. A question about Smarter Child’s age returns. “One year, 11 days, 16 hours, 7 minutes, and 47 seconds!” Asking where he lives gets, “In a clean room in a high-tech building in California.”
Smarter Child uses the vast information on the World Wide Web as his memory bank. To answer questions about spelling, for instance, Smarter Child goes to American Heritage Dictionary online. For the weather, he visits www.intellicast.com.
Some scientists believe that by joining the many systems of the Internet, an artificial being with the combined knowledge of, say, Albert Einstein, Richard Nixon and Britney Spears could be born. However, if Smarter Child wants to think and learn on his own like the boy-computer David in the movie A. I. Artificial Intelligence, he must overcome two problems.
The first is that computers find it difficult to read web pages because the files are labeled in different ways. That’s why programmers need to tell Smarter Child where to look for the weather. It would be a much more difficult task to let him find it himself.
Another problem is that while Smarter Child can process information more exactly and faster than any human, he lacks common sense—a basic grounding of knowledge that is obvious to any young child.
小题1:From the text we can infer that www.intellicast.com is a website

A．where we people can find Smarter Child

B．which is specially designed to help Smarter Child

C．where weather forecasts are made

D．which is about artificial intelligence

小题2:It is probably most difficult for Smarter Child to          .

A．learn the ability to tell right behaviors from wrong ones.

B．tell us how to spell a difficult word

C．provide us with a famous poem by Shakespeare

D．tell us how the American government is run

小题3:The underlined  “it ” in Paragraph 6 refers to ________.

A．where to look for the weather	B．Smarter Child.
C．a much more difficult task	D．to read web pages

小题4:Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．A New Web Child	B．Intelligence Development
C．Smarter Child	D．The Future of Internet

请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（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 is hardly surprising that clothing manufacturers （生产商）follow certain uniform standards for various features（特征）of clothes. What seems strange , however, is that the standard adopted for women is the opposite of the one for men. Take a look at the way your clothes button. Men’s clothes tend to button from the right, and women’s form the left. Considering most of the word’s population-men and women-are right-handed, the men’s standard would appear to make more sense for women. So why do women’s clothes button from the left?
History really seems to matter here. Button first appeared only on the clothes of the rich in the
17th century, when rich women were dressed by servants. For the mostly right-handed servants, having women’s shirts button from the left would be easier. On the other hang, having men’s shirts button form the right made sense, too. Most men dressed themselves, and a sword drawn from the left with the right hang would be less likely to get caught in the shirt.
Today women are seldom dressed by servants, but buttoning form the left is still the standard for them. Is it interesting? Actually, a standard , once set, resists change. At a time when all women’s shirts buttoned form the left, it would have been risky for any single manufacture to offer women’s shirts that buttoned the right. After all, women had grown so used to shirts which buttoned from the left and would have to develop new habits and skills to switch. Besides from the right, since anyone who noticed that would believe they were wearing men’s shirts.
小题1:What is surprising about the standard of the clothing industry?

A．It has been followed by the industry for over 400 years.

B．It is different for men’s clothing and women’s.

C．It woks better with men than with women.

D．It fails to consider right-handed people.

小题2: What do we know about the rich men in the 17th century?

A．They tended to wear clothes without buttons.

B．They were interested in the historical matters.

C．They were mostly dressed by servants.

D．They drew their swords from the left.

小题3:Women’s clothes still button from the left today because        .

A．adopting men’s style is improper for women

B．manufacturers should follow standards

C．modern women dress themselves

D．customs are hard to change

小题4:The passage is mainly developed by          .

A．analyzing cause

B．making comparisons

C．examining differences

D．following the time order

请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（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。
Sitting on the peaceful coast of Galapagos Islands. Ecuador, watching the sun move quietly into the sea, you shouldn’t forget that Charles Darwin (1809-1882) arrived here in 1835. He stayed on the islands for five weeks, observing various animals. This finally inspired (启发) his famous work, On the Origin of Species. You can certainly follow Darwin’s footsteps and enjoy a trip from four to seven days to the islands.
The most well-known animals of the Galapagos is the giant tortoise（巨型海龟），which can be seen moving slowly around the highlands of Santa Cruz, the second largest island in the archipelago （群岛）. Some of these creatures are so old that they might have been in their youth by Darwin himself.
Despite strict control over activities and timing, your stay on the Galapagos will be remembered as a chain of incomparable pictures; diving with sea lions that swim and play within inches of you; feeling small sharks touch your feet as you swim; and most magically, seeing a whale and her baby surface with a great breath of air.
Travelling between the islands and observing the wildlife that so inspired Darwin, so you will feel as though you are getting a special view of an untouched world. At night you will sleep on board the ship, leaving the wildlife in complete occupation of the islands, which are as undisturbed now as they have been since the beginning of time.
小题1:What do we know about Danwin’s visit to the islands?

