When Japanese invaded China, all the Chinese refused to ____ themselves to their poor status and fought back.

A. resign             B. adjust                        C. devote          D. owe

Blogs are being used more and more by teachers. Many Internet services now offer free and easy ways to create personal Web pages.

Through comments on blogs, or Web logs, teachers can share their classroom experiences. They can exchange ideas and discuss successes and failures. They can debate educational policies. Or they can just sympathize with each other.

A teacher in the American state of North Carolina recently wrote on her blog: “Apparently the teachers at my school use too much paper. So my principal yelled at everyone at the last staff meeting for, like, ten minutes. Now, I’ve just been told, we are not getting anymore paper for the rest of the year.”

This unidentified blogger is now in her third year of teaching, but still calls her site firstyearteacher.blogspot.com.

A blogger who calls himself Minister Lawrence works as a substitute teacher. In April he wrote about a disputed plan to split the Omaha, Nebraska, public schools into separate systems for black, Latino and white students. Supporters say minority parents do not have enough power over their children’s education.

But Minister Lawrence wrote at teachersparadise.blogspot.com: “I’m afraid that what this says’ to a lot of people is that blacks, whites and Hispanics are not equal, and “reinforces” racist beliefs among people.”

Educators did not become involved with blogging right away. Many were concerned with privacy issues and security. But now, thousands of teacher blogs can be found on the Internet. Many teachers do not identify themselves, and they change the names of students and co-workers.

What are teachers not doing through blogs?

A. They discuss educational problem.         B. They send money to the poor students.

C. They share teaching ideas.                D. They comfort each other.

What is the main idea for the passage?

A. More and more teachers are using blogs.    B. It is exciting to use blogs.

C. Blogs are popular with students.        D. Educational problems are settled through blogs.

Why some teachers do not identify themselves? Because ___

A. they are forbidden to identify themselves.   

B. they are forbidden to write something through blogs

C. they want to ensure their security

D. they want to amuse others.

Which of the following is the result of the teachers’ using blogs?

A. Paper consuming is declining.           B. Teaching is improving.

C. Classes are more active.                D. Government is against it.

Minister Lawrence’s blogs are about___

A. classroom experiences                 B. teaching plans

C. educational policies                   D. the black minority

When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book; and so a poor man, who could read a little, bought it for a few coppers（铜钱）.The book wasn’t very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was a thin strip（条）of vellum（牛皮纸）on which was written the secret of the “Touchstone”!

The touchstone was a small pebble（小园石）that could turn any common metal into pure gold. The writing explained that it was lying among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this: The real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles are cold.

So the man sold his few belongings, bought some simple supplies, camped on the seashore, and began testing pebbles. He knew that if he picked up ordinary pebbles and threw them down again because they were cold, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Cold-throw it into the sea. Pick up another. Throw it into the sea.

The days stretched into weeks and the weeks into months. One day, however, about mid-afternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he realized what he had done. He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted came along, he still threw it away.

So it is with opportunity. Unless we are vigilant（警惕的）, it’s easy to fail to recognize an opportunity when it is in hand and it’s just as easy to throw it away.

The book was special to the man because ______.

       A. it was made of vellum

       B. it was the only book that survived the great fire

       C. it was a story about how to tell the touchstone from ordinary stones

       D. it included the secret of the touchstone

He threw pebbles into the sea ______.

       A. to test how far he could throw

       B. to practice throwing pebbles

       C. to avoid picking up the same pebble once again

       D. to express his disappointment at failing to find the touchstone

What message does the story want to convey?

       A. Careful habits can lead to success.

       B. Habits can benefit you but also hold you back.

       C. Never judge a person or a thing by appearances.

       D. Opportunity only visits the ready and watchful mind

假如你叫李华，参加学校开展的“有困难向谁求助”（Who do you turn to when in trouble?）的调查活动，调查结果如下表。请用英语给报社编辑写一封信，反映以下内容。

In order to __________ a good command of German, she quitted her job and went to study in Germany.

A．require     B．inquire     C．acquire     D．request

Finally they arrived at a place _____ sold cigarettes and some other bargains.

   A．where        B．which     C．from which      D．what

—How do you find the talk given by Mr Smith?

　　—_________ .

A．Very well  B．Excited   C．Boring   D．Not at all

The novel is said _____ into many languages.

    A. being translated         B. having been translated

C. to translate             D. to have been translated

Aaron LeMieux loves to hike and often listens to the radio at the same time. While on a 1,500-mile hike _______ the Appalachian Trail, Aaron started thinking about energy. Could the energy his body was creating be used to charge an electronic device? In 2006 Aaron quit his job ________ turned the basement of his home into a laboratory. He then put all his time ________ developing the nPower PEG.

PEG means personal energy generator(发电机). ________ uses the energy you create while moving to charge a hand-held device. Just put your nPower PEG in your bag, ________ fasten it to your leg or bicycle. Then plug your MP3 player, cell phone or digital camera into your nPower PEG’s USA port. LeMieux’s company, Tremont Electric, claims ________ nPower PEG can charge most hand-held electronic devices to 80 percent in one hour.

Since it costs US$149, the nPower PEG won’t appeal to everyone with its price so ________. But for those ________ spend a lot of time with electronic devices powered by batteries, it might come in handy.

Picasso, the famous Spanish painter, was born in 1881. His father was an art teacher. Picasso began to paint very early. He was admitted to the Royal Academy at the age of 15. After 1900, he spent much time in Paris, living there from 1904 to 1947, when he moved to the south of France.

    Throughout his career, Picasso moved from style to style with ease. He practiced sculpture, illustrated books and also showed great interest in pottery design and other fields of art.

    Picasso produced a great number of drawings during his lifetime. No later artist of the School of Paris has replaced him in international influence.

    Picasso is generally considered to be the foremost figure in 20th century French art. His paintings are now exhibited in leading European and American galleries.

The main idea of the passage is ______.

    A. Picasso is considered to be the foremost figure in the French art

    B. Picasso is a famous Spanish painter

    C. Picasso spent much time in Paris, living there from 1904 to 1947

    D. Picasso’s life and art

According to the writer, Picasso was ______.

    A. more important than any other French artist in international influence

    B. more important than any other Spanish artist in international influence

    C. the most important figure in Spain

    D. the most important figure in France

How long did he stay in Spain and France?

A. Over 19 years in Spain and the rest life in France.

B. 15 years in Spain and 43 years in Paris.

C. 15 years in Spain and the rest life in Paris.

D. He did not stay so long in Pads than in Spain.

Picasso moved from style to style with ease. It means ______.

A. he did not like only one style

B. he changed his style without difficulty

C. he liked not only sculpture, but also pottery design

D. he showed great interest in other fields of art