【题目】Founded in 1966，Seacamp，the first program dedicated to the education of youth in marine(海洋的) sciences，is the result of a cooperative effort of parents，scientists，businessmen and camp leaders.Preservation practices and a respect for the marine environment are the philosophy of the Seacamp.

Seacamp’s tropical marine location in the lower Florida Keys enables it to offer a truly unique marine science program.This program is the heart of Seacamp.Young scientists participate in a variety of courses under the guidance of academically trained marine science instructors and biologists.All science activities include studies in both the field and the laboratory.Each session，140 to 160 campers come to Seacamp，mostly from the US，but also from across the world.There are about 30 international campers each summer from an average of twelve countries.Many Seacamp program graduates have gone on to careers as environmental educators and marine scientists.

One of Seacamp’s unique aspects is that campers create their schedules.In addition to science classes，campers choose from a variety of programs to ensure that there is something interesting and exciting for everyone.Campers interested in journalism may work on the camp newspaper，SEASCOPE，which is published periodically during camp sessions.Arts activities are also included.Photography allows campers to take home memories of friends，wildlife，and underwater experiences.

Seacamp teaches the fun and skills of sailing.It’s an excellent way for future marine scientists to become familiar with the winds，tides and currents that are of primary concern in oceanography.Basic Red Cross certification is offered to beginners in sailing.The Red Cross course in advanced lifesaving is taught at Seacamp.The course is designed to increase the campers’ ability to recognize and avoid dangerous water conditions and practices and to use selfrescue skills to get out of dangerous situations.

Parents may bring campers by car to Big Pine Key.Counselors(顾问) also meet participants at the Miami International Airport on the opening day of camp and accompany them to Big Pine Key on a bus.The fee for roundtrip service is $90.To join the Seacamp adventure，interested campers should contact Seacamp for an application.

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【1】According to the text，Seacamp is designed to help campers ________．

A．have a good time at the seaside

B．develop a sense of marine protection

C．make a further study about sea life

D．complete a course about marine wildlife

【2】What makes Seacamp different from other camps?

A．It has various kinds of activities.

B．It has famous scientists as guides.

C．The campers can choose their own activities.

D．The campers can travel with their parents.

【3】What can we know about Seacamp?

A．Its other branches are all over the world.

B．It can satisfy campers with different interests.

C．Campers go to the camp by bus free of charge.

D．Campers can apply for Seacamp adventure by phone.

【4】It can be learned from Paragraphs 3 and 4 that ________．

A．Seacamp offers many programs apart from science classes

B．Seacamp is responsible for training marine scientists

C．beginners in sailing should learn the advanced Red Cross course

D．Seacamp provides traditional camp activities such as arts and crafts

【题目】The ground is________with ________leaves.

A．covering；falling B．covered；falling

C．covered；fallen D．covering；fallen

【题目】In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life, a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory course about 20 years ago.

The professor marched into the lecture hall, upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans, and invited the students to how many beans the jar contained. After shouts of wildly wrong guesses the professor smiled a thin, dry smile，announced the answer, and went on saying, “You have just learned an important about science. That is: “Never your own senses”

Twenty years later, the could guess what the professor had in mind．He himself, perhaps, as inviting his students to start an exciting into all unknown world invisible to the , which can be discovered only through . But the seventeen-year-old girl before she could hear the invitation clearly. She was just to understand the world. And she that her firsthand experience could be the . The professor, however, said that it was . He was taking away her only for knowing and was providing her with no substitute(替代). “I remember feeling small and ,” the woman says, “and I did the only thing I could do, I dropped the that afternoon，and I haven’t gone near science since. ”

【1】A. art B. history C. science D. math

【2】A. placed B. focused C. pointed D. covered

【3】A. count B. guess C. report D. watch

【4】A. warning B. giving C. turning away D. 1istening to

【5】A. ready B. possible C. correct D. difficult

【6】A. way B. truth C. class D. lesson

【7】A. lose B. trust C. sharpen D. show

【8】A. 1ecturer B. scientist C. speaker D. woman

【9】【改编】A. referred B. thought C. devoted D. saw

【10】A. voyage B. movement C. change D. rush

【11】A. professor B. eye C. knowledge D. light

【12】【改编】 A. scientific methods B. teaching oneselfC. teacher’s direction D. the sixth sense

【13】【改编】A. understood B. refused C. felt D. accepted

【14】A. suggesting B. beginning C. pretending D. waiting

【15】A. believed B. doubted C. proved D. explained

【16】A. growth B. strength C. faith D. truth

【17】A. firm B. interesting C. wrong D. acceptable

【18】【改编】A. method B. approach C. means D. tool

【19】A. cruel B. proud C. frightened D. brave

【20】【改编】A. course B. study C. the professor D. school

【题目】He __________ that until he __________ the directions once again.

