One morning all the employees reached the office as usual. And on the wall they saw a big  36  on which it was written：Yesterday, the person who has been  37  your growth in this company passed  38 . We invite you to join the funeral (葬礼) prepared in the  39 .

    In the beginning，they all got  40  for the death of one of their colleagues.  41  after a while they started getting  42  to know who was the man that limited the growth of his colleagues and the company itself.

    The  43  in the gym was such that security agents(保安)were  44  to control the crowd within the room. The more people reached the coffin(棺材), the more the excitement  45  up. Everyone whispered to each other:“  46  on earth is this guy?”

    One by one the excited employees got closer to the coffin, and when they  47  inside it, they  48  became speechless. They stood nearby the coffin, shocked and in  49 , as if someone had  50  the deepest part of their soul.

    There was a  51  inside the coffin；everyone who looked inside it could see himself, There was also a sign next to the mirror that  52 : there is only one person who is  53  to set limits to your growth：IT IS  54  !!!!!! Your life doesn’t change when everyone around you changes. Your life changes when YOU change，when you go beyond your limiting beliefs inside. Don’t be afraid of  55  ；build yourself and your reality. It’s the way you face life itself that makes the difference!

1.A. card           B. post         C. sign         D. 1etter

2.A. encouraging        B. helping      C. building     D. limiting

3.A. on             B. by           C. away         D. down

4.A. office         B. gym          C. way          D. meeting room

5.A. sad                B. excited      C. afraid       D. calm

6.A. and                B. but          C. or           D. so

7.A. ready          B. pleased      C. curious      D. serious

8.A. surprise       B. anger        C. excitement   D. sadness

9.A. admitted       B. forced       C. forbidden    D. ordered

10.A. heated            B. woke         C. turned       D. kept

11.A. Where         B. What         C. How          D. Who

12.A. walked            B. looked       C. got          D. turned

13.A. suddenly      B. gradually    C. merely       D. extremely

14.A. sorrow            B. order        C. silence      D. person 

15.A. stolen            B. touched      C. attacked     D. seen

16.A. 1etter            B. book         C. mirror       D. appeared

17.A. wrote         B. read         C. showed       D. reflected

18.A. sure          B. eager        C. afraid       D. able

19.A. YOU               B. ME           C. HE           D. ITSELF

20.A. punishment        B. praises      C. changes      D. blame

Every pet owner loves his pet .There is no argument here.

   But when we asked our readers whether they would clone their beloved animals , the responses were split(分裂) almost down the middle . Of the 228 readers who answered it ,108 would clone, 111 would not and nine weighed each side without offering an opinion .

   Clearly, from readers’ response, this is an issue that reaches deeply into both the joy and eventual (最终的)sadness of owning a pet. It speaks, as well, to people’s widely differing expectations over the developing scientific procedure (步骤)

    Most of the readers who favored the idea strongly believed it would produce at least a close copy of the original; many felt the process would actually return an exact copy. Those on the other side, however, held little hope that clone could truly recreate a pet; many simply did not wish to go against the natural law of life and death.

    Both sides expressed equal love for their animals. More of them owned “the best dog/cat in the world”. They thought of their pets as their “best friend” or “a member of the family”. They told moving stories of pets’ heroism, intelligence and selfless devotion.

    No wonder the loss is so disturbing---and the cloning so attractive. “People become very close to their animals, and the loss can be just as hard to bear as when a friend or family member dies,” says Gary Kowalski, author of goodbye, Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet. “For me, cloning feels like an attempt to turn death away…It’s understandable. Death is always painful. It’s difficult to deal with. It’s hard to accept.”

    But would cloning reduce the blow? This question seems to be at the heart of this problem.

1.

As far as the cloning of pets is concerned, a recent survey shows that, of all pet owners,     .

A．a lot more of them are for it      B．a lot more of them are against it

    C．very few of them are willing to tell their opinions

．  D．about half of them are for it and the other half against it

2.

The expression “eventual sadness of owning a pet.” (in paragraph 3) refers to       .

    A．the death of one’s pet

    B．the final ownership of a pet

C．the troubles one has to deal with in keeping a pet

D．the dangers involved in the cloning of a pet

3.

In spite of their differences on the problem of cloning, it seems that      .

    A．all pet owners love their pets very much

    B．all pet owners try to go against the natural law of life and death

    C．people who support cloning love their pets more

    D．people who dislike cloning love their pets more

4.

From what Gary Kowalski says, we can know that he      .

    A．has never thought about the problem of cloning

B．thinks it hard to accept the idea of cloning pets

    C．is in favor of the idea of cloning pets  

 D．is all against the cloning of pets

My students often tell me that they don’t have “enough time” to do all their schoolwork.

My reply is often a brief “You have as much time as the president.” I usually carry on a bit about there being twenty-four hours in the day for everyone, and suggest that “not enough time” is not an acceptable explanation of not getting something done.

