From early times, man has been interested in art. People have often worked together to collect and save the world’s art treasures.
Fine art treasures from many countries are kept in an art museum called the Louvre (卢浮宫) in Paris, France. The works of art have been collected by the people of France over many centuries.
The Louvre has not always been a museum. The first building was a fort (要塞)with high walls and a round tower. It had a moat (护城河) to keep out the enemies. Over the years, the number of buildings around the fort grew. By 1350,the fort was no longer needed and became a palace home for French kings and queens.
During times of peace, new treasures were brought in. During times of war, many treasures were stolen, and the buildings were damaged(毁损).
When Francis I became King of France in the year of 1515,he brought in artists from many countries, and one of them was Leonardo da Vinci from Italy, whose Mona Lisa is the best-known painting in the museum today.
In 1793, the Louvre became a public museum, just as it is now. It is a place where art treasures have been saved for everyone to enjoy.
【小题1】The above passage is about       

A．the world-famous painting Mona Lisa

B．a king of France by the name of Francis I

C．a grand art museum in the capital of France

D．an artist named Leonardo da Vinci

【小题2】It seems to be necessary for great art works to be kept in public museum because    .

A．only in this way will they not be stolen

B．it gives everyone a chance to enjoy them

C．it helps people to remember the life of French kings and queens

D．it tells people what meaningful work the French kings did in the past

【小题3】The Louver became an art museum        

A．in the year of 1350

B．in 1515 when Francis I became King of France

C．in the seventeenth century

D．in the nineties of the eighteenth century

【小题4】Though the story does not say so, it makes you think        

A．lots of people pay visits to the Louvre

B．Leonardo da Vinci was once the keeper of the museum

C．the Louvre was only open to the artists from other countries

D．the Louvre became a public museum at the beginning of the last century

If you are in a town in a western country, you'll often see people walking with their dogs. It is still true that a dog is the most useful animal in the world. But the reason why one keeps a dog has changed Once upon a time, a man met a dog and wanted it to help him in the fight against other animals, and he found that the dog listened to him and did what he told him to. Later people used dogs for the hunting other animals, and the dogs didn't eat what they got until their master agreed. So dogs were used for driving sheep and guarding chicks. But now the people in the towns and cities do not need dogs to fight other animals. Of course they keep them to frighten thieves, but the most important reason is that people feel lonely in the city. For a child, a dog is his best friend when he has no friends to play with. For a young wife, a dog is her child when she doesn’t have her own. For old people, a dog is also a child when their real children have grown up and left. Now people do not have to use a dog, but they keep it as a friend, just like a member of the family.
【小题1】_______are more useful than a dog in the world.

A．No other animals

B．Some animals

C．Many animals

D．A few animals

【小题2】In the past people kept dogs because dogs _________.

A．could fight against other animals	B．met the people
C．did not eat other animals	D．helped and listened to people

【小题3】Now people keep dogs in the cities because dogs_____.

A．fight other animals	B．are lonely
C．are like their friends	D．are afraid of the thieves

【小题4】A dog can be _____.

A．a child's friend only	B．a young woman's son
C．old people's real child	D．everybody's friend

【小题5】So a dog will __ in a family.

A．always be used	B．not be useful
C．still fight	D．always be a good friend

If you want to get the most out of the study of a language, you must also read for pleasure: novels, plays, travel books, and so on. And in reading books of this kind the important thing is to get on with the reading; to try to grasp what the writer is going to tell you in the book as a whole. This is impossible if you stop and think over the meaning of every single word which happens to be unfamiliar(不熟悉). You can not enjoy a story if you stop half a dozen times on every page in order to look up words in the dictionary. You may even prevent yourself from understanding the story as a whole by doing this.
When you are reading books of this kind, therefore, you will usually have to rely mainly on(依靠) the context (上下文) to help you. If you meet an unfamiliar word, do not let it take too much of your attention from the main thread(主线) of the story. In all probability(可能) you will meet the same word again a few pages later on in a slightly different context, and each time you see it that your understanding of it will become more exact.
【小题1】To read for pleasure means _____________.

A．to take pleasure in reading

B．to be satisfied in reading book

C．to read such books as novels, plays, travel books, etc

D．to go on with reading pleasantly

【小题2】The phrase “to get on with reading” in the passage has the same meaning as “_________”.

A．to try to grasp the meaning of every sentence in the book

B．to try to catch the meaning of every word in the book

C．to try to understand all the writer is going to tell you

D．to try to understand the main idea of the book

【小题3】、When you meet new words in reading such kinds of books, you’d better _________.

