She always wore a flower in her hair. Always, Mostly I thought it looked  1  . A flower to work? To my knowledge no one had questioned the young woman why a flower  2  her to work each day. In fact, we probably would have been more curious if she had   3  without it.

She did so one day   4  . She delivered a project to my office. “I   5  there is no flower in your hair today,” I said   6  . “I’m so used to seeing you wear one   7  it almost seems as if something is   8  .” “Oh, yes” she replied quietly, in a rather sad voice. This was far from her   9  bright personality, I knew I had questioned something   10  than a lost flower.

“Today is the anniversary（周年纪念）of mother’s death. I miss her so much I guess I’m a bit   11  . Oh, and about the flower you asked about. When I was a little girl, my mother   12  often put flowers in my hair. But when I was 15 she died of cancer, I’ve just always worn a flower in my hair   13  -it made me feel as though she were   14  me, if only in spirit. Today, however, I think she would like a   15  that I am becoming self-dependent, after ten years of her death. And it seems that it is the flower that has to   16  .”

She met my eyes then smiled sadly. “I don’t need to wear a flower to be   17  her. It was just an outward sign of my treasured   18  ---they’re still there even with the flower gone…Oh, here’s the   19  I hope it meets with your agreement.” She handed me the neatly prepared document, signed, with a hand–drawn   20  , below her name.

1．A．stupid                   B．childish               C．strange                D．rare

2．A．accompanied         B．brought               C．allowed               D．encouraged

3．A．shown up              B．made up              C．done up               D．dressed up

4．A．before                   B．after                    C．when                  D．until

5．A．sense                    B．discover              C．doubt                  D．notice

6．A．casually                B．firmly                  C．calmly                 D．worriedly

7．A．as                         B．that                     C．but                     D．and

8．A．missing                 B．going                  C．happening            D．changing

9．A．normal                  B．general                C．common             D．usual

10．A．prettier                B．better                  C．bigger                 D．earliter

11．A．  grey                  B．yellow                 C．white                  D．blue

12．A．would                 B．should                 C．could                  D．must

13．A．too                     B．since                   C．then                    D．ever

14．A．upon                   B．for                      C．in                       D．with

15．A．word                  B．sign                    C．label                    D．model

16．A．melt                    B．die                      C．go                      D．pass

17．A．thought about      B．reminded of         C．remembered as    D．cared for

18．A．impressions         B．memories            C．secrets                D．emotions

19．A．story                   B．ending                 C．project                D．outline

20．A．mark              B．paint                   C．date                   D．flower

The arrival of computer, some people predicted, soon make paper a thing out of date. And guess what? Bill Gate’s dream of a computer on every desk has been more or less realized. Yet, most of people working at those desks fire knee-deep in paper.

  Some research from a new book, the Myth of Paperless Office suggests our increasing use of paper is due to the introduction of the very digital technology that was supposed to wipe it out. The studies show that it can lead to a 40％rise in paper consumption.

   Xerox’s main business involved paper, and it was also alarmed by the prospect of its going out of fashion. So the research center invented the computing and printer technology that made sure it didn’t. Xerox knew what they were doing.

    But our attachment to paper is truly amazing. Why store e—mail messages in paper files, which take up valuable space and are effectively unsearchable, when you can keep them on a hard disk and look through them for keywords? Why print off quantities of documents which is to be thrown away after the meeting is over, when they can be handed out electronically via intranets (内部互联网)?

   If people love paper, there must be a reason for it. It is highly portable, flexible,

and consumes no battery power. And it doesn’t have to be turned on before you can read it.

   So the problem with the predictions is that they are always solution-driven. In fact, technology is not always the answer. The answer is not that people use so much paper, but that they don’t make good use of it.

1．What changes has the computer brought in for paper?

   A．More and more paper is needed.

   B．Its sale is reducing and it is to disappear.

   C．Fewer people prefer paper to a hare disk.

   D．More paper of fine quality is produced.

2．What does“the very digital technology” in paragraph 2 refer to?

   A．The new book.                                B．The hard disk.

   C．The computer.                                 D．The technology of printing.

3．To protect their production from disappearing, Xerox——.

   A．had the computing and printer technology invented

   B．took off the price of their production

   C．introduced new technology of paper making

   D．encourage people to store messages by writing them on paper

4．Which word can describe paper best according to the reasons for people’s love of paper?

   A．Fashionable.        B．Convenient.    C．Traditional.         D．Effective.

5．What can we learn from the whole passage?

   A．Bill Gates’ vision of the computer is to wipe paper out.

   B．It is a stupid way to store e—mail messages on a hard disk.

   C．Digital technology is the only solution to reduce the use of paper.