A. didn't understand ； had read

B. hadn't understood ； read

C. understood ；had read

D. understood ； read

【题目】The Hawaiian people did not celebrate Christmas before the arrival of Captain Cook in 1778. It was, however, the protestant missionaries(传教士)from New England who first arrived in 1820 that first introduced Christmas to the Hawaiian people.

The missionaries reduced the Hawaiian language to written form, enabling the Hawaiian people to read and write in their own language. Many words for which there were no clear Hawaiian language equivalents(对应词)were translated phonetically.

Let’s look at some key phrases that you may hear in Hawaii during the Christmas and New Year’s Day holiday season.

Mele Kalikimaka—Merry Christmas. The words “Mele Kalikimaka” are a phonetic translation. When the missionaries and other Westerners first brought the custom of Christmas to the islands, the Hawaiians had difficulty pronouncing “Merry Christmas” and turned it into words that rolled more easily off their tongues.

Hau’ oli Makahiki Hou—Happy New Year. The western Christmas and New Year fell during this same time of the year when the Hawaiians traditionally honored the earth for giving them plenty to eat. This period of resting and feasting was called Makahiki (mah-kah-HEE-kee). It lasted for 4 months, and no wars or conflicts were allowed during this time. Because makahiki also means “year”, the Hawaiian phrase for “Happy New Year” became “Hau’ oli(happy) Makahiki (year) Hou (new)”.

Mele Kalikimaka me ka Hau’ oli Makahiki Hou—Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Mahalo Nui Loa—Thank you very much. When you receive a nice gift or are treated to a special meal or beautiful song, you’ll want to express your appreciation for the kindness.

【1】【改编】Who made the greatest contribution to Hawaiian language according to the passage?

A. Captain Cook B. The missionaries

C. Westerners D. The Hawaiian people

【2】 The underlined word “phonetically” in Paragraph 2 probably means“ ”.

A. by sound B. by meaning

C. by appearance D. by form

【3】Makahiki is a traditional time for the Hawaiian people to .

A. celebrate the New Year B. show thanks to God

C. show thanks to the earth D. go for holidays

【4】What is the text mainly about?

A. How the Hawaiian people celebrate their holidays.

B. The development of the Hawaiian language.

C. How Christmas was brought to the Hawaiian people.

D. Some phrases used in Hawaii during festivals.

【题目】Recreational tree climbing is taking root in the eco-tourism industry, and it’s sending guys like Tim Kovar to far off reaches of the globe. Kovar, a tree-climbing instructor, recently returned to the U. S. from Brazil, where he spent time developing a tree-climbing operation thanks to the“slow travel”movement.

Slow travel, is like the slow food movement, the practice of giving fast food in favor of homegrown cooking—the kind that takes hours to prepare and enjoy. Likewise, slow travel urges visitors to experience a place’s natural surroundings and learn about the ecology in a way not afforded by extreme games.

“Tree climbing is a slow activity, ” says Kovar. “It’s not something you do quickly and then you’re on to the next thing or event. ”There is no such thing as a quick climb, especially for beginners. This wasn’t a race against the clock or the fellow climbers. In fact, tree climbing is unlikely to ever become a feature of the extreme games. Many climbers refuse competition. There has already been so much competition in the world.

“When you stand below the tree, it can be amazing, ” Rusel DeMaria says, looking affectionately up at Michael’s Triumph, a 150-foot-tall tree. But reaching the treetop, he adds, is an entirely different feeling. Likewise, his wife, Viola Brumbaugh, kneels on the ground and asks Michael’s Triumph for permission to climb. “It goes a lot smoother that way, ”she says.

And climbing has been included into many educational programs. New Tribe offers guided climbs through its school, Tree Climbing Northwest, where “we teach enough tree biology and forest ecology to raise awareness in our students, ” says New Tribe president Sophis Sparks. “We know that the tree climbing experience deepens personal appreciation for trees. After climbing, people value trees more and are motivated to support preservation. This is not just to preserve their playground. ”

Perhaps that is why he struggles with the term “recreational tree climbing, ” saying, “I prefer to call it inspirational tree climbing. ”

【1】What do slow travel and the slow food movement have in common?

A. They take people a long time.

B. They are related to the eco-tourism industry.

C. They advocate protecting nature.

D. They cost people little money.

【2】What do we know about tree climbing from the passage?

A. People compete to see who can climb to the top first.

B. It favors the experience of enjoying nature.

C. It is a kind of extreme sport and needs a lot of effort.

D. People view it as a challenge to climb the tallest tree in a forest.

【3】【改编】Which one of the advantages is not mentioned about tree climbing from the passage?

A. There are many educational programs in tree climbing.

B. It favors the experience of enjoying nature.

C. After climbing, people value trees more.

D. Tree climbing is another travel.

【4】Sophia Sparks prefers the term “inspirational tree climbing” because it .

