64. What can we learn from the text?

　 A. The community of Alto was poor.

　 B. The summer camp was attractive to the parents.

　 C. Ish and Arlene got a legacy from the Hatches.

D. The Hatches would like the neighbors to follow their example.　　　　　　　

答案： 60-64 BCBAD

C

There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. Information in long-term memory can be remembered at a later time when it is needed. The information may be kept for days or weeks. However, information in short-term memory is kept for only a few seconds, usually by repeating the information over and over. The following experiment shows how short-term memory has been studied.

Henning studied how students who are learning English as a second language remember vocabulary. The subjects in his experiment were 75 college students. They represented all levels of ability in English: beginning, intermediate (中等), and native speaking students.

To begin, the subjects listened to a recording of a native speaker reading a paragraph in English. Following the recording, the subjects took a 15-question test to see which words they remembered. Each question had four choices. The subjects had to circle the word they had heard in the recording, Some of the questions had four choices that sound alike. For example, weather, whether, wither, and wetter are four words that sound alike. Some of the questions had four choices that have the same meaning. Method, way, manner, and system would be four words with the same meaning. Finally the subjects took a language proficiency test.

Henning found that students with a lower proficiency in English made more of their mistakes on words that sound alike; students with a higher proficiency made more of their mistakes on words that have the same meaning. Henning's results suggest that beginning students hold the sound of words in their short-term memory, and advanced students hold the meaning of words in their short-term memory.

63. According to Sandy Van Weelden, the Hatches were ______.

　 A. understanding　　 　　　 B. narrow-minded　　 　 C. childlike　 　　　　　　 D. curious

62. Why would the Hatches go from store to store?

　 A. They decided to open a store.　　　　　　 　　 B. They wanted to save money.

　 C. They couldn’t afford expensive things.　　　 　 D. They wanted to buy gifts for local kids.

61. Which of the following is True of the Hatches?

　 A. They were relatives of Dave Fuss.　　 　　　　　　　　　 B. They left the family farm to live in an old house.

　 C. They gave away their money to their neighbors. 　　 D. They helped their neighbors to find jobs.

60. According go the text, the Fusses ______.

　 A. were employed by a truck company　　　 　　　 B. were in financial (经济) difficulty

　 C. worked in a school cafeteria　　　　　　 　　　　　　　 D. lost their home

59. HMCI is probably the name of _______.

A. an educational organization　 B. a school leader 　C. a political party 　　 D. a news reporter

答案：56-59 CCAA

B

A year ago in August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, but work for Dave was hard, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at risk of joining the millions of Americans who have lost their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely gift-$ 7,000, a legacy (遗产) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident. “It really made a difference when we were going under financially.” says Dave.

But the Fusses weren’t the only people in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to receive unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families were touched by the Hatches’ generosity. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars; in other, it was more than $ 100,000.

　　 It surprised nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than $ 3 million-they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm.

　　 Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of saving. They liked comparison shopping and would go from store to store, checking prices before making a new purchase.

　　 Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camp when their parents couldn’t afford it. “Ish and Arlene never asked if you needed anything,” says their friend Sand Van Weelden, “They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them.”

　　 Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches had their farmland distributed. It was the Hatches’ wish that their legacy-a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cent-should enrich the whole community (社区) and last for generations to come.

　　 Neighbors helping neighbors-that was Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story.

57. Which of the following is NOT true about the internal courses on the web?

A. They are designed by excellent Chinese language teachers.　　

B. They include many sides about China.

C. They charge students who want to learn.

D. They can be made by yourself if you want to make a course.

?

A. Learning English.　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Talking with friends.

C. Making friends.　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Having a platform and web space for you