3．Three-year-old Teddy Lasry was sleeping in his cowboy outfit（套装）yesterday at his family's Fifth Ave．apartment when he shot up in bed screaming．A 3-foot-long black-and-white snake twisted around his left arm and had just bitten his little finger，
"The babysitter was frightened to death．"said Teddy's father David Lasry，who，along with his wife，Evelyn，was at work when the snake appeared about 4：00 pm．
The horrified babysitter called 911and the building's doorman．The doorman and two cable TV workers helped take the snake off the boy'S arm and put it in a garbage bag．Police rushed Teddy to Mount Sinai Medical Center，where he spent two hours attached to a heart monitor as a precaution in case the snake was poisonous．It wasn't．Experts at the snakebite treatment center at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx，where policemen took the snake，found out it Was a non-poisonous California king snake．
But how did it end up in Teddy's bed？
A little detective work determined that the snake had escaped two weeks ago from its cage in the apartment of a doctor whose family lives four floors below the Lasrys．The apologetic owner said his son's pet snake likely traveled up the water pipes and into his neighbor's apartment．"It's a very gentle，very harmless snake，"he said："It's handled by our family all the time．"
David Lasry believed the pet was simply hungry after two weeks of wandering．Evelyn said her son seems to have overcome his fright by thinking of himself as a hero cowboy as he rode in the back of the police car to the hospital．
"I told Teddy he's a pretty snake，a nice pet snake who got out of his cage．"Evelyn said．"But he asked，‘Why did he bite my finger，Mamma？'And I said，‘Because he saw that you are a big boy，Teddy，in your cowboy outfit and he got scared．'"

21．What did the babysitter do after Teddy was bitten by a snake？D
A．She ran out of the apartment．    
B．She took the snake off Teddy's arm．
C．She called the TV company．
D．She made an emergency call．
22．We can learn from the passage that the snakeA．
A．was kept in a cage by its owner    
B．was poisonous
C．was deserted by its owner    
D．escaped to the apartment downstairs
23．Which of the following is true？B
A．Teddy was awake when the snake arrived．
B．The snake had never bitten people before．
C．Teddy's mother was at home when the snake turned up．
D．Teddy needed a heart machine to stay alive for two hours．
24．Teddy probably believed he was attacked becauseC．
A．his parents weren't at home    
B．he was asleep
C．the snake was scared of him 
D．the snake was hungry．

2．"I think it's a great thing when I know it's going to help someone else．"said l3-year-old Spencer Goldstein，after collecting hundreds of pieces of baseball equipment for kids who can not afford to buy their own．
Spencer collected the bats，balls，gloves，helmets and masks for his mitzvah（德行）project，which is a community service project that many Jewish kids do around their bar or bat mitzvahs（成人礼）．A bar mitzvah is a ceremony for a boy while a bat mitzvah is intended for a girl．The ceremony means that you are old enough to take on a grown-up's responsibilities．
Spencer got the idea for his mitzvah project after seeing the Ugandan national team at last year's Little League World Series．Some of the Ugandan players didn't even have their own gloves．And Spencer's donations are going to a group called"Pitch for Baseball"--a group that gives baseball equipment to kids in low-income communities around the world．
Mollie Schwartz and Mia Schwartz also came up with a sports-related mitzvah project．The money they raised went to the Israel Sport Center for the Disabled．They raised at least $9，000--enough to pay for at least three wheelchairs made for playing basketball．
In Massachusetts，Abigail Miller decided to collect musical instruments for her mitzvah project．The instruments Abigail collected were then donated to groups that distribute them to kids who can't afford to buy them．"I want to make sure everybody can get the chance to enjoy music like I do，"Abigail said．Abigail collected more than three-dozen instruments--wind instruments，string instruments，keyboards，and even a drum set．
Whether it's playing sports，playing music or something else，kids such as Spencer，Mollie，Mia and Abigail are using their mitzvah projects to change the world for the better．"They learned about generosity，''said Mollie's mother，Loft Schwartz，"and the power to make things happen"．

