—Have you been to New Zealand?

—No, I’d like to , _____ .

A．too                 B．though              C．yet           D．either

_____ hard work , he gained high achievements in that area.

A．Owe to              B．Owing to            C．According to   D．Stick to

People are satisfied with an ______ supply of fruit.

A．abundant            B．awesome            C．ambiguous           D．amount

—Don’t you agree with what he said?

—Yes , ________ ! It can’t be better.

A．approximately        B．absolutely            C．relatively        D．fortunately

I arrived in the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my English literature class. Having taught in __1__ for 17 years, I had no __2__ about my ability to hold their attention and to __3_ on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.

       I was shocked when the monitor shouted, “ stand up !”

       The entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was somewhat __4_ about how to get them to sit down again, but once that awkwardness( 尴尬 ) was over, I quickly __5 __ my calmness and began what I thought was fact-packed lecture, sure to gain their respect perhaps __6 __ their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which comes from a sense of achievement.

       My students __7 __ diaries. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually __8__ by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, “Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today. Perhaps her next lecture will be better.” Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a __9 __ theme ( 主题 ). “Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical（ 哲学的 ）framework of Western thought and laid the historical __10__ for all the works we’ll study in class,” I complained. “How __11__ they say I didn’t teach them anything?”

       It was a long term, and it __12__ became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as _13 _ of my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to raise interesting questions and provide enough background so that students could ___ 14___their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s  job was to provide exact information as directly and clearly as possible, What a difference!

       __15__, I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a better American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.

1．A．the UK                B．the US              C．China                D．Australia

3．A．impress              B．put                   C．leave                 D．fix

4．A．puzzled                B．sure                  C．curious             D．worried

5．A．found                 B．returned             C．regained            D．followed

6．A．more                   B．even                 C．yet                   D．still

7．A．passed                B．borrowed           C．kept                  D．read 

8．A．replaced              B．taken                C．caught             D．moved

9．A．different             B．strong              C．similar              D．usual

10．A．happenings        B．characters         C．development      D．background

11．A．should               B．need                  C．will                   D．must

12．A．immediately       B．certainly            C．simply              D．gradually

13．A．that                  B．what                 C．those               D．ones

14．A．draw                B．get                    C．decide              D．give

15．A．Therefore        B．However          C．Besides           D．Though

       Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis, cricket—anything with a round ball, I was useless, ”he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in England’s rural Devonshire.

       It was a mountain bike he received for his 15^th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.

       The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s school of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older man’s cold-water exploits(成就). Intrigued, Saunders read all he could find about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future.

       Journeys to the Pole aren’t the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy. “John Ridgway was one of the few who didn’t say, ‘You are completely crazy,’” Saunders says.

       In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a closer encounter(遭遇) with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit.

       Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.

       This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.

1．The turning point in Saunders’ life came when _____

       A．he started to play ball games

       B．he got a mountain bike at age 15

       C．he ran his first marathon at age 18

       D．he started to receive Ridgway’s training

2．We can learn from the text that Ridgway _______.

       A．dismissed Saunders’ dream as fantasy

       B．built up his body together with Saunders

       C．hired Saunders for his cold-water experience

       D．won his fame for his voyage across the Atlantic

3．What do we know about Saunders?

       A．He once worked at a school in Scotland.

       B．He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole.

       C．He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid.

       D．He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole.

4．The underlined word “Intrigued” in the third paragraph probably means_____.

       A．Excited             B．Convinced         C．Delighted          D．Fascinated

5．It can be inferred that Saunders’ journey to the North Pole ______.

       A．was accompanied by his old playmates

       B．set a record in the North Pole expedition

       C．was supported by other Arctic explorers

       D．made him well-known in the 1960s

       At a few minutes past five, Dave noted that the blanket of darkness was lifting. He was just able to make out the heavier masses that eventually appeared as the familiar trees that lined the road at the base of the hill. The upper reaches of the sky showed lighter shades of gray.