Once in graduate school, I tried to prove to one of my professors by saying that I was working hard. His answer to me was, “That’s irrelevant (无关的). What’s important is the quality of your work.” Since then I have had time to think carefully about the “hard worker” dodge (诀窍), and I have come to some conclusions — all relevant to the problem of how much time we have.

If you analyze the matter, you can identify two parts of the problem: There is, of course, the matter of “time”, which we can think of as fixed. Then there is the problem of “work” during that time. But, as my professor suggested, it’s not how hard one works but the quality of the product that’s important.

That led me to a new idea: the quality of the work. That concept is perhaps best explained by a sign I once saw on the wall in someone’s office: “Don’t work harder. Work smarter.” There is a lot of sense in that idea.

If you can’t get more time, and few of us can, the only solution is to improve the quality of the work. That means thinking of ways to get more out of the same time than we might otherwise get. That should lead us to an analysis of our work habits. Since “work” for students usually means “homework”, the expression “work habits” should be read as “study habits”.

Then, as a smart student, you will seek to improve those skills that you use in study, chiefly reading and writing. If you learn to read better and write better, there are big benefits that pay off in all your studies.

1.

From the passage, we know that the author is probably ______ .

   A. a poet            B. an educator          C. a novelist           D. an engineer

2.

We can infer from the 2^nd paragraph that we students still _____ .

   A. have enough time                 B. can meet the president

C. get everything done well              D. should accept the explanation

3.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. The author’s students make good use of their time to do all their homework.

   B. The author tried to tell the professor that he/she (author) had done a good job.

C. You can’t improve the quality of the work if you can’t get more time.

D. You’ll try to improve your skills in reading and writing if you’re a clever student

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◆Days 1-3: UK---Shanghai

Fly to the great city of Shanghai and in the evening sample traditional Shanghai food. Visit the beautiful Yu Gardens, Old Town, Shanghai Museum, cross the Great Nanpu Bridge and tour the Pudong area. Also explore Xintiandi with its 1920’ s style Shikumen buildings and end your stay in Shanghai with an amazing Huangpu River evening tour.

◆Days 4-7: Shanghai---Yangtze River Tour

Fly to Yichang and change (approx: one hour)to board your Yangtze River ship for the next four nights. Enjoy a tour of the Three Gorges Dam (三峡大坝)before sailing on the grand Yangtze River, passing through the impressive Three Gorges. We take a side trip to the Lesser Three Gorges or travel up the Shennong Stream in a peapod boat and enjoy various shore trips along the way.

◆Day 8: Chongqing---Chengdu

Get off in Chongqing and drive to Chengdu for an overnight stay.

◆Days 9-10: Chengdu---Xi’an

Visit the famous Panda Reserve to see the lovely animals. We then fly to the historic city of Xi’an for two nights’ stay and enjoy traditional Shui Jiao. Next day, explore one of the most important discoveries of the 20th Century — the Terracotta Warriors(兵马俑) ，followed by the ancient City Wall and a performance of Tang Dynasty dancing.

◆Days 11-13: Xi’an---Beijing

Visit Little Wild Goose Pagoda and see the ancient objects at the well?known Shaanxi Provincial Museum before walking through the lively Muslim Quarter to see the Great Mosque. Later fly to Beijing for three nights’ stay and try Peking Duck. During our stay in Beijing, we stroll through Tiananmen Square to the Forbidden City, the largest and best preserved collection of ancient buildings in China, and visit the Summer Palace. Next day we take a walk on the Great Wall, tour the unique Temple of Heaven and enjoy an attractive Chinese Acrobatic Show.

◆Day 14: Beijing---UK

Fly back to the UK, arriving home later the same day filled with happy memories.

1.

 The underlined word “sample” in the passage probably means “________”.

A. buy    B. reserve        C. taste     D. make

2.

The first and last scenic spots to be visited in Xi’an are________.

A. the Terracotta Warriors and the Great Mosque

B. the Terracotta Warriors and Shaanxi Provincial Museum

C. Little Wild Goose Pagoda and the Great Mosque

D. Little Wild Goose Pagoda and the Muslim Quarter

3.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the ad?

A. The tourists will have to pay extra for fuel and meals.

B. The tourists will visit the 1920’s Shikumen buildings in Beijing.

C. The tourists will take a side trip to the Three Gorges Dam during the tour.

D. The tourists will stay in Beijing for three nights before leaving for the UK.

4.

The ad is mainly intended to________.

A. encourage the British to travel in China 

B. attract the British to traditional Chinese food

C. offer services of booking air tickets to tourists

D. provide the British with a better understanding of China

People diet to look more attractive. Fish diet to avoid being beaten up, thrown out of their social group, and getting eaten as a result. That is the fascinating conclusion of the latest research into fish behavior by a team of Australian scientists.

The research team has discovered that subordinate (隶属的)fish voluntarily diet to avoid challenging their larger competitors. “In studying gobies we noticed that only the largest two individuals, a male and female, had breeding(繁殖) rights within the group, ”explains Marian Wong. “All other group members are non-breeding females, each being 5–10% smaller than its next largest competitor. We wanted to find out how they keep this size separation.”