A．stop and look them up in a dictionary	B．stop and think them over
C．try to guess their meanings from the context	D．have none of them

【小题4】According to the passage the best way to read novels, plays and travel books is _____.

A．to read very slowly	B．to read quickly and not too carefully
C．to read very carefully	D．to read very seriously

【小题5】The best title for this passage is “___________”.

A．Read for Pleasure	B．Get on with the Books
C．Reading Skills	D．The Importance of Reading

For the person keeping a journal, whatever he experiences and wants to hold he can write down. But to get it down on paper begins another adventure. For he has to focus on what he has experienced, and to be able to say what, in fact, the experience is. What of it is new? What of it is remarkable because of associations in the memory it stirs up? It is a good or bad thing to have happened? And why, specifically? The questions multiply  (增多) themselves quickly. As one tries to find the words that best represent this discovery, the experience becomes even clearer in its shape and meaning.
Beyond the value of the journal as record, there is the value of the discipline it teaches. The journalist begins to pay closer attention to what happened to and around himself. He develops and sharpens his skills of observation. He learns the usefulness of languages as a means of representing what he sees, and gains skill and certainty in the expression of his experiences. To have given up one’s experience to words is to have begun marking out the limits and potential of its meaning. In the journal that meaning is developed and clarified (澄清、阐明) to oneself. When the intention of the development of that meaning is the consideration of another reader, the method of the journal redirects itself and it becomes the essay.
【小题1】According to the author, keeping a journal is good for ________.

A．observation and expression

B．certainty and discipline

C．experience and adventure

D．consideration and development

【小题2】By keeping a journal, one can ________.

A．develop the usefulness of language

B．develop his memory

C．clarify the consideration to everyone

D．have a thorough understanding of his experience

【小题3】Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

A．The journalist can express what has happened.

B．A journal can serve as a record of the past happening.

C．The journalist must be able to observe closely.

D．Writing helps develop the consideration of others.

【小题4】The passage is mainly about ________.

A．how to write a journal

B．the expressions of a journal

C．the values of keeping a journal

D．how to solve the problems in a journal

While in Banff, make time for a walk around town. A special treat is to go up the mountainside on the Banff Gondola for a surprising view of the valley below. Here is The pines, whose cook has developed a special way of mixing foreign food such as caribou, wild boar, and reindeer with surprising sauces.
Best time to visit is during the off-season, from early May to mid-June, or in October. This way you can avoid sharing the high way with mobile homes which can be pulled by cars. But whatever the season, take some lunch with you from Banff, because there are only a few food stops on the road.
Forty minutes north of Banff, side by side with the Banff National Park, sits world-famous Lake Louise. This surprisingly small body of water is attractive with towering mountains around it. Glaciers, huge masses of ice, moving very slowly against rocks, produce what is called glacier rock flour, making its water dark to see. It is worth taking a walk around the grounds of the Chateau Lake Louise, another beauty, proud of its early 20^th century history.
Back on the road, and it’s time to continue north past the astonishing Columbia Icefield, then turn off the highway and take the short road to the base of the Athabaska Glacier. You can rent ice cleats (夹板) and do some climbing or do a more pleasant snowmobile tour. Either way, you can enjoy endless beautiful sights.
Finally you’ll reach Jasper, the usual turning around the place for the Banff-Jasper loop (回路). It’s worth riding the Jasper Skytram, and be sure to visit the wonderful Jasper Park Lodge, also dating back to the 1920s. If you can have lunch there, do it. The restaurant has an adventurous menu and their wine list would put a smile on any visitor’s face.
【小题1】According to the passage, The Pines is a ________.

A．place in which you can see many mobile homes

B．mountain where you can get a good view of the valley

C．town which happens to be near the Banff National park

D．restaurant where you can ask for some special kinds of food

【小题2】 What will probably happen when visitors come at the end of June?

A．They may have trouble finding a restaurant.

B．They may come across traffic jams.

C．They may travel more easily with cars.

D．They may do much more sightseeing.

【小题3】 Similar to the Chateau Lake Louise, ________.

A．the Banff National Park is to the west of Banff

B．the Columbia Icefield lies between Lake Louise and the Banff National Park

C．the Jasper Skytram has a history of more than 80 years

D．the Jasper Park Lodge was built in the 1920s

【小题4】Besides the beautiful sights in Jasper Park Lodge, visitors to Jasper can enjoy themselves by ________.
A. taking the Jasper Skytram and eating in the restaurant
B. taking the Banff-Jasper loop and Jasper Skytram

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【小题1】This advertisement is designed especially for those who____________.