       Dave got out of bed quietly and dressed quickly. He mixed a spoonful of instant chocolate into a glass of cold water, and his impatience forced him to finish the drink in gulps.

       As he walked down toward the lake, Dave paused to reach for the fishing pole and gear box on the bench where he had left them the night before.

       By the time he reached the small boat, a thick white mist had spread over the surface of the water. He stepped into the boat, sat down, and rowed out of the weed beds that lined the edge of the shore.

       The outer fringe（边缘）of the lake disappeared as the boat moved forward noiselessly. All he could see was the enveloping whiteness. He could not tell where the boat and the surrounding air met the surface of the lake.

       Dave rowed steadily ahead, relying on a mental picture of the surroundings. Then the mist began to rise, slowly it soon rested inches above the still surface of the lake. The heavy silence was now being broken by the fish breaking through the surface as they leaped out of the water for low-flying insects.

       The magic time had arrived. Dave raised his pole. Dawn was broken. He was excited with expectancy.

1．Dave got up early in the morning to        .

       A．enjoy the scene of the lake

       B．seek adventure at the lake

       C．go fishing in the lake

       D．take a walk by the lake

2．According to the story, which of the following is TRUE?

       A．Dave broke the quietness of the lake.

       B．Dave was familiar with the surroundings.

       C．Dave took a picture of the lake with him.

       D．Dave forgot the fishing pole at the beginning.

3．What can we learn from the end of the story?

       A．Dave was hopeful of catching a lot of fish.

B．Dave wished the weather would be better.

C．Dave was happy that dawn was broken.

D．Dave expected someone else would come.

       Members of the working class have blue-collar jobs. They are construction workers, truck drivers, mechanics, steel workers, electricians, and the like. What makes this class differ from the lower class is, first, longer periods of employment -- and therefore, more fixed incomes —and, second, employment in skilled or semiskilled (半熟练的 ) occupations, not unskilled ones. Although unemployment hits all levels of the American economy, including those of skilled and semi-skilled workers, it is most common at the bottom of the class structure and increasingly less common at each level upward. They consider themselves to be respectable and hard working and they look down upon members of the "lower" class, whom they often consider to be lazy, dishonest, and too ready to exploit public assistance.

     Most people in the working class have at least high school education. Many have some experience of college (especially community college), though few are college graduates. Unionization has helped the working class, but a rapidly changing economy and frequent periods of high unemployment make it difficult for most of its members to be able to increase their savings greatly. Purchasing a house for people in this class is extremely difficult, although a certain percentage may receive houses from their parents.  (Home-owning rises with social class. )

     A greater number of the members of the working class take relatively little satisfaction in their jobs, because much of their work is ordinary and boring. As a result, many seek their main satisfaction in recreational activities. Many members of this class would like to earn enough money to leave their jobs and start their own businesses, though few make it. Many place their expectations on their children, hoping that they at least will rise in the ladder of success, American style.

1．Which of the following is true about the working class.?

       A．They are often employed as skilled and semi-skilled workers.

       B．They are often offered jobs with high incomes.

       C．They are often considered lazy and dishonest.

       D．They are often exploited by the public.

2．The underlined word “hit” (paragraph 1 ) roughly means          .

       A．strike with a blow                            B．have bad effects on      

       C．break up                                      D．beat

3．Most people in the working class            .

    A．have difficulty increasing their savings greatly

     B．have at least some experience of college

       C．receive houses from their parents

       D．buy houses by themselves

4．Many members from the working class are not satisfied with their jobs because          .

     A．they could not rise in the ladder of success     

       B．they are not interested in their jobs

       C．they could not earn much money             

       D．they are not their own bosses

       Indian's snake charmers are to be retrained as wildlife teachers under a plan to prevent their unique skills and knowledge from being lost. The charmers, who make snakes dance to the sound of flutes(笛子), used to be a traditional feature of Indian life, performing in towns and villages, until they were banned in 1972 to control the trade in snake skins.

