__61___ .Being angry doesn’t really solve much, but what people do when they feel angry is important. The goal is to calm down and try to solve what is bothering you. This is hard for some kids and adults, too. Instead of calming down, some kids might keep getting more and more upset until they explode like a volcano!

__62___ .Their anger might be so strong that they lose control of their temper. They may act in ways unacceptable and hurtful. People may say that someone has trouble controlling their temper.__63___

Some kids might get so angry that they scream at their parents, break something , or even worse , hit their brothers or sisters._64____ .However, it’s not OK for a kid to do any of those things .Kids don’t want to act in this way , but sometimes angry feelings can be hard to manage. So what to do?

Well, the good news is that kids don’t just have to keep making the same mistakes over and over again.__65___ .Imagine your temper as a puppy inside you that needs some training. The puppy is not bad ---- it will probably turn out a great dog. It just needs to learn some rules because, right now, that puppy is causing some problems to you.

A. In fact, they usually mean that a kid behaves badly when feeling angry.

B. You don’t want to cause trouble.

C. Kids should be allowed to express their feelings, even angry ones.

D. Some kids get angry more often or more easily than some other kids.

E. You can train you temper.

F. Instead of thinking of the person you’re angry with, think of something else.

G. Everybody gets angry sometimes.

Animals can move from place to place, but plants cannot. When an animal is under attack, it can run away or fight back. Plants certainly cannot run away, and they lack teeth and claws. But plants can defend themselves by using both physical and chemical means.

     Some plants have their own ways to keep animals away. For example, the leaves of the holly plant have sharp spines (刺） that discourage grass-eating animals. Holly leaves on lower branches have more spines than leaves on upper branches. This is because the lower leaves are easier for most animals to reach.

     Some plants, such as the oak tree, have thick and hard leaves that are difficult for animals to eat. Some grasses may contain a sandy material; eating such grasses wears down the animal's teeth.

     Many plants also have chemical defenses. Some plants produce chemicals that taste bitter or cause an unpleasant reaction. Some plants may fight against an attack by increasing the production of these chemicals. When a caterpillar (毛虫） bites a tobacco leaf, the leaf produces a chemical messenger. This messenger sends to the roots the information to produce more nicotine. The higher levels of nicotine discourage the caterpillar.

     Many plants depend on both physical and chemical defenses. A certain plant in China, for instance, has prickly (多刺的） leaves, and each prickle contains poisonous venom (毒液） A single experience with this kind of plant will teach an animal to stay away from it in the future.

57. The holly plant has more spines on the lower leaves because most animals________.

A. are not tall enough                          B. like the lower leaves only

C. can get the lower leaves easily                       D. are not clever enough  

58. To defend themselves, oak trees use________.

A. chemical means                                   B. sandy materials

C. bitter chemicals                                    D. physical means

59. How does tobacco protect itself against an attack from a caterpillar?

A. Its roots increase the production of nicotine when it is attacked

B. Its roots send a messenger to discourage the caterpillar.

C. Its leaves fight against the attack by physical means.

D. Its leaves produce poisonous sand to drive the caterpillar away.

60. What would be the best title for this passage?

A. Plants and Animals                          B. How Plants Defend Themselves

C. Attacks and Defenses                              D. How Animals Eat Plant Leaves

Olaf Stapledon wrote a book called First and Last Men, in which he looked millions of years ahead. He told of different men and of strange civilizations, broken up by long “dark ages” in between. In his view, what is called the present time is no more than a moment in human history and we are just the First Men. In 2,000 million years from now there will be the Eighteenth or Last Men.

However, most of our ideas about the future are really very short-sighted. Perhaps we can see some possibilities for the next fifty years. But the next hundred? The next thousand? The next million? That’s much more difficult.

When men and women lived by hunting 50,000 years ago, how could they even begin to picture modern life? Yet to men of 50,000 years from now, we may seem as primitive(原始的) in our ideas as the Stone-Age hunters do to us. Perhaps they will spend their days gollocking to make new spundels, or struggling with their ballalators through the cribe. These words, which I have just made up, have to stand for things and ideas that we simply can’t think of.

