I'm ________ know the result of the final examination and even can't eat and sleep well for that．

A．addicted to            B．accustomed to               C．dying to                 D．devoted to

The professor's lecture was so popular with young people that all the seats are ________．

A．abandoned            B．emptied              C．occupied                D．substituted

I'll give you my friend's home address，________ I can be reached most evenings．

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

There are many different ways of seeing a town for the first time．One of them is to walk around it，guide-book __1__ hand．Of course，we may __2__ with our guide-books the history and __3__ developments of a town and get to know them．__4__ then，if we take out time and   __5__ in a town for a while，we may get to know it better．When we __6__ it as a whole，we begin to have some __7__，which even the best guide-books do not answer．Why is the town just   __8__ this，this shape，this plan，this size? Why do its streets __9__ in this particular way，and not in any __10__ why?

Here even the best guide-book __11__ us．One can't find in it the information about how a town has developed to the __12__ appearance．It may not describe the original __13__ of a town．However，one may get some idea of what it __14__ look like by walking around the town．One can also imagine __15__ the town was first planned and built．Then one can learn more about in what direction the town __16__ to develop．

What is the __17__ of studying towns in this way? For me，it is __18__ that one gets a greater depth of pleasure by visiting and seeing a town with one's own eyes．A __19__ visit to a town may help one better understand why it is attractive __20__ just reading about it in a guide-book．

1．A．in                   B．at                        C．by                         D．on

2．A．write                     B．study                   C．tell                         D．remember

3．A．strange                  B．similar                 C．separate                 D．special

4．A．But                       B．Before                 C．Since                     D．Until

5．A．march                B．work                   C．stay                       D．wait

6．A．look at                B．look after             C．look for                 D．look up

7．A．ideas                     B．opinions               C．feelings                  D．questions

8．A．of                         B．for                      C．like                        D．as

9．A．open                     B．run                      C．begin                     D．move

10．A．one                     B．more                   C．other                     D．such

11．A．helps                   B．tricks                   C．fails                     D．satisfies

12．A．old                      B．normal                 C．first                       D．present

13．A．capital                 B．meaning               C．design                    D．change

14．A．used to                B．seemed to            C．had to                    D．happened to

15．A．what                     B．how                    C．when                     D．where

16．A．stops                   B．appears                C．starts                     D．continues

17．A．point                   B．view                    C．problem                 D．difficulty

18．A．nearly                  B．simply                 C．generally                D．hardly

19．A．costly                  B．formal                 C．group                    D．personal

20．A．from                   B．than                     C．through                  D．with

Adrian's “Amazing Race” started early when his parents realized that he，as a baby，couldn't hear a thing，not even loud noises．In a special school for the hearing-impaired（听觉受损的），he learned sign language and got to mix with other disabled children．However，the sight of all the disabled children communicating with one another upset his mother．She wanted him to lead a normal life．So after speaking to an advisor，she sent him to private classes where he learned to read lips and pronounce words．

Later on，Adrian's parents decided to send him to a regular school．But the headmaster tried to prevent them from doing so，saying regular school couldn't take care of a special needs student．His parents were determined to take the risk and push him hard to go through his work everyday because they wanted to prove that，given the opportunity，he could do anything．Adrian made the grade and got accepted．It was a big challenge．The pace（节奏）was faster so he had to sit at the front of the class and really pay attention to the teacher，which wasn't always easy．But he stuck to it and did a lot of extra work after school．

The efforts made by Adrian and his parents paid off．Adrian graduated with good grades and got into a top high school．He also achieved a lot in life outside school．He developed a love for the outdoors and went to Nepal to climb mountains．He even entered the World Yacht Race 05／06--being the first hearing--impaired Asian to do so．

But none of these achievements would have been possible without one of the most important lessons from his mother．“If you believe in yourself and work hard．you can achieve great results，” she often said．

1．How did Adrian communicate with other children in the special school?

A．By speaking．                                         B．By using sign language

C．By reading lips                                           D．By making loud noises

2．Adrian's parents decided to send him to a regular school because _________．

A．they wanted him to live a normal life

B．they wanted to prove the headmaster wrong

C．he wouldn't mix with other disabled children

D．he wasn't taken good care of in the special school

3．How did Adrian finally succeed in his study?

A．He did a lot of outdoor activities．

B．He was pushed hard to study every day．

C．He attended private classes after school．

D．He worked very hard both in and after class

4．Why is Adrian's life described as an “Amazing Race”?

A．He did very well in his study

B．He succeeded in entering a regular school

C．He reached his goals in spite of his disability

D．He took part in the World Yacht Race 05／06

The meaning of the word “volunteer” may be a little different in different countries，but it usually means “one who offers his or her services．” There are many different ways in which people can volunteer，such as taking care of sick people，working in homes for homeless children，and picking up garbage from beaches and parks．Volunteers may work within their own countries or in other countries．They are often people with a strong wish to help those who are less fortunate than themselves．Volunteers don't expect any kind of pay．

At the root of volunteering is the idea that one person may have the ability to offer services that can help other people．Tracy，a good friend of mine，however，recently came back from India with a new idea of what being a volunteer means．She worked for two and a half weeks in one of Mother Teresa's homes in Calcutta．The following is her story．

“I first heard about Mother Teresa in my high school，we watched a video about her work in India and all over the world．I was so moved by her spirit to help others and her endless love for every human being that after I graduated from high school，I too wanted to try her kind of work．So with two friends I flew to Calcutta for a few weeks．”

“I was asked to work in a home for sick people．I helped wash clothes and sheets，and pass out lunch．I al so fed the people who were too weak to feed themselves and tried to cheer them up．I felt it was better to share with them than to think that I have helped them．To be honest，I don't think I was helping very much．It was then that I realized that I had not really come to help，but to learn about and experience another culture that helped improve my own understanding of life and the world．”

1．According to the text，a volunteer refers to a person who _________．

A．is willing to help those in need without pay

B．can afford to travel to different places

C．has a strong wish to be successful

D．has made a big fortune in life

2．Tracy started her work as a volunteer _________．

A．after she met Mother Teresa

B．after she finished high school

C．when she was touring Calcutta

D．when she was working in a hospital

3．Why did Tracy choose to be a volunteer?

