Forget famous goal celebration such as “The Robot” by Peter Crouch and “The Dive” by Juergen Klinsmann, here comes the South African “Diski dance”. The Diski dance, which is performed through heading and kicking an imaginary ball, may be a goal celebration to watch in the following matches.

South Africa’s Siphiwe Tshabalala and his teammates performed this different dance when they celebrated his goal against Mexico in the opening World Cup game on Friday. The dance is already popular on YouTube and many soccer fans may want to learn the moves.

Even South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has learnt the Diski dance which could be better than Cameroon Roger Milla’s corner flag dance celebration in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. US actor John Travolta performed the dance shortly after landing his Boeing 707 at Lanseria airport, north of Johannesburg, on Wednesday morning.

Goal celebrations are now part of the biggest sporting event and players plan them in advance just in case they find the back of the net. In football, a goal celebration is the practice of celebrating the scoring of a goal. The celebration may be performed by the goal-scorer, his or her teammates, the manager or coaches and the supporters of the team.

The Robot goal celebration was so popular that England fans were surprised when Crouch, an English international footballer, said that he wouldn’t be doing it any more unless England won the World Cup.

The word Diski is the word used by the local people for soccer and may also describe the local style of football which focuses on dribbling(带球) and other tricks.

Besides “Diski dance”, how many types of goal celebrations are mentioned in the passage?

       A. 2.                                   B. 3.                                 C. 4.                           D. 5.

The underlined part “find the back of the net” in Paragraph 4 means                  .

       A. score a goal              B. win the match           C. take a rest          D. take part in a match

What do we learn about the word “Diski”?

       A. It has become the most popular sports word in the world now.

       B. It was used to show how people were good at dribbling.

       C. It was used to describe a football which was imagined by footballers.

       D. It was probably mainly used in South Africa before the South Africa World Cup.

What can we infer from the passage?

       A. All the footballers should have their own goal celebrations.

       B. Goal celebrations play an important role in football games.

       C. Famous goal celebrations all appeared in the World Cup games.

D. Footballers often don’t plan their goal celebrations ahead of time.

There are several ways to break the technology code that teenagers have written among themselves. The following are ideas to help parents understand the sometimes confusing world of the teens.

Social Networking (人际关系网) Sites: Sites like MySpace and Facebook appeal to all generations and are a good way for a parent to understand what social standards your teen is living with. There are many ways to help you take part in your child's online activities. You also can be from an onlooker (旁观者) who keeps a bird' s-eye view of his cyber world to an active member of his social group.

MMORPG: Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game comes in the form of games. A child can easily become addicted to (沉溺于) them if no limits are set. To fully understand the attraction behind MMORPG, you can make your own account and character to explore the digital (数码的) world. Playing the online games may seem strange at first to your teen, but experience has led me to only positive feedback (反应) from young people who can communicate with adults about their gaming experiences.

Text and Instant Messenger: The ways of teenage communication have produced a whole new language, such as "LOLZ" (laughing out loud) and "PSOS" (parent standing over shoulder). Learning the basic shorthand (速记法) of teens can open up a whole new world of communication, not only talking to your teens, but being able to listen on their terms as well. You may just find yourself texting faster and ending your correspondence (联系) with TTYL (talk to you later). To teens, texting anyone looks cool, even Mom and Dad.

Email: Emailing your child is easy. This, of course, cannot take the place of face-to-face communication, but it provides another way for your child to reach you. Another benefit is that your child cannot act like he didn't hear you.

What does the underlined part "appeal to" in the second paragraph mean?

    A. harm       B. attract         C. upset          D. attack

According to this passage we can infer that the author's child __________.

A. works hard at school

B. is active on Facebook

C. enjoys playing online games

D. likes talking with adults

If you are standing beside your child, he is most likely to text his friend __________.

    A. PSOS        B. MMORPG         C. TTYL         D. LOLZ

What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. Parents can use technology to stay in touch with their children.

B. Many children are very crazy about the online games.

C. Science and technology make life easy and convenient.

D. Parents can do something interesting like their children do.

For many years Henry had been a journalist. He had worked on many international newspapers and magazines and traveled over the world.

    Henry had witnessed war and natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes and erupting volcanoes ( 火山爆发).

He had reported on serious accidents such as major fires and airline crashes.

He had seen every kind of terrible crime and strange event there was.

He had met and written about some of the most unusual people in the world.

In fact, there wasn’t much that Henry had not seen or done.