A．like eating in restaurants	B．have little time
C．prefer home-cooked meals	D．want to save money

【小题2】What information CAN'T we get from the advertisement about Ouickeats?

A．Different kinds．

B．High quality．

C．Exact prices．

D．Good taste

【小题3】Which of the following can be cooled in a refrigerator before eating according to the ads?

A．Pasta Salad

B．Dried Fruit．

C．Noodles．

D．Nuts．

【小题4】The underlined word “hectic” in the passage means ____________.

A．full of freedom

B．comfortable

C．full of activities

D．flexible

Most shops in Britain open at 9:00 am, and close at 5:00 or 5:30 in the evening. Small shops usually close for an hour at lunchtime. On one or two days a week—usually Thursday and/or Friday—some large food shops stay open until about 8:00 pm for late night shopping.
Many shops are closed in the afternoon on one day a week. The day is usually Wednesday or Thursday and it is a different day in different towns.
Nearly all shops are closed on Sundays. Newspaper shops are open in the morning, and sell sweets and cigarettes as well. But not all the things can be sold on Sundays.
Usually it is not difficult for foreign visitors to find where to buy things. Most shops sell the things that you want to buy. One problem is stamps. In Britain you can only buy these at post offices. Many large food shops are self-service. When you go into one of these shops, you take a basket and you put the things you wish to buy into this. You pay for everything just before you leave. If anyone tries to take things from a shop without paying they are almost certain to be caught, because most shops have detectives.
When you are waiting to be served in a shop, it is important not try to be served before people who arrive before you. Many foreign people are surprised at the British way of queuing (排队).
【小题1】Most shops in Britain stay open for about ______ a day.

A．eight hours

B．five hours

C．ten hours

D．six hours

【小题2】 According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?  

A．Some large food shops open for about 11 hours on Thursday or Friday.

B．Many shops are closed in the afternoon once a week on Tuesday.

C．Only a few things can be bought on Sundays.

D．It is not difficult for foreign visitors to buy things in Britain.

【小题3】You can not buy ______ in shops.  

A．cigarette.

B．sweets.

C．stamps.

D．clothes.

【小题4】Which of the following statements is TRUE?  

A．Most shops usually close for an hour at lunchtime.

B．Many large shops are self-service.

C．Most shops have detectives.

D．People do not have to queue to be served.

【小题5】Which of the following statements can be the best title of this passage?

A．Shops in Britain

B．How to buy things in Britain?

C．The British Way of Queuing

D．How long are the British shops?

The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean, so that the audience could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other for ever. He sent camera team out one evening to film the sunset for him.
The next morning he said to the men, “Have you provided me with that sunset?”
“No, Sir,” the men answered.
The director was angry.  “Why not?”  he asked.
“Well,” one of the men answered, “we are on the east coast here, and the sun sets in the west. We can get you a sunrise over the sea, if necessary, but not a sunset.”
“But I want a sunset!” the director shouted. “Go to the airport, take the next flight to the west coast, and get one.”
But then a young secretary had an idea. “Why don’t you photograph a sunrise,” she suggested, “and then play it backwards, Then it’ll look like a sunset.” “That’s a very good idea!” the director said. Then he turned to the camera team and said, “Tomorrow morning I want you to get me a beautiful sunrise over the sea.”
The camera team went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay. Then at nine o’clock they took it to the director. “Here it is, Sir,” they said, and give it to him. He was very pleased.
They all went into the studio. “All right,” the director explained, “now our hero and heroine are going to say goodbye. Run the film backwards so that we can see the sunset behind them.”
The “sunset” began, but after a quarter of a minute, the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the camera team to stop. The birds in the film were flying backwards away from the beach.
【小题1】One evening, the director sent his camera team out ______.

A．to watch a beautiful sunset.

B．to find an actor and an actress.

C．to film a scene on the sea.

D．to meet the audience.

【小题2】Why did the director want to send his team to the west coast?

A．Because he changed his mind about getting a sunset

B．Because he was angry about his team

C．Because it was his secretary’s suggestion

D．Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset

【小题3】Which of the following is NOT true?

A．The team followed the secretary’s advice.

B．If you want to see a sunrise, the east coast is a place to go to.

C．The camera team wasn’t able to film the scene the first day.

D．The director ordered his team to stop filming the “sunset”

【小题4】The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because _____.  

A．it went well with the separation of the hero and heroine

B．when they arrived at the beach it was already in the evening

C．it was more moving than a sunrise

D．the ocean looked more than a sunrise

【小题5】After the “sunset” began, the director suddenly put his face in his hands _____.

