18．New Era School
ELITE Learning Center-English teachers for Adults Requirements
1．Native English speakers with teaching experience in China
2．TEFL/TESOL qualification preferred
3．Caring and energetic
4．Available on weekends
5．Passionate about teaching
ELITE Learning Center-English teachers for Children Requirements：
1．Native English speakers with teaching experience in China
2．Passionate about teaching children
3．Highly responsible and caring
4．Able to create a dynamic classroom atmosphere
5．Work full-time
6．Passionate about teaching children
Listening and Spoken Department-Spoken English Teachers Requirements：
1．Native English Speakers with teaching experience in China
2．TEFL/TESOL qualification preferred
3．passionate about teaching
4．Caring and energetic
5．Able to manage a class of over on hundred students
6．Available on weekends
 E-mail：etsp
Corporate Training Department-Spoken English Teachers Requirements：
1．Native English speakers with teaching experience in China
2．Enthusiastic，caring and humorous
3．TEFL/TESOL qualification preferred
4．Corporate training experience or business background preferred
5．Available on weekends
oken@hotmail．com
68．To be an English teacher in New Era School，you have toA．
A．be a native English speaker       
B．work on weekends
C．manage a large class                         
D．have a business background
69．If you want to be a full-time English teacher，you can write e-mail toB．
A．etadults@hotmail．com               
B．etchildren@hotmail．com
C．etspoken@hotmail．com                    
D．etraining@hotmail．com
70．If you major in university is business，___ will be your best choice．D
A．ELITE Learning Center for adults
B．ELITE Learning Center for children
C．Listening and Spoken Department     
D．Corporate Training Department．

17．As Mrs．Thompson stood in front of class on the very first day of school，she told the children an untruth．Like most teachers，she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same．However，that was impossible，because there in the front row，back his seat，was a little boy named Teddy Stoddart．
  Mrs．Thompson watched Teddy，noticing that he did not play well with other children，his clothes were dirty，and that he constantly needed a bath．Besides，Teddy could be unpleasant．It got to the point where Mrs．Thompson actually took delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen，making bold X's and then putting a big"F"at the top of his papers．
  Mrs．Thompson was required to review each child's past records，and she put off reviewing Teddy's until last．However，reviewing his file，she was surprised．
  Teddy's first grade teacher wrote，"Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh．He does his work neatly and has good manners．"
  His second grade teacher wrote，"Teddy is an excellent student，well liked by his classmates，but he is troubled because his mother has an incurable illness and life at home must be a struggle．"
  His third grade teacher wrote，"His mother's death has been hard on him．He tries to do his best，but his father doesn't show much interest，and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren't taken．"
  Teddy's fourth grade teacher wrote，"Teddy is withdrawn （倒退） and doesn't show much interest in school．He doesn't have many friends，and he sometimes sleeps in class．"
  By now，Mrs．Thompson realized the problem，ashamed of herself．She felt even worse when her students brought her Christmas presents wrapped in beautiful ribbons （色带） and bright paper； except for Teddy's．
56．The following descriptions about Mrs．Thompson are right EXCEPTA
A．careful        B．patient      C．unkind      D．strict
57．Why was Mrs．Thompson surprised when she reviewed Teddy's file？A
A．Because all his teachers spoke highly of him in every grade．
B．Because he was affected by his home life since his mother died．
C．Because school was already not his favorite place for him to go to．
D．Because people and things around him have a great effect on his growth．
58．________ made Mrs．Thompson ashamed of herself according to the underlined part in the second paragraph．B
A．Her wrong ways of marking Teddy's papers         
B．The problem that she didn't realize at all
C．Christmas presents sent by Teddy on Christmas       
D．Reviewing Teddy's file at her first class．

