When Andrea Peterson landed her first teaching job, she faced the daunting task of creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards-based learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers.

For her drive and creativity in overcoming those challenges, she’s been named national teacher of  the year.

Principal Waynes Kettler said he’s worked with many outstanding teachers in his 22 years as an educator, but Peterson is “just that one step above anybody I’ve ever worked with before.”

Kettler and others at Monte Cristo Elementary School talk about the ways she has introduced the learning from other classrooms into her music program and her creativity in working around things such as the lack of money for new music.

When students were reading S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders in their regular classroom, Peterson helped them write a 30-minute play with scenes from the book. Then they chose three Broadway tunes that focused no race, equality and social justice, the themes of the book. Peterson composed two other songs herself after classroom discussions about the play and the book.

The honor means a lot to residents of Granite Foils. It’s inspiring to know that people from small towns own even win national honors.

As national teacher of the year, Peterson will spend the more year outside the classroom, as a national and international spokeswoman for education.

Not surpassingly. She is a big believe in the white of acts education. She said it’s essential for schools to offer classes such as act or music and physical education because for some kids one of those subjects is the only thing that motivates them to come back to school day after day.

1.The underlined word “daunting” in Paragraph 1 most probably means __________.

A．discouraging   B．interesting   C．creative    D．unbearable

2.When Peterson began her teaching career, ____________.

A．music was a focus of learning in most schools

B．theenvironment was favorable to music teaching

C．the school backed teaching facilities for music

D．immemorial support for music programs was unavailable

3.What is the most important reason that Peterson won the award?

A．She concerned herself with current social problems.

B．She motivated students to learn music with her creativity.

C．She has aught music at the elementary school for 22 years.

D．She make great efforts to amuse students’ interest in literature.

4.Which of the following is an example of Peterson’s way of teaching music?

A．She wrote plays on themes of race, equality and social justice.

B．She made use of the contents of other classes in her teaching.

C．She organized classroom discussions of Broadway tunes.

D．She helped students compose songs by themselves.

5.In Peterson’s opinion, ____________.

A．art music and PE classes are all important

B．more subjects should be offered to students

C．students should be nativated to attend art classes

D．arts education is more important than other subjects

6.It can be inferred from the text that ________.

A．Peterson’s honor was a surprise for the local people

B．Peterson’s art classes attracted students back to school

C．Peterson aroused the local residents’ passion for music

D．Peterson will change her profession next year

Sports shoes that out whether their owner has enough exercise to warrant time in front of the television have been devised in the UK.

The shoes—named Square Eyes—contain an electronic pressure sensor and a tiny computer chip to record how many steps the wearer has taken in a day. A wireless transmitter passes the information to a receiver connected to a television, and this decides how much evening viewing time the wearer deserves, based on the day’s efforts.

The design was inspired by a desire to fight against the rapidly ballooning waistlines among British teenagers, says Gillian Swan, who developed Square Eyes as a final year design project at Brunel University to London, UK. “We looked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out,” she says. “And I wanted to tackle that with my design.”

Once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise, the television automatically switches off. And further time in front of the TV can only be earned through more steps.

Swan calculated how exercise should translate to television time using the recommended daily amounts of both. Health experts suggest that a child take 12,000 steps each day and watch no more than two hours of television. So, every 100 steps recorded by the Square Eyes shoes equals precisely one minute of TV time.

Existing pedometers （计步器） normally clip onto a belt or slip into a pocket and keep count of steps by measuring sudden movement. Swan says these can be easily tricked into recording steps through shaking. But her shoe has been built to be harder for lazy teenagers to cheat. “It is possible, but it would be a lot of effort,” she says. “That was one of my main design considerations.”

1.According to Swan, the purpose of her design project is to ________.

A．keep a record of the steps of the wearer

B．deal with overweight among teenagers

C．enable children to resist the temptation of TV

D．prevent children from being tricked by TV programs

2.Which of the following is true of Square Eyes shoes?

A．They regulate a child’s evening TV viewing time.

B．They determine a child’s daily pocket money.

C．They have raised the hot issue of overweight.

D．They contain information of the receiver.

