Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area.

When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn’t    1  drive to a store and back home. He always looks    2  up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything

   3  such as strange cars, loud noises,  4  windows, or people gathering on street comers.

Tim   5  to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville, Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch group   6  on the third Wednesday of every month. That’s   7  .Tim gets together with ?about? ten of his neighbors to discuss community ?  8  .?Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police   9  their homes, streets, and families safe.

Tina Stedman, president of ?  10  ?neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim.“People seem to think that crime happens to other people but not   11  them. Well, it’s never happened to me,” she said,“but I don’t think anyone has the   12  to steal from other people or to make them feel   13  sitting in their own homes.”

Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors   14  out for one another,“We 15  each other’s homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends. Usually a  16    of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn’t look right, then we call the  17  .?For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for   18  ,or someone destroying property, we report to the police.”

Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups ?  19  ?a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees,“Police are good people, but they can’t do   20  .”

1.A.yet                         B.still                           C.just                           D.rather

2.A.carefully　             B.clearly                      C.nervously                  D.coldly

3.A.familiar                  B.unusual                     C.expensive                  D.interesting

4.A.curtained                B.open                         C.old                           D.broken

5.A.attends                   B.belongs                     C.goes                          D.turns

6.A.meets                     B.quarrels                     C.sings                         D.searches

7.A.where                    B.why                          C.when                        D.how

8.A.politics                   B.wealth                       C.health                       D.safety

9.A.keep                      B.hold                          C.let                                   D.protect

10.A.its                        B.his                            C.their                         D.your

11.A.round                   B.on                                   C.about                        D.to

12.A.right                    B.chance                      C.courage                     D.mind

13.A.unlucky                B.unsafe                       C.disappointed              D.discouraged

14.A.set                       B.let                                   C.hold                          D.look

15.A.care                            B.enter                         C.watch                        D.manage

16.A.group                   B.set                            C.number                            D.crowd

17.A.judges                  B.police                       C.firemen                     D.doctors

18.A.work                    B.burden                      C.service                      D.trouble

19.A.produce                B.find                          C.get                            D.help

20.A.anything               B.evening                     C.harm                         D.wrong

There is a poster below. Read it carefully.

　　VISIT SWANSEA ZOO!

　　Come and see the African elephants and the new tigers from India. The Arctic bears are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from Zaire are waiting to throw things at you. The hyenas (a flesh-eating animal, like a wolf, with a howl that sounds like wild laughter) from Tanzania are waiting to laugh at you, and the giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down on you.

　　Tickets

　　Adult: $1.20

　　Children: Over 12: 80 cent

　　 Under 12 : Free

　　Opening Time: 9: 00a. m. ~4: 00p. m.

　　Except Fridays: 10: 00a. m. ~3: 00p. m.

　　KEEP THE ZOO CLEAN!

　　DO NOT FEED,TOUCH OR GO NEAR THE ANIMALS!

1.If you want to visit the Swansea Zoo, what is the best time to go there?

A. 4:00 p. m on Sunday. B. 4:00 p. m on Friday.

C. 9:00 a. m on Friday.     D. 9:30 a. m on Sunday.

2.If you want to buy tickets for you and the two of your sons who is 14 and 10, how

much should you pay?

A.$3.60 B.$2.00    C.$2.60    D.$2.40

3.Which of the following is allowed in the Swansea Zoo?

　　  A. To give an orange to a monkey.

B. To pat a tiger on the head.

　　  C. To go near a hyena.

D. To sing a song if you like.

4.A giraffe must be a kind of animal which is _______.

A. fat      B. small        C. strong   D. tall

5.The underlined word “flesh-eating” means_____

A. grass-eating      B. fruit-eating    C. meat-eating      D. earth-eating

 

Everyone has experienced trying, but failing to master a difficult book that was begun with the hope of increasing one's understanding. When that happens, it is ?　36　?to think that it was a mistake to try to read it, but that was not the mistake. The mistake was in ?　37　? too much from the first reading of a(n) ?　38　? book. If you read it in the right way, no book written for the ?　39　?reader, no matter how difficult, need be a cause for despair(令人失望).

What is the right method? The ?　40　? is an important and helpful rule of reading that is either not ?　41　? or often forgotten. That rule is simply this: when reading a difficult book for the first time, read it through without ever ?　42　? to think about the things that you do not understand immediately.

Do not be stopped by what you ?　43　? understand. Read through the difficult ?　44　?,and you soon come to things that you do understand. Read these ?　45　?.You will have a much better chance of understanding all of the book when you read it again, but that ?　46　? you to have read the book through once ?　47　?.

What you understand by reading the book through to the ?　48　? will help you when you try later to read the places that you did not ?　49　? in your first reading. Or if you never re-read the book, understanding half of it is much better than understanding ?　50　? of it, which will happen ?　51　? you allow yourself to be stopped by the first difficult part of the book.?