       The government is now considering a plan to train the saperas, as they are known, to visit schools and zoos to tell children about forests and wildlife. There is also a proposal to set up a “dial a snake charmer” service to help householders to deal with unwelcome intruders.

       “For generations they have been a feature of Indian life but now they can't earn a living for fear of arrest,” said Behar Dutt, a conservationist behind the plans, “if a policeman doesn’t catch them, animal rights activists report them.”

       Many snake charmers have continued to work clandestinely since the ban, despite the threat of up to three years in jail. But their trademark cloth-covered baskets, hung from a bamboo pole carried across their shoulders, make them an easy target for police.

       The fate of Shisha Nath, 56, from Badarpur, a village just outside of Delhi, is typical of practitioners(从业者) of the dying art. “I used to earn enough to support my family and send my children to school, " he said. "Now it's hard to earn even $ 1 a day. My children want to be snake charmers. It’s our identity. We love the work, but it’s become impossible.”

       Next month Dutt’s project to train 30 snake charmers will begin at a snake park in Pune, western India, where experts will enrich their home-grown skills with some formal knowledge.

       More than the law, though, it is the dishonest attitude of their fellow countryman that angers many snake charmers.

       “We're disturbed all the time but when people want a snake removed from the house, they rush to us,”said Prakash Nath, who was ordered recently to the home of Sonia Gandhi, the Congress party leader.

1．According to the passage, snake charmers will be retrained as wildlife teachers mainly because___.

       A．schools need large numbers of such teachers

       B．most of them cannot support their families

       C．their performances on the street are banned

       D．the government plans to save the dying art

2．The purpose of the proposed "dial a snake charmer" telephone service is ___.

       A．to give performance of snake dancing

       B．to teach householders how to catch and kill snakes

       C．to offer cleaning service to wealthy householders

       D．to help remove unwanted snakes from the houses

3．The word "clandestinely" in paragraph 4 can be best replaced by the word "___"

       A．secretly                                              B．publicly                                      

       C．subconsciously                                   D．diligently

4．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

       A．Snake charmers can easily be recognized by the police on the street.

       B．Children of snake charmers would not like to continue their fathers' job.

       C．Snake charmers are quite angry with the attitude of their fellow countrymen.

       D．The animal rights activists take a negative attitude towards snake charmers.

       Directions:  Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There are two extra headings, which you do not need.   (注意：E=AB    F=AC)

1．___If you suddenly received a lot of money, how would you spend it? For the people of Tuvalu, a tiny state comprising nine islands in the South Pacific, something unusual happened. In 1999 Tuvalu, with its population of 11,000, was the third poorest state in the world. Later, Tuvalu received a domain name on the Internet —— the letters “.tv”. A communication company from California quickly offered to buy the domain name for $ 40 million. The islanders became very rich.

2．___At the same time the islanders received some very bad news. Due to global warming, and because the islands are only 3m above sea level, Tuvalu will probably become the first state in the world to disappear under the sea. According to scientific estimates, the islands will suffer severe floods within the next 15 - 20 years, and by the end of the century, the islands will have disappeared from sight altogether.

3．___But despite the problem, the Tuvaluan had their new money. Paul Lindsay, a documentary film - maker, went all the way to Tuvalu, and came back with an incredible story. As the water rises, the Tuvaluan are using the money to develop the land that is soon to disappear. They are building new houses, planning nightclubs, restaurants and hotels, and new cars are driving around on new roads. "Just because we are sinking, it doesn't mean we don't want to raise our standards of living." Lindsay was told by Sam Teo, Tuvalu' s minister for natural resources.

4．___Of the $ 40 million Tuvalu received through the Internet deal, $ 10 million was used to asphalt the islands' L9km of roads. Before 1999 there were four cars on the islands. The Tuvaluan used to walk or cycle everywhere. There was a flood of imported foods and goods and soon these had unexpected consequences. The Tuvaluan people now suffer from diseases such as obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes. Others discovered that it was too expensive for them to keep their cars. There is now a huge rubbish dump in the middle of this tropical paradise, covered with abandoned cars and other waste.