16．A college education is out．of reach for most state and federal prisoners．California'a San Quentin is one of the few prisons in the country that offers college-level courses．
Jody Lewen has run the prison's college program for over a decade and she's the reason that die Prison University Project exists today．When Lewen joined San Quentin's college program in 1999 as a volunteer instructor，it was run by a small volunteer staff with no budget．At that time，she was a graduate student，with plans to return to academic research．But a year later，when the part-time director suddenly quit，Lewen found herself in charge．
Under Lewen's leadership，the Prison University Project has expanded，now offering 20 classes in English，math，social science and Spanish．Three hundred prisoners enroll （入学） every year，earning college credits which can lead to an associate of arts degree．So far，100 San Quentin prisoners have graduated with associate's degrees and many more have continued their college studies after release．
"This experience really has changed my life．It's given me a lot of tools on how to express myself，"says Charles Spence，who is serving a life sentence in San Quentin．"This program is really rare in the prison setting，so I'm really lucky．"
Research shows that the more education a prisoner has，the less likely he is to return to prison．Lewen says the chance for those with college degrees back into prison is less than 10 percent．
But the Prison University Project receives no government funding．Lewen would like to see college programs in every prison，but without government support，it's not likely to happen any time soon．In the meantime，there's a long waiting list of San Quentin prisoners who want to enroll in the college program．Some day，Lewen hopes to expand her program，making a college education available for most of prisoners at San Quentin．
66．Which of the following is true of the Prison University Project？C
A．Jody Lewen founded it in 1999．
B．It was supported by the government．
C．Jody took charge of it quite accidentally．
D．It is performed in most prisons in the U．S．
67．Jody Lewen joined in San Quentin's college program toA
A．work as a volunteer teacher                             
B．be a part-time director
C．do some scientific research                             
D．earn her college credits
68．According to the text，Charles Spence might beB
A．a graduate student                                      
B．a San Quentin prisoner
C．a volunteer teacher                                     
D．a prison manager
69．The project is quite meaningful becauseD
A．prisoners have equal rights of education
B．it doesn't need support from the government
C．the society is more concerned about prisoners
D．it reduces the chance for prisoners back in prison
70．We learn from the last paragraph that the problem for the Project isD    A．there are fewer and fewer volunteer teachers
B．more and more prisoners want to enroll
C．too many prisoners are housed at San Quentin
D．it lacks financial support from the government．

15．Driving a large truck over mountain roads is not the usual way that a schoolteacher begins her day-especially if she is a preschool teacher．But Mrs Beth Miller does this five days every week．Her unusual schoolhouse on wheels is actually a truck．The back of the truck has been made into a classroom in order to carry the advantages of modern education to remote areas of the state of West Virginia．In many rural areas of this state it is impossible for small children to go to regular schools because of the many hills and valleys of Appalachian Mountains．
The purpose of the schoolhouse on wheels project is to develop basic skills and social behavior in children three to five years of age．This is done through games，exercises，toys and simple handcrafts．The schoolhouse on wheels concept also teaches the young children to recognize 300to 400words on the printed page．This is a great advantage in helping the pupils to learn to read when they begin regular school．In its three-year history the project has helped about 350children in an area made up of five counties，an area of 20，000square kilometers．The schoolhouse on wheels is part of the Appalachian Educational Laboratory，a research effort paid for by the government．Besides the mobile classroom，other parts of the program include lessons by television and visits to the homes of the students．The technique is very effective，and one teacher can do the work of seven in a traditional educational system．As a result the program costs about 50% less than the regular kindergarten．
All these advantages of the schoolhouse on wheels have made both parents and school officials happy．West Virginia plans to increase the program and to include it in the public school system so that more than 4，500preschool children can have this valuable learning experience．

59．Mrs Beth Miller usuallyB．
A．walks to begin her work
B．drives a large truck to begin her work
C．drives her car to the school
D．carries the classroom to the school
60．Children in many rural areas of West Virginia cannot go to regular schools becauseC．
A．large trucks cannot go in mountainous areas
B．there are no schoolhouses on wheels there
C．there are many hills and valleys there
D．preschool teachers don't like to work there
61．The best title for this passage isA．
A．Schoolhouse on wheels
B．West Virginia
C．Effective educational system
D．Educational laboratory．

14．"Tweenager"is the new term being used in the UK to describe kids at either 8-12or 10-13years old．
More and more companies are beginning to create products and services for tweenagers．The Disney company sells music and films to tweenagers and their parents．You can get everything from branded lunchboxes and mobile phone covers，to monthly fan magazines and clothing．It's all about sales，which suggests that tweenagers must have more money，freedom and influence upon their parents than they've ever had before．
Most kids in the UK today get more pocket money than kids did a decade ago．Parents have more money to give their kids than previously，since parents are having fewer children．In addition，the divorce rate in the UK is continually rising and parents spend less time with their children than they used to，so many parents try to compensate by buying presents for their children．It's a bad habit for both parents and kids to get into，but parents are under constant pressure from commercial marketing and the pleas of their children．
UK kids today are very media and computer-literate．A lot of kids have a TV，if not a computer，in their bedrooms．They have access to much more information about life and the world．They may have experienced a lot in life as well，since 24% of UK kids live in single-parent families，so people now say that"Kids are getting older younger"．With such maturity at such a young age，it's no wonder tweenagers are able to influence their parents and have more freedom than previous generations．
UK tweenagers never used to be worried about spending money on clothes．That's changed．Now，they are much more fashion conscious and concerned about their image．Many tweenagers outgrow the bright colours and fashions of their tweenage years and go for something darker and more rebellious．
Surely none of the above is a good thing．The UK government is certainly concerned，and for that reason has strict laws preventing companies from explicitly marketing their products and services at children．