A．because he was moved to tears

B．as he saw everything in the film moving backwards

C．as the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined

D．because he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and the heroine

American beekeeping operations have been hit hard by what scientists call Colony Collapse Disorder. Almost half of their worker bees have disappeared during the past season. C.C.D. has also been reported in Israel, Europe and South America. Bees fly away from the hive and never return. Sometimes they are found dead; other times they are never found. Many crops and trees depend on pollination （授粉） by bees to help them grow.
A new report says virus may be at least partly responsible for the disorder in honey bee colonies in the United States. This virus is called Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus. It was first identified in Israel in 2004. Ian Lipkin at Columbia University in New York and a team reported the new findings in Science magazine. Doctor Lipkin says the virus may not be the only cause. He says it may work with other causes to produce the collapse disorder.
The team found the virus in colonies with the help of a map of honey bee genes that was published last year. They examined thirty colonies affected by the disorder. They found evidence of the virus in twenty – five of them, and in one healthy colony. The next step is further testing of healthy hives.
The researchers suggested that the United States may have imported the disorder in bees from Australia. They say the bees may carry the virus but not be affected.
The idea is that unlike many American bees, the ability of Australian bees to fight disease has not been hurt by the varroa mite. This insect attacks honey bees, which could make the disorder more likely to affect a hive. Australian bee producers reject these suspicions.
And some researchers suspect that bee production in the United States is down mainly because of the weather. Honey bees gather nectar（花蜜） from flowers and trees. The sweet liquid gives them food and material to make honey. But cold weather this spring in the Midwest reduced the flow of nectar in many flowers. Many bees may have starved. Dry weather in areas of the country could also be playing a part.
Wayne Esaias is a NASA space agency scientist who keeps bees in his free time. He lives in central Maryland, where he has found that flowers are blooming a month earlier than they did in 1970, which may be partly responsible for the disorder. Wayne Esaias is organizing a group of beekeepers to document nectar flow around the country.
【小题1】 What is the author’s attitude to the causes of the bee disorder?

A．critical	B．neutral
C．supportive	D．negative

【小题2】 What is the passage mainly about?

A．American beekeeping industry has been strongly influenced by the bee disorder.

B．Studies are being carried out on the causes of the bee disorder, but questions remain.

C．How the causes of the bee disorder in U.S have been found.

D．The bee production in U.S is down.

【小题3】 How many possibilities may be involved in the bee disorder according to the passage?

A．Three

B．Four

C．Five

D．Six

【小题4】We can infer that         from the passage.

A．Israeli acute paralysis virus should be responsible for the disorder.

B．The solution to the disorder will be found eventually.

C．American bees are more likely to defend themselves against hurt from other insects than Australian ones.

D．Many crop and plant production in U.S may be influenced by the bee disorder.

There are many rights to make sure that people will be treated fairly when they are suspected or accused of a crime. Sometimes these rights are called "due process of law". In using these rights, a person should have the help of a lawyer.
You have a right to protect against unreasonable searches and seizures. The police generally may not search you or your home, or take things you own, without a "warrant". A warrant is a paper which states, very exactly , the place to be searched and the things to be taken. Sometimes, however, the police will not need a warrant to search you or your property. If an officer sees you committing a crime, or if he has a good reason to believe you have committed a serious crime, he may arrest you and search you and the area right around you without a warrant.
If you invite a police without a warrant to come into your house and he finds proof of crime, the evidence may be used against you in court. If you do not want an officer to search you or your home and he does not have a warrant, tell him that you do not give him the right to search. However, if the officer will not listen, do not try to stop him. It is dangerous to resist and it may be illegal to do so. Any evidence which a policeman gets during an unlawful search and seizure cannot be used against you.
Police officers must act reasonably and fairly at all times. They should use physical force only when it is needed to arrest someone to enforce a law. They may not use physical violence to "teach someone a lesson".
【小题1】   According to the passage, a "warrant" is______.

A．an identification card	B．an access card
C．an official written order	D．a special license

【小题2】   In which case can the policeman use the evidence he gets against you in court?

A．He makes an unreasonable search of your home and gets the evidence.

B．He is allowed to search your home with no warrant and finds proof of crime.

C．He gets the information you do not want to give him by using physical force.

D．He obtains the information from you when you are alone with him.

【小题3】 The police can use physical force only when____.

A．they want to teach the habitual thief a lesson

B．they catch the criminal on the spot

C．the suspect talks back

D．the criminal resists arrest

【小题4】 The passage centers around____.

A．the rights of citizens	B．the importance of warrants
C．the duty of the police	D．criminal cases