26．How did Spencer feel after collecting some baseball equipment？B
A．Tired．
B．Proud．
C．Confident．
D．Upset．
27．Spencer planned to begin to collect baseball equipment．D
A．when he was only thirteen years old
B．after he found his classmates still living in poverty
C．when he found a group offering equipment to others
D．after he saw some players wearing no gloves
28．What do we know about Abigail Miller from the text？A
A．She helped many kids have fun with music through her efforts．
B．She hoped more things would be given to those kids．
C．She sent the things she collected directly to those in need．
D．She collected sports equipment for the disabled．
29．From the passage we can know．D
A．some kids are famous for their funny projects
B．the requirements are different for boys and girls
C．few girls are willing to do the mitzvah projects
D．not all mitzvah projects are related to sports
30．What can we learn from the text？C
A．Determination．
B．Bravery．
C．Generosity．
D．Honesty．

1．The values of artistic works，according to cultural relativism（相对主义），are simply reflections of local social and economic conditions．Such a view，however，fails to explain the ability of some works of art to excite the human mind across cultures and through centuries．
History has witnessed the endless productions of Shakespearean plays in every major language of the world．It is never rare to find that Mozart packs Japanese concert halls，as Japanese painter Hiroshige does Paris galleries，Unique works of this kind are different from today's popular art，even if they began as works of popular art．They have set themselves apart in their timeless appeal and will probably be enjoyed for centuries into the future．
In a 1757 essay，the philosopher David Hume argued that because"the general principles of taste are uniform（不变的） in human nature，"the value of some works of art might be essentially permanent．He observed that Homer was still admired after two thousand years．Works of this type，he believed，spoke to deep and unvarying features of human nature and could continue to exist over centuries．
Now researchers are applying scientific methods to the study of the universality of art．For example，evolutionary psychology is being used by literary scholars to explain the long-lasting themes and plot devices in fiction．The structures of musical pieces are now open to experimental analysis as never before．Research findings seem to indicate that the creation by a great artist is as permanent an achievement as the discovery by a great scientist．
 
52．According to the passage，what do we know about cultural relativism？C
A．It introduces different cultural values．
B．It explains the history of artistic works．
C．It relates artistic values to local conditions．
D．It excites the human mind throughout the world．
53．In Paragraph 2，the artists are mentioned in order to show thatA．
A．great works of art can go beyond national boundaries
B．history gives art works special appeal to set them apart
C．popular arts are hardly distinguishable from great arts
D．great artists are skilled at combining various cultures
54．According to Hume，some works of art can exist for centuries becauseD
A．they are results of scientific study
B．they establish some general principles of art
C．they are created by the world's greatest artists
D．they appeal to unchanging features of human nature
55．Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage？A
A．Are Artistic Values Universal？
B．Are Popular Arts Permanent？
C．Is Human Nature Uniform？
D．Is Cultural Relativism Scientific？

1．I've made several travel plans for our vacation，but I'll leave it to you ______ one．（　　）

A．

choosing

B．

chosen

C．

to choose

D．

choose

20．The landlady prefers to have women in the apartment rather than men．She thinks women take
______ care of things!（　　）

A．

well

B．

good

C．

better

D．

best

19．The agent promised to keep the family members fully ______ of any developments．（　　）

A．

inform

B．

informing

C．

informed

D．

being informed

18．Sometimes，______ a patient a get-well card is better than visiting him．（　　）

A．

to be sent

B．

being sent

C．

having sent

D．

sending

17．______ Stephon Marbury is an American，he has become a role model among Beijing
basketball fans．（　　）

A．

As

B．

Although

C．

When

D．

Since

16．At the end of the holiday，traffic _______ on the freeway as people headed home．（　　）

A．

gave out

B．

picked up

C．

pulled over

D．

built up

15．-What happened，Jeniffer？I rang again and again，but…
-Oh，I_______ to rock music on my earphones．（　　）

A．

was listening

B．

had listened

C．

am listening

D．

listened