   D．To print documents on papers has become a great waste now.

The Week’s Best

A

Wild Rose                                                 Tuesday/Thursday

This TV drama is about a young private detective employed by a businessman who sends her to Brazil to look into a series(系列) of hotel robberies. When she gets there, she discovers that the hotel, owned by the businessman, has been empty for the last two years and has no record of any robberies.

B

Animal Planet                                          Monday/ Wednesday

This is a classic black-and-white film from the forties in which astronaut Charlie Huston crash-lands on a planet ruled entirely by animals. It is a first-class suspense adventure which also looks the human condition, although this is not always a successful part of the film.

C

Strange Encounter                                      Tuesday/ Wednesday

Suspense is skillfully built up in this story. A young couple visit a deserted house that they are interested in buying. They meet a strange old lady who tells them of the amazing powers of the house and how previous owners were able to travel back through the centuries to meet their ancestors.

D

The Longest Walk                                           Saturday/ Sunday

Ftyona Campbell is nearly there. All she has to do now is to walk the length of France and Britain and she has succeeded in walking around the world. Tonight she drinks coffee in a tent and tells her story to Janet Porter before she sets off for the Pyrenees mountains.

E

Rubicon 5                                                   Thursday/ Friday

This is a TV film being used to start a new science fiction series. It has a strong believable cast() of characters who travel to the twenty-third century. The action place is in underground cities where the environment is controlled by computers.

F

New Science                                                  Friday/ Saturday

This popular half-hour science magazine continues into its twenty-ninth year, proving itself to be a hardy survivor in the television world. Tonight it is presented by Carol Vorderman who introduces five reports, including computer-driven cars.

1．What is strange about the hotel in Brazil in the film Wild rose?

      A．Young private detective stayed in the hotel

      B．Guests were often robbed in the hotel

      C．No guests have been in the hotel for the past two years

      D．Many businessmen in Brazil were afraid of the hotel.

2．Which of the following doesn’t belong to science fiction films?

      A．Animal Planet.                                     B．Strange Encounter.

      C．Rubicon 5.                                          D．New Science.

3．If you are crazy about looking for adventure all over the world, you may enjoy        at the weekend.

      A．Wild Rose.                                          B．Animal Planet.

      C．The Longest Walk.                                                                                       D．Strange Encounter.

4．Which of the following is TURE according to the related programs?

      A．Charlie Huston lands on a planet ruled by animals by accident.

      B．Janet Porter plans to climb the Pyrenees mountains in future.

      C．All the actors are invented and controlled by computer in Rubicon.

      D．The previous owners of the old house all have supernatural power in Strange Encounter.

5．New Science is referred as a “hardy survivor” because               .

      A．it is not a film, but a magazine in the list

      B．it remains popular in quiet a long period of time

      C．it is a short program with only half an hour

D．it is at the bottom of the list of “The Week’s Best”

The ocean bottom, a region nearly 2.5 times greater than the total land area of the Earth, is even today largely unexplored. Until about a century ago, the deep-ocean floor was completely inaccessible and hidden beneath waters averaging over 3,600 meters deep. Totally without light and subjected to intense pressures hundreds of times greater than at the Earth’s surface, the deep-ocean bottom is a strange environment to humans, in some ways as forbidding and remote as the outer space.

Although researchers have taken samples of deep-ocean rocks for over a century, the first detailed global study of the ocean bottom did not actually start until 1969, with the beginning of the National Science Foundation’s Deep Sea Drilling Project(DSDP). Using techniques first developed for the offshore oil and gas industry, the DSDP’ s drill ship, the Glomar Challenger, was able to maintain a steady position on the ocean’s surface and drill in very deep waters, taking samples of  rock from the ocean floor.

The Glomar Challenger completed 96 voyages in a 15-year research program that ended in November 1983. During this time, it sailed 600,000 kilometers and took almost 20,000 samples of rocks around the world. Those samples have allowed geologists to reconstruct what the planet looked like hundreds of millions of years ago and to make out what it will probably look like millions of years in the future, Today, largely on the strength of evidence gathered during the Glomar Challenger’ s voyages, nearly all earth scientists agree on the theories of plate tectonics （构造学）and continental drift that explain many of the geological processes.

The samples of rocks drilled by the Glomar Challenger have also provided a climatic record stretching back hundreds of millions of years. The information of past climatic change can be used to predict future climates.

1．What does the underlined word “inaccessible” in line 3 means?

       A．unrecognizable     B．unreachable         C．unusable              D．unreasonable

2．Why does the author mention “outer space” in the first paragraph?

       A．The Earth’s climate millions of years ago was similar to that in outer space.

B．It is similar to the ocean floor in being strange to the humans.