A．She liked to work with Mother Teresa．

B．She had already had some experience．

C．She was asked by Mother Teresa's example．

D．She wanted to follow Mother Teresa's example．

4．What is Tracy's “new idea”（Paragraph 2）of being a volunteer?

A．Going abroad to help the sick．

B．Working in Mother Teresa's home．

C．Doing simple things to help the poor．

D．Improving oneself through helping others．

Michael Fish may soon be replaced as a weather forecaster by something truly fishier--the shark（鲨鱼）．

Research by a British biology student suggests that sharks could be used to predict storms．

Lauren Smith，24，is close to completing her study on shark's ability to sense pressure．

If her studies prove the theory，scientists may be able to monitor the behavior of sharks to predict bad weather．

Miss Smith had previously studied the behavior of lemon sharks in the Bahamas．

She then used their close relatives，lesser spotted dogfish，for further research at Aberdeen University．

Her work--thought to be the first of its kind to test the pressure theory--resulted from the observation that juvenile black tip sharks off Florida moved into deeper water ahead of a violent storm in 2001．

Miss Smith said：“I’ve always been crazy about traveling and diving and this led me to an interest in sharks．”

“I was delighted to have been able to research in the area for my degree．I know there's so much more we need to understand--but it certainly opens the way to more research．”

It has been discovered that a shark senses pressure using hair cells in its balance system．

At the Bimini Shark Lab in the Bahamas，Miss Smith fixed hi-tech sensors to sharks to record pressure and temperature，while also tracking them using GPS（Global Positioning System）technology．

In Aberdeen，she was able to study the effects of tidal（潮汐的）and temperature changes off dogfish--none of which were harmed．She also used a special lab which can mimic（模拟）oceanic pressure changes caused by weather fronts．

She is due to complete her study and graduate later this year．She says she will be looking for a job which will give her the chance to enrich her experience of shark research．

1．The passage is most probably taken from _________．

A．a short-story collection                             B．a popular science magazine

C．a research paper                                        D．a personal diary

2．What do we learn from the first four paragraph of the passage?

A．Sharks may be used to predict bad weather．

B．Sharks' behavior can be controlled．

C．Michael Fish is not qualified for his job．

D．Lauren Smith will become a weather forecaster．

3．Lauren Smith conducted her research by _________．

A．removing hair cells from a shark's balance system

B．measuring the air pressure of weather fronts

C．recording sharks' body temperature

D．monitoring sharks' reaction to weather changes

4．What is the passage mainly about?

A．A popular way of forecasting weather．

B．A new research effort in predicting storms．

C．Biologists' interest in the secrets of sharks．

D．Lauren Smith's devotion to scientific research．

1．This passage most probably is a（n）_________．

A．advertisement       B．news story                     C．lab report               D．letter of thanks

2．From the passage we learn that the Mindle is a device which _________．

A．has neither wires nor weight                       B．is operated by a computer

C．disappears while you read                            D．can find a book within one minute

3．With the device，the reader is able to _________．

A．enjoy reading when driving a car                  B．improve reading skills

C．gain access to free software                        D．get rid of heavy books made of paper

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Ladies and gentlemen，thank you very much for coming to this concert．I hope you have __1__ the music．

The purpose of this concert is to __2__ money for children in Africa．Every day hundreds of children in Africa die __3__ they have diseases or have not enough to eat．There are three main reasons．First of all．__4__  the climate nor the land is suitable for farming．__5__，there are few jobs for adults，so they have no money to buy food or clothes．Finally，the governments in many African Countries do not have the money to take __6__ of the poor．

The Feed Africa Fund，the organization we are trying to help，spends a lot of money every year on food for Africa．The money comes from those __7__ and generous people who don’t want to see children die from __8__．Just one dollar can buy enough rice or corn to feed a family of four for three days．

How much does food __9__ you every day? Ten dollars? Twenty dollars? I am sure you can spend a little __10__ on your own food so that you have more dollars for Africa．

Ladies and gentlemen，we will now take a collection．Please be generous，thank you!

I remember a time I went shopping on my first visit to Macau．Coming from cold and cloudy England，I was prepared for the sun and dressed in a T-shirt and a short skirt．Not having much chance to enjoy the sun in the UK and having naturally fair skin，my legs are very white．In the UK this is not a fashionable look at all．Most women spend every sunny day out in the sun trying to get darker skin．The darker the skin，the better the look．

As I walked around one shop，the two shop assistants didn't，take their eyes off me the whole time，talking quietly in Chinese．I began to feel uncomfortable and asked my friend if we could leave．After we left the shop，she asked me what was wrong．I was embarrassed that they were talking abut my white skin．My friend laughed．“They weren’t laughing at you．They were saying how nice your legs are．Many Chinese women want to have white skin like yours．In face，there are many beauty products in the shops to make skin whiter and a lot of money is spent on them．”

It just goes to show that we always think what others have is better．The grass is always greener on the other side．If the women of the West and East thought the same way，Western women wouldn't spend so much money on cream that makes skin darker and women from the East wouldn't need to use cream that makes skin whiter．

1．Where did the story happen?

2．What kind of skin do most British women prefer to have?

3．Why did the writer want to leave the shop at once?

4．What were the shop assistants talking about?

5．What does the underlined sentence “The grass is always greener on the other side” mean?