Most of us were taught to ?　52　? the things that we do not understand. We were told to find the ?　53　? of unfamiliar words, and to try to find an explanation in another ?　54　? for anything that we did not understand in the book that we were reading. But when these things are done before the proper time, they only ?　55　? our reading, instead of helping it.

36. A. necessary     B. useful C. natural       D. effective?

37. A. learning       B. wanting      C. accepting    D. expecting?

38. A. easy     B. difficult     C. important   D. correct?

39. A. ordinary      B. young C. serious       D. sincere?

40. A. method B. question     C. answer       D. problem?

41. A. taught  B. known       C. sure    D. perfect?

42. A. starting B. hesitating   C. Stopping    D. repeating?

43. A. can't     B. won't  C. mustn't       D. wouldn't?

44. A. words   B. articles       C. parts   D. points?

45. A. quickly B. immediately      C. clearly       D. carefully?

46. A. requires       B. causes C. advises       D. allows?

47. A. later     B. after   C. before D. again?

48. A. top       B. end     C. bottom       D. cover?

49. A. see       B. turn    C. Notice D. understand?

50. A. anything      B. everything  C. nothing      D. something?

51. A. if B. so that C. whenever   D. as though?

52. A. put away     B. put down    C. think of      D. think about?

53. A. uses     B. Meanings   C. Spellings    D. troubles?

54. A. thinking      B. reading      C. Book  D. way?

55. A. harm    B. increase      C. Improve     D. prevent??

完形填空

       Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area．

       When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn’t    16  drive to a store and back home．He always looks    17  up and down the streets of his neighborhood．He looks for anything

          18  such as strange cars, loud noises,  19  windows, or people gathering on street comers．

       Tim    20  to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville, Indiana, USA．The neighborhood watch group   21  on the third Wednesday of every month．That’s   22  ．Tim gets together with ?about? ten of his neighbors to discuss community ?  23  ．?Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police   24     their homes, streets, and families safe．

       Tina Stedman, president of ?  25  ?neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim．“People seem to think that crime happens to other people but not   26   them．Well, it’s never happened to me,” she said,“but I don’t think anyone has the   27  to steal from other people or to make them feel   28  sitting in their own homes．”

       Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors   29  out for one another,“We 30  each other’s homes．We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends．Usually a   31    of four or five of us goes out together．If something doesn’t look right, then we call the  32  ．?For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for    33  ,or someone destroying property, we report to the police．”

      Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups ? 34  ?a lot in keeping crime down．Her husband Jim agrees,“Police are good people, but they can’t do  35  ．”

16．A．yet    B．still   C．just   D．rather

17．A．carefully　      B．clearly      C．nervously  D．coldly

18．A．familiar    B．unusual     C．expensive  D．interesting

19．A．curtained  B．open  C．old    D．broken

20．A．attends     B．belongs     C．goes  D．turns

21．A．meets       B．quarrels    C．sings D．searches

22．A．where       B．why  C．when D．how

23．A．politics     B．wealth      C．health       D．safety

24．A．keep  B．hold  C．let     D．protect

25．A．its     B．his    C．their  D．your

26．A．round       B．on     C．about D．to

27．A．right B．chance      C．courage    D．mind

28．A．unlucky    B．unsafe      C．disappointed     D．discouraged

29．A．set    B．let     C．hold  D．look

30．A．care  B．enter C．watch       D．manage

31．A．group       B．set     C．number     D．crowd

32．A．judges      B．police       C．firemen    D．doctors

33．A．work B．burden      C．service      D．trouble

34．A．produce    B．find   C．get    D．help

35．A．anything   B．evening    C．harm D．wrong

任务型阅读 （共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的横线上填入最恰当的单词。 

注意：每空只填一个单词。

Maybe you are an average student. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessary so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here is how.　　

1). Plan your time carefully. When you plan your week, you should make a list of things that you can have to do. After making the list, you should make a schedule of your time. First time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. Don’t forget to set aside enough time fro entertainment. A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to realize what is happening to your time.　　

2). Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room. Free from everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television. When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject. 　　

3). Make good use of your time in class. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teachers say. Really listening in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what your teachers say.　　

4). Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes. Review the important points that your teachers mentioned in class. If you want to know what your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read the material in advance. This will help you understand the next class. If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you will remember it longer.　　

5). Develop a good attitude about tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be overly worried.　

There are other methods that might help you with your studying. You will probably discover many others after you have tried these.　　

 

How to Become a Better Student?

General methods	How to	Advantages
plan you time carefully	●     make a list　　 ●     make a    1	force you to realize  2   is happening to your time
find a good place to study	free of everything but study     3	you can   4    on the subjects
make good use of your time in class	●listen to everything the teachers say　　 ●take    5	really listening in class means   6    work later.
study regularly	●     go over your notes　　 ●      7  _ new materials	Help you    8  it better, remember it longer
develop a good attitude about tests	don’t overly  9    about it	remember your new   10