------________ to many people’s expectation, the 2009 UN climate Change Conference didn’t achieve any specific goals.

  ------ Yes, it’s really disappointing.

  A. Contrary    B. Thankful    C. Similar   D. Grateful

.China is seeking ________ access to ________ more friendly environment in economic development between the United States.

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

．_________the fact that doctors have warned that smoking causes cancer, people still keep on smoking.

       A．Due t o     B．Thanks to  C．In case of  D．In spite of

Leehom Wang（王力宏）is different from other pop singers. He has a lot of musical talent. He can play the violin, the drums and the piano.

However, this time it is his environmentally-friendly behavior that is making him stand out. When his latest album Change Me came out, Wang used recycled paper rather than plastie to package his album and went by bicycle to the press conference.  “Everyone can make the world a better place on a daily basis,” he said.

Wang gives 10 pieces of advice in his new album. For example, he suggests that the temperature of an air-conditioner（空调）should not be lower than 28 ℃.

Wang has Captured the hearts of millions of fans by singing, dancing, acting, composing songs, and working as a producer of many major records.  “I admire Wang for his sense of duty, responsibility and hard work,” said Li Xiaoshan, 17, who traveled from Nanjing to see Wang when he was in Beijing to promote （促销）his new CD.

Wang has established himself as a versatile （多才多艺的）musician in the pop scene and a good role model for Chinese youths around the world. He grew up in New York and first became fascinated at the sight of a violin at the age of six. His ambition has always been to be a musician. However, this was not what his parents’ wanted. They hoped he would be a doctor, which they saw as a steady and well-paid job.

Decisions about what Wang should do when he was older created tension in his family. So Wang decided to study biology at university to please his parents. But while he was studying, he continued practising singing and dancing and finally landed a record contract, which was the beginning of his career.

1. Wang rode a bicycle to attend the press conference ________.

A. to avoid the traffic jams              B. to show off his cycling skills

    C. to cut down on the cost of trips        D. to show his environmental awareness

2. Li Xiaoshan travelled to Beijing ________.

    A. to buy Wang’s latest album           B. to promote his own new CD

    C. to welcome Wang’s new album        D. to make friends with Wang’s fans

3. Why did Wang’s parents intend him to become a doctor?

A. Doctors have a big and stable salary.   

B. Doctors enjoy a high social status.

C. It is easy for doctors to become famous.

D. It is doctors’ duty to save lives.

4. What can we learn from Leehom Wang’s story?

    A. Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

    B. The wisest men follow their own direction.

    C. Determination today leads to success tomorrow.

D. Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.

Is early childhood education really necessary? Early childhood education primarily focuses on learning through playing to develop the child’s physical, sensory, communicational and social development．Early childhood education has become a concern of the government, who pushes poor children to be formally trained before they are old enough for Kindergarten．

There are good reasons for the government to push early childhood education．Studies have shown that orphaned children who did not receive good care and education become developmentally delayed causing failure in school, and even in life．Further studies show that poor children who take part in Head Start programs are more prepared for school, less likely to end up in   

Special Education classes, and are less likely to receive public help or go to jail．

There are also negative parts to putting a child in formal education programs too early．Time Magazine online explains that “the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work．” I have personally witnessed many children of my generation who went to Head Start programs become frustrated and bored with school before they finished high school．Yet parents have been sure that the earlier the child starts school, the better off he or she is, so they push to start children earlier．

Actually while early formal education of poor children does show great gains in the early elementary years, studies also show that this head start is really a “false start”, as the gains are lost in middle and high school years．It seems that environment is a bigger factor on life’s success than early education．Head Start programs have not achieved its original goal in closing the achievement gap in poor and middle school children．Perhaps it is time to find other ways to close that gap．

1．The purpose of the government valuing the early childhood education is ________．

       A．to develop the children’s communication

       A．to give orphaned children good care and education

       C．to get the children prepared for the kindergarten

       D．to train the children formally and regularly

2．According to the studies, which of the following is True?

       A．Children with good early education may have a rich life．

       B．The orphaned children are usually unhappy in their life．

       C．Children without early education can do well at school．

       D．Head Start programs are helpful to the poor children．

3．“the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work．” suggests that _________．

       A．the early childhood education is helpless to the child’s grade

       B．it is good for the young children to receive early education

       C．the early education can help the children follow the grade

       D．the younger the children are, the cleverer they will be

4 The author’s attitude toward the early childhood education is _________．

       A．puzzling        B．objective       C．indifferent     D．approving

5．The main idea of the last passage is that __________．

       A．the early childhood education is very necessary

       B．Head Start programs have helped the children a lot

       C．environment is the most important to life’s success

       D．better ways should be found to help the poor children

The A(H1N1) influenza (甲流)was spreading rapidly across the country but it remained under??______ control, _______official with the Ministry of Health said in Beijing on Sunday．

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

. –Hi, Bob, don’t you know me?

   --Oh, it’s you. I _____you.

A. didn’t recognize   B. don’t recognize   C. haven’t recognize   D. won’t recognize

 --Who has broken the window in my room?

    --Who else _________ it but your naughty son!

    A. could do                          B. could have done

    C. should have done                   D. must have done

― What sort of friend do you want to have? Someone beautiful?

― Well, it ____ be beautiful―that’s not important.

       A．mustn’t         B．can’t            C．won’t        D．needn’t

A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man — the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort.

       This attitude toward manual labor is now  still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华地) furnished and in which there is every proof of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist only of something quickly and easily collected from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby shop. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction group on a highway in order to pay for his education.

1. From paragraph 1, we can know that in America _________.

A. people feel painful to mention their fathers as labors.

B. people can always rise to the top through their won efforts

C. college professors win great respect from common workers

D. people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man

2. According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because _________.

A. she takes pride in what she can do herself

B. servants in American are hard to get

C. she can hardly afford servants

D. It is easy to prepare a meal with canned food

3. The expression “ wait on table” in the second paragraph means “_________”.

A. work in a furniture shop                     B. keep accounts for a bar

C. serve customers in a restaurant          D. wait to lay the tabl

4. Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?

A. A Respectable Self-made Family        B.American Attitude toward Manual Labor

C. Characteristics of American Culture      D. The Development of Manual Labor