So why bother even to try imagining life far in the future? Here are two reasons. First, unless we remember how short our own lives are compared with the whole human history, we are likely to think our own interests are much more important than they really are. If we make the earth a poor place to live because we are careless or greedy or quarrelsome, our grandchildren will not bother to think of excuses for us.

Second, by trying to escape from present interests and imagine life far in the future, we may arrive at quite fresh ideas that we can use ourselves. For example, if we imagine that in the future men may give up farming, we can think of trying it now. So set your imagination free when you think about the future.

54. The text discusses men and women 50,000 years ago and 50,000 years from now in order

to show that ________.

A. human history is extremely long

B. life has changed a great deal

C. it is useless to plan for the next 50 years

D. it is difficult to tell what will happen in the future

55. A particular mention made of Stapledon’s book in the opening paragraph ________.

A. serves as a description of human history

B. serves an introduction to the discussion

C. shows a disagreement of views

D. shows the popularity of the book

56. Spundels and ballalators are used in the text to refer to ________.

A. tools used in farming      

B. ideas about modern life

C. unknown things in the future   

D. hunting skills in the Stone Age

Computer people talk a lot about the need for other people to become “computer-literate.” But not all experts agree that this is a good idea.

One pioneer, in particular, who disagrees is David Tebbutt, the founder of Computertown UK. Although many people see this as a successful attempt to bring people closer to the computer, David does not see it that way. He says that Computer town UK was formed for just the opposite reason, to bring computers to people and make them “people-literate”.

David Tebbutt thinks Computertowns are most successful when tied to a computer club but he insists there is an important difference between the two. The clubs are for people who have some computer knowledge already. This frightens away non-experts, who are happier going to Computertowns where there are computers for them to experiment on, with experts to encourage them and answer any questions they have. They are not told what to do. They find out. The computer experts have to learn not to tell people about computers, but have to be able to answer all questions people ask. People don’t have to learn computer terms, but the experts have to explain in plain language. The computers are becoming “people-literate”.

50. Which of the following is David Tebbutt’s idea on the relationship between people and computers?

A. There should be more computer clubs for experts.

B. Computer learning should be made easier.

C. People should work harder to master computer use.

D. Computers should be made cheaper so that people can afford them.

51. We can infer from the text that “computer-liberate” means ________.

A. being able to afford a computer

B. being able to write computer programs

C. understanding the computer and knowing how to use it

D. Computer learning should be made easier.

52. The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to the idea that Computertowns________.

A. help to set up more computer clubs

B. bring more experts to work together

C. bring people to learn to use computers

D. help to sell computers to the public

53. David Tebbutt started Computertown UK with the purpose of _______.

A. popularizing computers

B. making better use of computer experts

C. improving computer programs

D. increasing computer sales

“Children who eat less salt and drink fewer sugar-sweetened soft drinks may significantly lower their risks of obesity（肥胖症）,” researchers recently reported in the journal Hypertension.

“Sugar-sweetened soft drinks are a significant source of calorie intake in children,” said Feng J. He, a researcher at St George’s University of London, England. “It has been shown that sugar-sweetened soft drink consumption is related to obesity in young people.” They wanted to know whether there is a link between salt intake and sugar-sweetened soft drink consumption.

Dr He and colleagues analyzed data from a 1997 national survey of more than 2,000 people between 4 and 18 in Britain. “We found that children eating a lower-salt diet drank less fluid,” said He. “From our research, we estimated that 1 gram of salt cut from their daily diet would reduce fluid intake by 100 grams per day.”

The researchers also found that children eating a lower-salt diet drank fewer sugar-sweetened soft drinks. From their research, they predicted that reducing salt intake by 1 gram each day would reduce sugar-sweetened soft drink consumption by 27 grams per day, after. “If children aged 4 to 18 cut their salt intake by half, there would be a decrease of about two sugar-sweetened soft drinks per week per child, so each child would decrease calorie intake by almost 250 kilocalories per week,” Dr He said.

In previous studies, researchers found that a low-salt diet lowers blood pressure in children, and prevents the development of high blood pressure later in life. “Both high blood pressure and obesity increase the risk of having strokes and heart attacks,” Dr He said.