3.What is stressed by health experts in their suggestion?

A．The exact number of steps to be taken.

B．The precise number of hours spent on TV.

C．The proper amount of daily exercise and TV time.

D．The way of changing steps into TV watching time.

4.Compared with other similar products, the new design ________.

A．makes it difficult for lazy teenagers to cheat

B．counts the wearer’s steps through shaking

C．records the sudden movement of the wearer

D．sends teenagers’ health data to the receiver

5.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．Smart Shoes Decide on Television Time

B．Smart Shoes Guarantee More Exercise

C．Smart Shoes Measure Time of Exercise

D．Smart Shoes Stop Childhood Overweight

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Almost every week now there seems to be a report suggesting that we are all being driven crazy by the bother of e-mail. He this is the case, it’s only because we haven’t developed an appropriate in dealing with it.

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1.Which sentence in the passage to the closest in meaning to the following one?

The possible existence of annoyance results from our inability to sort out e-mails.

2.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with a proper sentence. (within 10 words )

3.What advice si given in the last paragraph? (within 10 words)

4.For what purpose does the author mention his American friend in Paragraph 1? (within 10 words)

5.Franslate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.

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Part A: Short Conversation

Directions: In Part A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

1.A. Coke.       B. Coffee.       C. Tea.          D. Water.

2.A. At a restaurant.             B. At a studio.  C. At a concert. D. At a theatre.

3.A. Relieved.   B. Worried.      C. Confused.     D. Depressed.

4.A. The Browns. B. The Browns’ son.              C. The postman.  D. The neighbour.

5.A. 7:00.       B. 7:10.         C. 9:00.         D. 9:10.

6.A. The ring is not hers.        B. She doesn’t have gold rings.

  C. She prefers gold to silver.  D. She lost her silver ring.

7.A. The screen doesn’t have to be cleaned.   

B. The keyboard also needs cleaning.

  C. The man shouldn’t do the cleaning.          

D. There’s not enough time to clean both.

8.A. The driver will stop the bus immediately.

B. The guy by the door will help the woman.

  C. The woman should check the map. 

D. He will tell the woman when to get off.

9.A. She dislikes fireworks.      B. She has plans for the evening.

  C. She doesn’t feel like going out.             D. She has to get theatre tickets.

10.A. They can’t see the stars clearly.          

B. They’re not in the city tonight.

   C. They’re looking at the stars from the city.  

D. They’re talking about movie stars.

Part B Passages

Directions: In part B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11.A. It can make her famous.     B. It is easy and rewarding.

   C. It is dangerous but exciting.                D. It has its moving moment.

12.A. Somebody was killed.        B. Nobody was injured.

   C. Karen was physically hurt.  D. Many buildings exploded.

13.A. A fierce war.                                B. A serious injury.

C. A terrible explosion.       D. A brave journalist.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following report.

14.A. Internet use is increasing quickly in rural and urban areas.

   B. More and more rural residents have Internet access.

   C. People have a limited choice on Internet providers.

   D. City residents use the Internet frequently.

15.A. Over 2 million.   B. Around 6 million.    C. 23 million.     D. 17 million.

16.A. More girls have their own websites than boys.

   B. 1 in 4 kids have Internet access from home.

   C. Most kids think they get too little time online at school.

   D. Internet connection at home is quicker than that at school.

Part C  Longer Conversations

Directions:  In Part C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in me numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

B1anks l 7 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.

Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

 Leaves are found on all kinds of trees, but they differ greatly ________ size and shape.

   A. on         B. from          C. by            D. in

 The mayor has offered a reward of $ 5000 to ______ who can capture the tiger alive or dead.

   A. both       B. others        C. anyone        D. another

 Alan is a careful driver, but he drives ______ of my friends.

   A. more carefully  B. the most carefully   C. less carefully    D. the least carefully

 --- Did you tidy your room?

   --- No, I was going to tidy my room but I ______ visitors.

   A. had        B. have          C. have had      D. will have

 --- Guess what! I have got A for my term paper.

   --- Great! You ______ read widely and put a lot of work into it.

   A. must       B. should        C. must have     D. should have