A．He studied different creatures on the islands

B．He completed his famous book on the islands

C．He was touched by the geography of the islands

D．He was attracted by well-know animals of the islands

小题2:which of the following plays a role in making the islands “a paradise for wildlife”?

A．Animals on the islands feed on grass。

B．Local government forbids killing wildlife.

C．People cannot visit the islands as they wish.

D．tourists are not allowed to touch the animals。

小题3:Your stay on the islands will be most impressive mainly because of         .

A．The beautiful sea views

B．Darwin’s inspiring trip

C．a closer view of animals

D．various daring activities

小题4:which of the following would be the best title for the passage ？

A．A Unique Attraction for wildlife Lovers

B．Calapagos as a Paradise for Aentures

C．Charles Darwin as a symbol of Calapagos

D．A successful Example of wildlife protection

The national assistance system for poor college students is getting more effective as proved by fewer phone calls to the hotline of the National Center for Student Assistance Administration.
"Poor college students and their parents are getting more satisfied with the national assistance system," said Ma Wenhua, deputy director of the administration, on Saturday. Over the past three years, the hotline received 8,488 calls. Statistics show 62 percent of the calls were made to ask about the funding policy, while 38 percent (3,200 calls) complained local colleges had failed to abide by the rules to support the students.
Complaints were seen a year-on-year decrease from 2006 to 2008. Ma said some poor families might still overlook what they should do to get support for their child. To ensure education equality, the government has introduced a set of favorable policies to help poor students, such as scholarships, grants(助学金), student loans, tuition waivers(学费全免) and the work-study programs under which poor students are helped out in libraries, teachers' offices or service departments to earn money.
Statistics show the government spent 29.3 billion yuan last year to aid college students, up 7.6 percent from the previous year. Around 40 million persons of college students received the national aid.
The Ministry of Education of the government would ensure that no students drop out of colleges or universities because of poverty.
Among the 20 million students in the country's public and private universities and colleges last year, about 20 percent came from poor backgrounds, official figures show.
小题1:The national assistance system is set up ___.

A．for parents and students to complain

B．to help poor college students

C．for poor students to get free education

D．to help students find jobs

小题2:The underlined phrase "abide by" in the second paragraph probably means ____.

A．follow

B．break

C．bear

D．agree to

小题3:From the passage, we know that ____.

A．students will drop out of university because of poverty

B．Chinese poor college students are more satisfied with national assistance system

C．more and more parents are complaining about their local colleges

D．college students are suffering from great economic pressure

Forget famous goal celebration such as “The Robot” by Peter Crouch and “The Dive” by Juergen Klinsmann, here comes the South African “Diski dance”. The Diski dance, which is performed through heading and kicking an imaginary ball, may be a goal celebration to watch in the following matches.
South Africa’s Siphiwe Tshabalala and his teammates performed this different dance when they celebrated his goal against Mexico in the opening World Cup game on Friday. The dance is already popular on YouTube and many soccer fans may want to learn the moves.
Even South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has learnt the Diski dance which could be better than Cameroon Roger Milla’s corner flag dance celebration in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. US actor John Travolta performed the dance shortly after landing his Boeing 707 at Lanseria airport, north of Johannesburg, on Wednesday morning.
Goal celebrations are now part of the biggest sporting event and players plan them in advance just in case they find the back of the net. In football, a goal celebration is the practice of celebrating the scoring of a goal. The celebration may be performed by the goal-scorer, his or her teammates, the manager or coaches and the supporters of the team.
The Robot goal celebration was so popular that England fans were surprised when Crouch, an English international footballer, said that he wouldn’t be doing it any more unless England won the World Cup.
The word Diski is the word used by the local people for soccer and may also describe the local style of football which focuses on dribbling(带球) and other tricks.
小题1:Besides “Diski dance”, how many types of goal celebrations are mentioned in the passage?

A．2.

B．3.

C．4.

D．5.

小题2:The underlined part “find the back of the net” in Paragraph 4 means                  .

A．score a goal

B．win the match

C．take a rest

D．take part in a match

小题3:What do we learn about the word “Diski”?

A．It has become the most popular sports word in the world now.

B．It was used to show how people were good at dribbling.

C．It was used to describe a football which was imagined by footballers.

D．It was probably mainly used in South Africa before the South Africa World Cup.

小题4:What can we infer from the passage?

A．All the footballers should have their own goal celebrations.

B．Goal celebrations play an important role in football games.

C．Famous goal celebrations all appeared in the World Cup games.

D．Footballers often don’t plan their goal celebrations ahead of time.