C．Rock formations in outer space are similar to those found on the ocean floor

D．Techniques used by scientists to explore outer space were similar to those used in ocean exploration

3．Which of the following is true of the Glomar Challenger?

A．It is a type of submarine.                     

B．It is an ongoing project.

C．It has gone on over 100 voyages.         

D．It made its first DSDP voyage in 1968.

4．The Deep Sea Drilling Project was sign firent because it was          .

A．an attempt to find new sources of oil and gas

B．the first extensive exploration of the ocean bottom

C．made up of geologists from all over the world

D．supported entirely by the gas and oil industry

5．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as being a result of the Deep sea Drilling Project?

A．Geologists were able to determine the Earth’s appearance millions of years ago.

B．Two geological theories became more widely accepted by scientists.

C．Geologists observed forms of life never before seen

D．Information was revealed about the Earth’s past climatic changes.

Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers advised. “Barbara be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience,” How right they were!

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson．It is the paste that helps you hang on there when the things get tough. It is the inner voice that whispers, “I can do it!” When others shout, “No, you can’t!” It took years and years for the early work of Barbara Mclintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted. Yet she didn’t stop working on her experiments.

We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such youthful air, whatever their age. At 90, cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach. As the music flowed through his fingers, his stooped shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes. As author and poet Samuel Ulman once wrote, “Years wrinkly the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.”

Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money or title or power. Patricia Mellratl retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm. She replied, “My father, long ago, told me，I never made a dime until I stopped working for money.”

We can’t afford to waste tears on “might-have-been”. We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after“what-can-be”．We need to live each moment whole-heartedly, with all our senses-finding pleasure in the sweet smell of a back-yard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old, the beauty of a rainbow.

1．What is the passage mainly talking about?

       A．Enthusiasm is more important than experience.

       B．Enthusiasm can give people more success and fame.

       C．Enthusiastic people will never get old.

       D．Enthusiasm can make you succeed and enjoy life.

2．We can inter than enthusiasm is more important for a person especially when          .

       A．he is in trouble                                     B．he is getting old

       C．he can do what he love                         D．he has succeeded

3．The author mentions Pablo Casals in the third paragraph to show that          .

       A．enthusiasm can make people feel young

       B．music can arouse people’s enthusiasm

       C．enthusiasm can give people inspiration needed to succeed

       D．enthusiasm can keep people healthy

4． How many examples are referred in the passage to show the importance of enthusiasm?

       A．Three             B．Four               C．Five                  D．Six

5．Which proverb may the writer agree with according to the last paragraph?

       A．A good beginning makes a good ending.

       B．Don’t cry over the spoiled milk.

       C．Love me, love my dog.

       D．All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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Staying positive through the cold season could be your best defense against getting ill, new study findings suggest. In an experiment that exposed healthy volunteers to a cold or flu virus, researchers found that people with a generally sunny character were less likely to fall ill.

The findings, published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, build on evidence that a “positive feeling style” can help get rid of the common cold and other illnesses. Researchers believe the reasons may be both objective as in happiness improving immune（免疫）function and subjective as in happy people being less troubled by a throat ache or runny nose.

“People with a positive feeling style may have different immune responses to the virus,” explained Dr Sheldon Cohen. “And when they do get a cold, they may stop their illness from being more severe.”

Cohen and found in a previous study that happier people seemed less easy to catch a cold, However, some questions remained as to whether the feeling itself had the effect.

For the new study, the researchers ask 193 healthy adults complete some standard measures of personality and feeling style. Those who tended to be happy, energetic and easy-going were judged as having a positive feeling style, while those          had a negative style.

The researchers gave them some drops containing either a cold virus or a particular flu virus. Over the next six days, the volunteers reported on any aches, pains, sneezing they had, while the researchers collected objective data like daily mucus（粘液）production, Cohen and his partners found that warm people were likely to keep cold at bay.

1．What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words)

2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

But it is not certain that the feeling is able to keep people away from cold.

3．Fill in the blank in the fifth paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words)

4．Why do happy people are more likely to get rid of some common illness?

(Please answer within 20 words.)

5．Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese.

After much _____, the store owner agreed to cut down the price by 25%.

A．argument         B．discussion        C．saying      D．bargaining

---Does he work hard at his lessons?

---Yes, he _____ no effort, I dare say.

A．wastes      B．spares       C．spends      D．shares

It is said that constant reviews of what you have learned will help to make your knowledge ___.

A．deep         B．interesting        C．useful       D．permanent

--I can’t open the top of this apple juice.

---_____ it.

A．Mike has to do                                           B．Do have Mike to do

B．Mike does have                                           D．Have Mike do