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Dear Sir / Madame,

   My family are planning a visit of Hong Kong Disneyland this summer vacation. I’ve got  some information about the ticket price and now I’m writing for some detail information.

   I wonder that children under 3 need to pay off a ticket and how is the difference between a Peak Day Ticket and a Special Day Ticket. Is that possible for us to get a discount if we purchase as a group? Can we book ticket through the Internet? In addition to, I’d like to know if we allowed to cancel our ticket booking if we cannot make the tour for our personal reasons.

   Looking forward to get your reply.

                                                          Yours,

                                                          Li Hua

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An old song says that “Love makes the world go around”.   71       The whole country breaks out with little red hearts. Love-struck people give cards, flowers and candy to their sweethearts.

 The American concept of love and romance begins with dating. Young people date in several ways. At first they might have group dates with several boys and girls together.    72        

  When two couples go out together, it’s called double dating. A friend might even arrange a blind date for you with someone you don’t know.    73       You just don’t know who your partner will be until the time of the date. American young people see a date as a time just to have fun. They don’t always have a romantic interest in mind. Someone may go out with one person this week, and another the next. After a while, a boy and a girl may decide they want to go steady.   74        It also means they don’t want to date anyone else. Romance is beginning to bloom.

   75      Movies, TV shows and books in America all picture people falling in love. Actually, people all over the world search for happiness in a loving relationship. Maybe love does make the world go around.

A.If you watch Americans on Valentine’s Day, you can believe it.

B.Later, they start going on single dates----- just one boy and one girl.

C.This means they think of each other as a boyfriend and girlfriend.

D.That doesn’t mean you keep your eyes closed the whole evening.

E.Romantic love is a part of American culture.

F.But in America,many people dislike it very much.

G.They will have their relation known by their parents.

Recent discoveries of water and Earth-like soil on Mars have set imaginations running wild that human beings may one day control and send people to live on the Red Planet. However, the first to live there might not be human, but rather groups of tiny robots.

“Small robots that are able to work together could explore the planet. We now know there is water and dust so all they would need is some sort of glue to start building structures, such as homes for human scientists,” says Marc Szymanski, a robotics researcher at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany.

Szymanski is part of a team of European researchers developing tiny autonomous (自主的) robots that can co-operate to perform different tasks, much like ants or bees search for food together, build nests and work together for the greater good of the planet.

“A group of robots is particularly useful when one robot is damaged. It does not cause the task to fail because another robot simply steps in to fill its place,” Szymanski explains.

Several of the researchers have since gone on to work on creating groups of robots that are able to reassemble (重新装配) themselves autonomously into larger robots in order to perform different tasks.

Planet exploration and colonization (殖民) are just some of a seemingly endless range of potential applications for robots that can work together, adjusting their duties depending on the barriers they face, changes in their environment and the group’s needs. That is not only useful in space or in deep-water environments, but also while carrying out repairs inside machinery, cleaning up pollution or even applying treatments inside the human body.

66. What would be the main task of the groups of tiny robots on Mars?

A. To look for water and Earth-like soil.            B. To remove barriers for human arrival.

C. To colonise the Red Planet.                   D. To build home-like structures.

67. Why are groups of tiny robots sent to Mars?

A. Because they work very fast in space.

B. Because they can work together to perform different tasks.

C. Because they can find all the building materials.

D. Because they are easy to control.

68. The tiny robots would NOT be used        .

A. to work under the sea                            B. to repair machines

C. to protect the environment                             D. to try out new medicines

69. The last paragraph mainly tells us about        .

A. potential applications for robots                      B. different kinds of robots

C. the barriers the robots face                     D. planet exploration and colonization

70. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The tiny robots can work together with ants or bees.

B. There’s enough water on Mars for human existence.

C. The basic substances for human existence have been found on Mars.

D. The tiny robots can change to any size at any time.

Teach for America is a non-profit program that places new teachers in schools in low-income areas across the country. The teachers must remain in their positions for at least two years. About 17,000 college graduates have worked in the program since it began in 1990.

A student at Princeton University, Wendy Kopp, developed Teach for America as part of her college work. Money from major businesses helped make her idea a reality. Wendy Kopp still heads Teach for America. It receives support from the federal government, private businesses and individuals.

Some education experts criticize the program because its teachers get only five weeks of training before they start teaching. And they say most of the teachers do not continue teaching after two years. However, the program says most of the teachers who took part in the program are studying or working in education. And many of its former teachers have become leaders in the effort to improve education for all children.

Margery Yeager is an example of this. Yeager taught in a public school in Washington, D.C. as part of Teach for America a few years ago. She now works in the office of Michelle Rhee, the top official of the District of Columbia public schools. Yeager says Teach for America changed her life path and that of many others. She says even people who move to other kinds of work continue to stay involved in education issues. Chancellor Michelle Rhee and other top officials of the D.C. school system also served in Teach for America.

The program reported an increase of top college graduates in applications this year from 18,000 to 25,000. Teach for America will have about 6,000 teachers in public schools across the country in the fall.