A. provides people with more chances to play outside

B. makes people realize they should protect trees

C. deepens personal love between each other

D. bring a lot of pleasure to life

【5】What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Tree-climbing travelling B. Slow travel movements

C. Dangers of climbing D. Respect for nature

【题目】How to learn a Foreign Language

1)Spend the time!

By far the most important factor is how much time you are immersed in the language. The more time you spend with the language, the faster you will learn. This means listening, reading, writing, speaking, and studying words and phrases. This means spending time enjoyably connected to the language you are learning.

2)Listen and read every day!

Listen wherever you are on your MP3 player. Read what you are listening to. Listen to and read things that you like, things that you can mostly understand, or even partly understand. If you keep listening and reading you will get used to the language. One hour of listening or reading is more effective than many hours of class time.

3)

Build up your vocabulary. You’ll need lots. Start to notice words and how they come together as phrases. Learn these words and phrases through your listening and reading. Read online, using online dictionaries, and make your own vocabulary lists for review. Soon you will run into your new words and phrases elsewhere. Gradually you will be able to use them.

4) Take responsibility for your own learning!

If you do want to learn the language, take control. Choose content of interest that you want to listen to and read. Seek out the words and phrases that you need to understand your listening and reading. Do not wait for someone else to show you the language, nor to tell you what to do. Discover the language by yourself, like a child growing up. Talk when you feel like it. Write when you feel like it. A teacher cannot teach you to become fluent, but you can learn to become fluent if you want to.

5) Relax and enjoy yourself!

Do not worry about what you cannot remember, or cannot yet understand, or cannot yet say. It does not matter. You are learning and improving. The language will gradually become clearer in your brain, but this will happen on a schedule that you cannot control. So sit back and enjoy. Just make sure you spend enough time with the language. That is the greatest guarantee of success.

【1】What should we avoid while reading or listening?

A. Things we half understand.

B. Things we generally understand.

C. Things that we are fond of.

D. Things that we don’t understand.

【2】What’s the best title of Part 3?

A. Focus on pronunciation and tune!

B. Focus on words and phrases!

C. Focus on grammar and idioms!

D. Focus on online classes and courses!

【3】 What plays the most important part in learning a foreign language?

A. Keeping the learning schedule strictly.

B. Our attitudes towards learning the language.

C. Making sure of enough learning time.

D. Our interest in learning the language.

【题目】We must keep a positive attitude toward the future______we may encounter some difficulties.

A．however B．as if

C．even if D．since

【题目】—You look so worried.What’s the matter?

—I don’t know________these boring problems.

A．what to deal with B．how to do with

C．what can I do with D．how to deal with

【题目】Once, the Paiter-Surui tribe(部落)lived a happy life in the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. But after the tribe’s first meeting with Westerners several decades ago, they were nearly wiped out; diseases brought by outsiders reduced the Surui’s numbers from 5, 000 to about 250.

Today, some 1, 300 tribe people live in 23 villages across 600, 000 acres. Though they are as likely to wear T-shirts and jeans as feathered headdresses, the Surui are determined to preserve and protect the tribal culture of their homeland. Now they are under threat again, from illegal logging and deforestation(滥伐), but this time it’s different. The Surui have put aside their bows and arrows and taken up a new weapon: the Internet.

The tribe people learned to use the Web from their leader, Chief Almir Narayamoga. “We decided to use computers and technology to bring attention to our situation, ”says Narayamoga, 36. The first in his tribe to attend college, Chief Narayamoga learned how to use computers at the Federal University of Goiás in Goinia, a city of 1. 2 million. In 2007, he fled the Surui homeland after his fight against loggers who placed a $100, 000 reward on his head. He traveled to the United States and paid a visit to Google headquarters in California. He came armed with a big idea.

Narayamoga’s visit to Google was considered a great success. And Google sent teams to the Amazon to train the Surui in using computers, cameras, and smart phones to photograph logging sites, which could be pinpointed using GPS technology and then uploaded to Google Earth. The Surui have now mapped the entire reserve and recorded the biodiversity and the rainforest within it.

【1】【改编】Why are the Surui under threat again ?

A. The population were reduced greatly by diseases from outsiders.

B. They want to preserve and protect their tribal culture.

C. The rainforest where they are living are suffering from wildly illegal logging and deforestation.

D. Chief Narayamoga fled the Surui homeland.

【2】Chief Narayamoga fled his homeland because .

A. he owed a large debt

B. the loggers wanted to kill him

C. he wanted to learn computers

D. he failed to fight against logging

【3】What kind of idea did Chief Narayamoga have after he returned to his homeland?

A. He could ask the US government for help.

B. He could negotiate with the loggers.

C. He could save their land with the Internet.

D. He could make a map of their land.

【4】What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. Deforestation has been stopped in Amazon.

B. Narayamoga’s efforts are paying off.

C. The Internet is still something new to the tribe people.

D. Logging has been stopped due to the use of GPS technology.