36．Why are more products and services created for tweenagers？B
A．Because children education is becoming more important．
B．Because children have more money to buy them．
C．Because it is better to study music from an early age．
D．Because more companies are creating products and services．
37．Kids today can get more money partly becauseC．
A．parents always accompany their kids
B．parents have more expectation of kids
C．more and more parents divorce nowadays
D．kids know how to make money
38．Tweenagers have more freedom due to the following facts EXCEPT thatA．
A．their parents can not influence them any more
B．they know more information than kids before
C．they become mature at a younger age
D．they have a lot of experience in life
39．Which is true about kids in the past？D
A．They used to have more money to spend．
B．They couldn't influence their parents．
C．They looked older than their age．
D．They preferred to wear brighter clothes．
40．What is the purpose of the passage？B
A．To teach a new word"tweenager"．
B．To introduce a new phenomenon．
C．To urge parents to care about their kids．
D．To blame today's young people．

13．The disappearance of dinosaurs made _______ the evolution and dominance of mammals on the earth．（　　）

A．

it was possible

B．

it possible

C．

possible to be

D．

possible

12．Cables are playing a very important part in today's communicates．They have been in use for over 100 years，but in the early times they caused a lot of difficulties for the forerunners．
Clearly，messages can be sent across the land by means of the
electric telegraph，but you cannot put up a line of telegraph posts across
the sea．Messages can be sent across the ocean by radio or by cable．
The cable lies on the sea bottom and it has to have very good insulation
（绝缘）．If any part of it is weak，the water will get through and stop all signals．
The first cable under the sea was between England and France．It was laid in 1851．In 1851 engineers tried to lay cable across the Atlantic Ocean，but they met a lot of diffidently．Half way accrues the Atlantic the cable broke，and the ship that was laying it had to return．
Kelvin advised that another cable ought to be laid．It was mad mady and put on board a big ship．Kelvin and his friends traveled with it and after many days of hard work，they reached America without breaking the cable．Keivin himself sent the first message by cable from America in Britain．Unfortunately only 732 messages were sent through this cable before it broke．
The next cable was laid in 1866，and this time there were no problems．The ship that laid it was the Great Eastem，one of the strongest ships that time there were no problems．The ship that laid it was the Great Eastern，one of the strongest ships that have ever been built．On the other hand，it was driven by powerful engines and also by sails．
60．The undersea cable must be made strong enough to preventC．
A．fishes from eating it           
B．enemy stealing it
C．water getting through it        
D．others cutting it
61．The undersea cable that Kelvin and his friends laid was betweenB．
A．England and France              
B．America and England
C．America and France              
D．England and Britain
62．This passage mainly tells usC．
A．how Kelvin laid the cable       
B．how the scientists discovered the cable
C．the history of the cable in the world             
D．how do lay the cable in the sea．

11．Should parents ever hit their children？
Research suggests many of us are likely to respond"no"，and public support for spanking（打屁股） has been falling over the years．But surverys also show that 75 percent to nearly 90 percent of parents admit to spanking their child at least once．
I was raised in a zero-tolerance home for disrespect，and my parents often turned to physical punishment．And，no，I don't feel I was damaged by it．
Nothing is more annoying than watching ill-mannered behavior from children．
But there is data to suggest that a return to old-school spanking isn't the answer．
Two years ago，Newsweek reported that it had found data suggesting that teens whose parents used physical punishment were more likely to become aggressive．
Murray Straus，professor at the University of New Hampshire in America，has studied the topic of children and spanking for decades．He said that children who were physically punished have lower IQs than their peers（同等的人）．It may be that children with lower IQqs were more likely to get spanked，but the punishment may have been counterpoductive（反作用的） to their mental development，as well．
Some researchers make the argument that occasional open-handed smacks（用巴掌打） on the bottom are not only harmless but can have some benefit．
Last year，Marjorie Gunnoe，a psychologist at Calvin College，studied teens who have never spanked．There are a greater number of children growing up without ever having been physi punished．Gunnoe's research suggests they don't turn out any better than those who were sometimes spank．
There are some parents who simply cannot control their tempers（脾气）．But I still believe that the best parents are the ones who are able to offer fair and firm discipline without ever turning to physical puishment．
57．According to the first three paragraphs，the author was probably hit by her parents whenB．
A．they were dissatisfied with her grade    
B．she showed no respect for the elder
C．they cannot control their temper   
D．their discipline turns out to be not strict enough
58．According to Murray Straus，children who are physically punishedD．
A．are less aggreesive toward others when they get older
B．have slower physical development
C．benefit from occasional spanking
D．may develop lower IQs than their peer
59．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article？D
A．40 percent of children grow up without ever being spanked
B．Children who suffer less physical punishment are better students
C．Occasional open-handed spanking on the bottom are mentally harmful
D．Researchers disagree over whether smacking is mentally harmful to children
60．The author seems to agree thatC．
A．parents should determine whether a child needs to be smacked or not
B．children who have been spanked tend to behave better than those who haven't
C．good parents discipline their children in a fair and reasonable way
D．physical punishment should be the last resort of any parent．