Now he was retired from journalism(新闻业). He owned a very expensive restaurant and spent his days talking to his wealthy and important customers. He liked to say that nothing surprised him.

One day he was sitting at the bar in his restaurant when a big gorilla(大猩猩) walked in and asked for a table.

Henry showed no surprise. He took the gorilla to a table and handed him a menu. He treated him politely and pretended there was nothing at all strange about having a gorilla in his restaurant.

The gorilla looked through the menu and ordered a salad.

Henry served the gorilla his salad personally, knowing that his waiters and waitresses would be too frightened.

At last the gorilla finished his salad and asked for the bill.

Henry wrote out the bill and handed it to the big animal.

The gorilla studied it, shook his head sadly then gave Henry fifty dollars.

“Thank you,” Henry said, and then to make conversation, he added, “we don’t get many gorillas in this restaurant.”

“At fifty dollars for a salad,” the gorilla said, “I’m not surprised.”

According to the story, Henry had________.

   A. had the most exciting experiences         B. told the longest stories

   C. made history                                D. caused accidents

One day when a gorilla came into the restaurant, Henry was_____.

   A. very surprised by the gorilla                     B. not disturbed(烦忧) by the gorilla

   C. very interested in the gorilla                      D. scared of the gorilla

From the sentences “Henry served the gorilla his salad personally, knowing that his waiters and waitresses would be too frightened” you can learn that______.

   A. his staff were not brave people                  B. Henry didn’t normally serve customers

   C. the gorilla had eaten there before               D. the gorilla was careful with his money

NOT all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars. Often they relive these experiences in nightmares.

Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce, or possibly wipe out, the effect of painful memories.

In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain. So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are wiped out. They are not sure to what degree people’s memories are affected.

The research has caused a great deal of argument. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it.

Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers' troubling memories after war.

They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.

"Some memories can ruin people's lives. They come back to you when you don't want to have them in a daydream or nightmare. They usually come with very painful emotions," said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. "This could relieve a lot of that suffering."

But those who are against the research say that maybe the pills can change people’s memories and changing memories is very dangerous because memories give us our identity. They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past.

"All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were terrible at the time but make us who we are. I'm not sure we want to wipe those memories out, "said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist.

The passage is mainly about               .

A. a new medical invention            

B. a new research on the pill

C. a way of wiping out painful memories 

 D. an argument about the research on the pill

The drug tested on people can            .

A. cause the brain to fix memories      

B. stop people remembering bad experiences

C. prevent body producing certain chemicals

D. wipe out the emotional effects of memories

We can infer from the passage that            .

A. people doubt the effects of the pills

B. the pill will certainly stop people's emotional memories

C. taking the pill will do harm to people's physical health

D. the pill has already been produced and used by the public in America

Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with in the last paragraph ?

A. some memories can ruin people's lives.

B. people want to get rid of bad memories.

C. experiencing bad events makes us different from others.

D. the pill will reduce people's sufferings from bad memories.

You may probably read the passage in __________

A. a guidebook                          B. a textbook  

C. a medical magazine                    D. a science fiction

假定你是李平， 最近你们班就“低碳”生活方式进行了讨论。你的美国朋友John来信向你询问讨论情况，请你给他回信，简单介绍以下讨论结果：

1.节约水电； 2.垃圾分类； 3.节约用纸；4.少用纸巾，重新使用手绢；

5.步行、骑自行车或乘公交车出行 6.你的个人观点------

注意：1.词数：120左右（开头和结尾已写好，但不计入总词数）

2.适当增加细节，以使行文流畅连贯。

Dear John,

    Thank you for your letter asking about our discussion on a low-carbon lifestyle. Here are our main ideas about it.

___________________________________________________________________________________

   We all believe that if everyone does a little for our society it will become more and more beautiful.

Best wishes,

                                                  Yours sincerely

                                                   Li Ping

It rained heavily the whole night . ______, the town was flooded .

A. Immediately   B. Consequently   C. Surely   D. Widely

—Would you mind keeping _____ eye on my baby while I go shopping?

   —Not at all. Besides, you have so lovely ______kid.

        A. an; a   B. an; the  C. 不填；the  D. 不填；a

He devoted most of his time to researching into space, believing his hard work would ______ sooner or later.

A. pay back         B. pay for      C. pay off     D. pay up

Newton is known as a gifted scientist with very human weaknesses who stood at the point in history _______ magic ended and science began.

    A. that             B. when             C. where                D. which

—How can I reserve the tickets?

—       phone.

    A．On   B．With C．By   D．In