61. Teach for America was first founded by        .

A. the federal government                   B. some private businesses

C. some college graduates                   D. a university student

62. Some education experts criticize the program because        .

A. its teachers lack teaching experience        

B. it is only carried out in low-income areas

C. many teachers don’t complete the two years’ teaching

D. it doesn’t work well because of the lack of fund

63. Margery Yeager is mentioned as an example to show that many former teachers of Teach for America        .

A. have got higher positions after completing their job at Teach for America

B. changed their life path after completing their job at Teach for America

C. are still involved in education after completing their two years’, teaching

D. become more successful in their life and work after working for the program

64. We can infer from the last paragraph that        .

A. Teach for America only accepts top college graduates

B. Teach for America can find enough good teachers

C. applicants for Teach for America are mostly top college graduates

D. Teach for America becomes more and more popular among top college graduates

65. The main purpose of the passage is         .

A. to introduce Teach for America      

B. to introduce education in America

C. to introduce life of American teachers

D. to introduce jobs that top college graduates like

Jaime Nared is nearly 6-foot-1 and blessed with Michael Jordan-style skills. In games, the 12-year-old girl performed more excellently than boys, sometimes scoring 30 points or more.

And there, according to her coach, lies the problem.

She’s so good, Michael Abraham said, so she makes the boys look like scrubs (灌木丛). So she has been told she can no longer play in boys’ teams at The Hoop, which organizes a league (联赛) in which Abraham’s teams compete.

The trouble started last month, when some parents told The Hoop management they didn’t like Jaime playing with the boys. The Hoop officials informed Abraham that Jaime, after years in one of his boys’ teams, was banned. Neal Franzer, The Hoop’s director of operations, said Thursday that the parents were adamant (坚决的),
but their complaints had nothing to do with Jaime’s skills.

“They said the problem was the boys were playing differently against her because she was a girl,” he said. “They’d been taught not to push a girl, and the focus had shifted from playing basketball to noticing a girl was on the floor with them.”

The Hoop officials e-mailed Abraham to remind him of the rules. Abraham, Jaime and her parents don’t buy it. “I think the complaints come from parents who don’t like seeing a girl who plays better than their sons,” Abraham said.

Jaime, who said she “fell in love” with basketball when she was 8, likes the boys’ team because boys play a fast-paced game.

Jaime’s mom, Reiko Williams, said the issue boiled over after a particular game. “She scored 30 points,” Williams said. “I remember one play. She stole the ball and made a behind-the-back pass to a teammate. He missed it, and she grabbed the rebound and put it in. I think it was just too much for some of those parents.”

56. Michael Abraham is         .

A. Jaime Nared’s coach                     B. Jaime Nared’s father

C. Jaime Nared’s teammate                D. The Hoop’s manager

57. How did the boys feel when playing against Jaime Nared?

A. Proud.            B. Angry.            C. Interested.             D. Ashamed.

58. The boys’ parents wanted Jaime Nared to leave boys’ teams because         .

A. Jaime Nared had better skills than the boys       B. Jaime Nared was too rude on the court

C. the boys couldn’t get focused when playing with her 

D. the boys didn’t like to play with a girl

59. Why was Jaime banned according to her parents?

A. Because she is too tall.                B. Because she doesn’t obey the rules of basketball.

C. Because she plays better than boys.   D. Because she takes advantage of the boys.

60. We can learn from the passage that         .

A. Jaime Nared has great talents for basketball

B. Jaime Nared doesn’t know how to defend while playing

C. Jaime Nared always plays best in the team

D. Jaime Nared’s mother doesn’t want her daughter to play with boys

It's an age-old saying Men are from Mars; women are from Venus. Males and females 36different behaviors almost  37   birth. Researchers say these behaviors are due to 38 differences in brain structure and activity. Studies show men are better at hitting targets(靶子)and solving math problems  39women are better at memorizing words and   40   faces. Why the differences ?

A test of the brain's electrical activity shows that women   41 use both sides of their brains while men rely more on one. Scientists   42   know that the two sides of the brains control different functions-one controlling the sense of space,   43 , the other controlling   44 . Some researchers   45 that the different ways men and women use their brains   46 from ancient times, when cavemen hunted and women   47  the children. Men had to have good   48 . Women had to talk to the kids.

Whatever the 49, the battle of the sexes 50 . And although their brains are constructed slightly differently, men and women may be  51 capable. They may simply  52 different abilities. Take a couple arguing over the location of their car in a parking lot. The man might use his sense of  53 to find it, while the woman relies on her memory of landmarks.54  of them find the car. But chances are, they'll still  55  who's the better driver and who's better at finding the way home.

36. A. build                B. form            C. choose          D. show

37. A. for                 B. in               C. from            D. on

38. A. basic               B. average          C. great            D. exact

39. A. so                  B. as              C. or              D. while

40. A. realizing            B. recognizing      C. describe          D. paint

41. A. commonly          B. never           C. finally            D. suddenly

42. A. even              B. hardly           C. already           D. seldom

43. A. at least             B. as a result       C. above all         D. for example

44. A. feelings            B. language        C. directions       D. actions

45. A. request             B. believe          C. suggest         D. doubt

46. A. took               B. developed       C. invented        D. produced

47. A. support            B. carry           C. cared for       D. gave birth

48. A. aim                B. way           C. looks           D. language

49. A. consideration   B. decision          C. imagination      D. explanation

50. A. changes            B. begins          C. spreads       D. continues

51. A. equally             B. fortunately       C. surprisingly    D. frequently

52. A. show off                 B. take on         C. depend on     D. keep up

53. A. area                     B. space           C. sight         D. distance

54. A. Both              B. Neither          C. All           D. None

55. A. agree with                B. think over        C. argue about           D. point out

 Never have I dreamed about there____ a chance for me to be sent abroad further education.

A.is                   B.being             C.to be              D.be

 The film,____ the true story of his red Army general, attracted people’s interest.

A. bases on         B. basing on        C. to base on      D. based on

 It’s time that you _____.

A. got up             B. get up            C. will get up      D. have got up

 People all over the world will watch the TV broadcast of the 2008 Olympic Games _____ .

A. living             B. live                C. alive               D. lively