The reason for the size difference was easy to see. Once a subordinate fish grows to within 5–10% of the size of its larger competitor，it causes a fight which usually ends in the smaller goby being driven away from the group. More often than not, the evicted fish is then eaten up.

It appeared that the smaller fish were keeping themselves small in order to avoid challenging the boss fish. Whether they did so voluntarily，by limiting how much they ate, was not clear. The research team decided to do an experiment. They tried to fatten up some of the subordinate gobies to see what happened. To their surprise，the gobies simply refused the extra food they were offered，clearly preferring to remain small and avoid fights, over having a feast.

The discovery challenges the traditional scientific view of how boss individuals keep their position in a group. Previously it was thought that large individuals simply used their weight and size to threaten their subordinates and take more of the food for themselves, so keeping their competitors small.

While the habits of gobies may seem a little mysterious, Dr. Wong explains that understanding the relationships between boss and subordinate animals is important to understanding how hierarchical (等级的) societies remain stable.

The research has proved the fact that voluntary dieting is a habit far from exclusive(排他的) to humans. “As yet, we lack a complete understanding of how widespread the voluntary reduction of food intake is in nature,” the researchers comment. “Data on human dieting suggests that, while humans generally diet to improve health or increase attractiveness, rarely does it improve long term health and males regularly prefer females that are fatter than the females’ own ideal.”

1.

When a goby grows to within 5–10% of the size of its larger competitor, it_______.

A. faces danger                 B. has breeding rights

C. eats its competitor          D. leaves the group itself

2.

The underlined words “the evicted fish” in Paragraph 3 refer to _______.

A. the fish beaten up           B. the fish found out

C. the fish fattened up             D. the fish driven away

3.

The experiment showed that the smaller fish_______.

A. fought over a feast             B. went on diet willingly

C. preferred some extra food  D. challenged the boss fish

4.

What is the text mainly about?

A. Fish dieting and human dieting.    B. Dieting and health.

C. Human dieting.                      D. Fish dieting.

Crossroads International

1. How does Crossroads work?

Crossroads is a resource network. We take goods Hong Kong doesn’t want and give them to people who badly need them. We collect those goods and give them out in the welfare(福利)center in Hong Kong, Mainland China, elsewhere in Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa.   1 

2. Who do we help?

  2  They are grass-root groups who have seen a need and tried to meet it. They can’t get the job done without back-up, though, so our task is to help them do their task. Our warehouse is full of goods, from computers to high chairs, clothing to books, stationery to medical provision, cupboards to dining sets. They send us a list of their needs and we try to match it with the resource we have in stock.

3.   3 

Crossroads itself also operates on a low budget. We do not buy the goods we send. They are donated.   4   Nobody in our organization receives a salary. Even our full-time staff work on a voluntary basis.

Those that donate goods and services:

●Factories     ●Manufacturers

●Hospitals     ●Hotels

●Educational Institutions  ●Householders

●Transport Companies   ●Offices

●Other Charities

  5  While we receive large quantities of goods and there is never a short supply of requests for them, we are always in need of hands to help sort and prepare them for shipping．

    A. One resource that we are always in need of is people．

    B. So Crossroads is just that: a Crossroads between need and resource．

    C. What can I do?

    D. The welfare agencies we help do not run on large budgets．

    E. How do we operate?

    F. All volunteer work is done at our warehouse．

G.. Similarly, rather than raising funds for freight （货运）, we ask transport companies to donate their services．

    假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

    增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）, 并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

    删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

    修改：在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

    注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

          2、只允许修改十处, 多者（从第11处起） 不计分。

Generally, we prefer to do things the way we considered to be the best．However, it is

important to listen to those who love us and want to give us an advice when we have serious

problems in our lives．Parents have gained some life experiences and they know what to

act in different situations．That's why we should ask them for help first when they have

problems．Therefore, there are moments when we avoid them and don't want to follow

them．With time passed, my brother as well as I have realized that our parents are right．

Please turn for your parents when in trouble, for they worth trusting and ready to offer

help all the time．

你班班长组织了一堂“爱的天平”主题班会，同学们回想了“父母为我做的事”（ 教我说话、走路；送我上学；帮我克服困难；教我做人）和“我为父母做的事”（抱怨、不用功读书），发现和父母之间爱的天平是倾斜的。最后要求发表你自己的看法。

请以“The Balance of Love”为题，写一篇100-120字左右的短文。

注意：1. 不要简单的句句翻译。

2. 开头已给出，不计入总次数。

3. 参考词汇：倾斜的tilt。

                                The Balance of Love

Recently, our school has launched a campaign of thanksgiving education. To help our classmates cultivate the spirit of being grateful to our parents, our monitor organized a theme class meeting—The Balance of Love. …

I don’t think ____ is any need for a guide on our journey.

A. it       B. this     C. there        D. that

She was so _____ in her job that she didn’t hear anybody knocking at the door.

A. devoted      B. attracted        C. contributed      D. absorbed