Dr He recommends that parents check labels and choose low-salt food products. “Small reductions in the salt content of 10 to 20 percent cannot be detected by the human salt taste receptors (感受器) and do not cause any technological or safety problems,” Dr He said.

46. According to the passage, obesity is directly linked to ______.   

A. high blood pressure                                B. high-salt foods   

C. strokes and heart attacks                          D. sugar-sweetened soft drinks

47. Compared with previous studies, the recent one found that ______.

A. a low-salt diet keeps children out of high blood pressure

B. a lower-salt diet may mean less sugar-sweetened soft drink consumption

C. low-salt food products do not do harm to people’s health

D. children face the risk of having strokes and heart attacks

48. Which of the following statements would Dr He agree to?

A. A low-salt diet may prevent both high blood pressure and obesity.

B. The less salt people eat, the healthier people become.

C. Children should reduce fluid intake in their daily life.

D. No high-salt food products will be available in shops.

49．After reading the passage, who should take effective action?

A. Children.                                        B. Doctors. 

C. Parents.                                                D. Researchers.

One man was to meet his wife downtown and spend some time shopping with her. He waited _26_for 15 minutes. Then he waited impatiently for 15 minutes more. After that, he became _27_. When he saw a photograph booth (照相亭) nearby, he had_28_. He wore the unhappy expression he could manage, which was not _29_ in the situation. In a few moments, he was holding four small prints that_30_ even him.

He wrote his wife’s name on the back of the photos and handed them to a_31_behind the desk in the booth. “_32_you see a small, dark lady with brown eyes and an apologetic expression, obviously _33_someone, would you please give her this?” he said. He then_34_his office in Morrison Building, _35_ that if a picture is worth a thousand words, then the four photos must be a good _36_! He sat down with a smile.

His wife _37_ those pictures. She carries them in her purse now and shows them to anyone who asks if she is married …

How are you with _38_? One person calls it “wait training.” It seems that there is always something we are_39_. We wait on traffic and we wait in lines. We wait to hear about a new job. We wait to complete school. We wait for someone to change his or her mind.

Patience is an important_40_of a happy and rewarding life._41_, some things are worth waiting for._42_ presents many opportunities for wait training.

We can hate waiting, _43_ it or even get good at it! But one thing is_44_ --- we cannot avoid it. How is your_45_ coming along?

26．A．patiently          B．respectfully     C．proudly                  D．curiously

27．A．frightened              B．hungry                   C．angry                  D．thirsty

28．A．a question              B．an idea            C．an opinion              D．a reason

29．A．serious                   B．convenient              C．regular                    D．difficult

30．A．hurt                B．shocked               C．attracted          D．encouraged  

31．A．passer-by       B．secretary        C．clerk               D．friend

32．A．Since             B．If                       C．As                          D．Before

33．A．sending for             B．working for          C．looking for              D．paying for

34．A．called up         B．left           C．visited                    D．returned to

35．A．satisfied           B．disappointed    C．worried                  D．surprised

36．A．description              B．lecture            C．excuse                   D．preparation

37．A．tore               B．destroyed         C．developed        D．saved

38．A．patience                B．your family      C．your wife      D．determination

39．A．hoping for              B．fit for                  C．ready for         D．waiting for

40．A．lesson                    B．quality                  C．purpose                 D．experience

41．A．For example           B．So far                  C．Right now              D．After all  

42．A．Every day        B．Every shop             C．Every age        D．Every office

43．A．change                   B．control            C．accept                    D．improve

44．A．precious              B．interesting       C．certain                 D．easy

45．A．photo taking    B．wait training     C．decision making      D．job hunting

 Hardly ______ the house when he was caught. 

A．the thief had entered                   B．entered the thief

C．had the thief entered                   D．was the thief entering 

 The “orphans” home in the old society was ____ a living hell, where children suffered

from inhuman treatment.

A. as good as                           B. much better than 

C. no better than                        D. not better than

--- Haven’t seen you for ages. Do you still work in Chengdu?

---____________. It is four years since I worked there.

A. No, I don’t　　 B. Yes, I do　　　　　 C. No, I haven’t　 D. Yes, I have

 The form cannot be signed by anyone__________ yourself.

A. rather than    B. other than         C. more than      D. better than