10．"There is an out-of-date idea that children grow up and leave home when they're 18，and the truth is far from that，"says Mr．Larry Bumpass of the University of Wisconsin．Today unexpected numbers of young adults are living with their parents．"There is a great change in the middle class，"declares Allan Schnaiberg of Northwestern University，whose son，19，moved back in after an absence of eight months．
       Scientists show a number of reasons for this return to the nest．The marriage age is rising，a condition that makes home and its pleasantness particularly attractive to young people．A high divorce （离婚） rate and a low remarriage rate make some differences．For some，the expense of an away-from-home college education has become so great that many students now attend local schools．Even after graduation，young people find their wings tied by terrible housing costs．
       Living at home，says Knighton，a school teacher，continues to give security （安全保卫） and moral（道义的） support．Her mother agreed．"Its strange for the kids to pay all that money for rent．It makes sense for kids to stay at home．"But sharing the family home requires changes for all．There are the hassles over bathrooms，telephones and privacy．Some families，however，manage the careful balancing act．But for others，it proves too difficult．Michelle Del Turco，24，has been home three times and left three times．"What I considered a social drink，my dad considered an alcohol （酒精） problem，"she explains．"He never liked anyone I dated，so I either had to hide away or meet them at friends'houses．"
       Just how long should adult children live with their parents before moving on？Most scientists feel lengthy homecomings are a mistake．Children，can end up with a sense of defeat and failure．And aging parents，who should be enjoying some freedom，find themselves stuck with too many things．Many agree that brief visits，however，can work well．
52．According to the author，there was once a trend in the U．S．A．
A．for young adults to leave their parents and live separately
B．for middle class young adults to stay with their parents
C．for married young adults to move back home after a lengthy absence
D．for young adults to get jobs nearby in order to live with their parents
53．Which of the following does not lead to young adults returning to the nest？B
A．Young adults find housing costs too high．
B．Young adults are not old enough．
C．Young adults look for parental comfort and support．
D．Quite a number of young adults attend local schools．
54．The underlined word"hassles"in the passage probably meansD．
A．agreements                                            
B．worries
C．disadvantages                                        
D．quarrels
55．According to the passage what is the best for both parents and children？C
A．They should share the family expenses．
B．Children should leave their parents when they are grown up．
C．Adult children should live away from their parents and visit their parents from time to time．
D．Parents should support their adult children when they are in trouble．
56．One of the disadvantages of young adults returning to slay with their parents is thatA      
A．there will certainly be inconveniences in even-day life
B．most parents find it difficult to keep a bigger family going
C．the young adults try to be overprotected by their parents
D．public opinion is against young adults staying with their parents．

9．Parents whose children show a special interest in a sport feel very difficult to make a decision about their children's careers．Should they allow their children to train to become top sports men or women？For many children it means starting schoolwork very young，and going out with friends and other interests have to take a second place．It's very difficult to explain to a young child why he or she has to train five hours a day，even at the weekend，when most of his or her friends are playing．
       Another problem is of course money．In many countries money for training is available from government for the best young sportsmen and sportswomen．If this help can not be given，it means that it is the parents who have to find the time and the money to support their child's development and sports clothes，transport to competitions，special equipment，etc．All can be expensive．
       Many parents are worried that it is dangerous to start serious training in a sport at an early age．Some doctors agree that young muscles may be damaged by training before they are properly developed．Professional trainers，however，believe that it is only by training young when young that you can reach the top as a successful sports person．It is clear that very few people do reach the top，and both parents and children should be prepared for failure even after many years of training．
49．Where can we most probably find this passage？C
A．An advertisement
B．A diary．
C．A newspaper
D．A notice board．
50．What does the underlined phrase"to take a second place"in the first paragraph mean？A
A．To become less important．
B．To put it at another place．
C．To happen again．
D．They are the most important of all the things．
51．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage？C
A．It's easy to make a decision when your children want to take up sports．
B．Most of the students may become top sports men after a long period of training．
C．Early training may damage young muscles
D．It's not very expensive for parents to support their children's development in sports．