A fire-engine will arrive quickly. The firemen know what to do. They have long ladders to reach high windows. People who cannot get out are rescued by the firemen. If some people are hurt, they are taken to hospital in ambulances（救护车）.

When all the people have been rescued, the firemen put out the fire. Sometimes this is very difficult. Foolish people sometimes keep things in passages and on stairs. Then the firemen cannot get past to fight the fire. Sometimes foolish people keep a lot of things that burn easily in their homes. This makes the fire much bigger.

If you want to be a fireman, you must be strong and healthy. Good health and strength are very important. A fireman has to be able to carry heavy things. He has to be able to climb ladders and to work in high places. He also has to be brave.

1. If you dial the number 119, you will get in touch with______.

A. a fire-alarm

B. the fire-service

C. a fire-engine

D. the fire-escape

2. The firemen will ______ as soon as they reach a burning building.

A. put long ladders against the wall

B. telephone the ambulance

C. put out the fire immediately

D. try to rescue the people trapped in the building

3. A good fireman must be ______.

A. healthy, strong and tall

B. strong, tall and clever

C. healthy, strong and brave

D. strong, clever and tall

4. When you see a house on fire, you’d better ______.

A. turn to the firefighters

B. ring up the hospital

C. run as fast as you can

D. put out the fire by yourself

5. The underlined word “passages” in the third paragraph means ______ in Chinese.

A. （文章）段落　　   　　　　　　　　  B. 通过　　　　 　　   C. 过道　　   D. 楼梯

If you go to sleep on your back，you’re a very open person. You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas. You don’t like to displease people，so you never express your real feelings. You’re quite shy and you aren’t sure of yourself.

If you sleep on your stomach，you are a rather secretive person. You worry a lot and you’re always easily upset. You always stick to your own opinions or judgment, but you don’t raise your hopes too much. You usually live for today not tomorrow. This means that you enjoy having a good time.

If you sleep curled up you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and so you’re often defensive. You’re shy and you don’t normally like meeting people. You prefer to be on your own. You’re easily hurt.

If you sleep on your side，you have usually got a well-balanced personality. You know your strengths and weaknesses. You’re usually careful. You believe in yourself. You sometimes feel anxious, but you don’t often get sad. You always say what you think even if it makes people rather angry.

1. According to the passage, a person, who is not willing to change his mind and hard to deal with, probably sleeps ______.

A. on his side　　   　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. on his back

C. curled up　　   　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. on his stomach

2. If a person prefers to sleep curled up rather than on his back, he may be well content to ______.

A. do things personally

B. stay alone

C. keep things secret

D. trust others easily

3. Which of the following people, in the author’s opinion, most likely have personalities opposite to each other?

A. The people sleeping on their stomachs and those sleeping on their backs.

B. The people sleeping on their backs and those sleeping curled up.

C. The people sleeping on their backs and those sleeping on their sides.

D. The people sleeping curled up and those sleeping on their stomachs.

4. What the author mainly intends to tell us is that ______.

A. one’s sleeping position has something to do with one’s character

B. everyone has got both real and secret personalities

C. the position in which one goes to sleep is most important one

D. when awake, one does not show one’s secret personality

Among the passengers killed in the crash were one Canadian, two Spaniards, nine from Macao. Their names are not yet known.

Officials say that the plane was flying from Guangzhou to Guilin when it crashed. Witnesses said that at 7: 45 a. m. they saw the jet belch smoke before it hit the mountain and exploded into pieces. Searching operations immediately began after the plane crashed.

CHINA DAILY Thursday, Sept. 26, 1996

1. There were______people in the jet plane, including______foreigners.

A. 133; 13　　   　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. 141; 3

C. 141; 4　　   　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. 154; 3

2. Searching operations began______.

A. on Tuesday morning

B. on the morning of Nov. 25

C. on the afternoon of Sept. 24

D. on the evening of that day

3. The word “witness” in the third paragraph probably means a person______.

A. who has been in danger

B. who has done something serious himself

C. who has watched the news on TV

D. who has seen something happening himself

4. The best title of the news is______.

A. Some Foreign Visitors were killed in Boeing 737 jet Crash

B. 141 Died in Boeing 737 jet Crash near Guilin

C. Searching Operations Have Begun

D. Warning No Plane is Safe Enough

5. Which of the following is not true?

A. The Boeing 737 jet plane crashed in Guangdong province.

B. In the jet plane, 138 Chinese were killed.

C. The crash took place in Guangxi province on Sept. 24.

D. After the plane belched smoke, it hit the mountain.

Think of a book your parents read out loud to you. That might be great book to read out loud to your mom or dad in their car. Put a cassette in the recorder, open the book, hit the record button and start reading out loud.

Remember there is no such a thing as a wrong way to do this. You might think you’ve made a mistake, and this gift is part of you, and nothing about that can be a mistake. It’s impossible.

You get to be all artistic and creative here. You might want to play music in the background. Do whatever you want. The gift is you, so you decide. Remember to say “I love you” at the end of your reading. That’s like the prize at the end of the book.

1. Choose the right order that shows the development of the tape recorder.

a. Using big rolls.

b. Using cassettes.

c. Using thin wire.

A. a b c　　   　　　　　　　　   B. b c a　　　　　　　　 　　   C. c a b　　   D. c b a

2. Why does the author mention the history of tape recorders in Paragraph 1?

A. To inform readers of new inventions.

B. To lead into his following suggestion.

C. To give an example of his suggestion.

D. To show the importance of tape recorders.

3. What does the author advise us to do?

A. To read a book to our parents in their car.

B. To ask our parents to record a book.

C. To make a gift for our parents.

D. To practise reading out loud.

4. Why does the author say it is impossible to make a mistake in Paragraph 3?

A. Because the tape shows your true love.

B. Because it’s easy to use a tape recorder.

C. Because the music is what your parents like.

D. Because it’s impossible to find a mistake in the book.

They do everything for their children. They do things that the children could easily do for themselves.

These parents often give in to their children. Then they are angry and yell at their children. They feel bad and say, “I’m sorry. ” They beg the children to act better. They become their children’s slaves.

Some parents think that being a slave is being a good parent. They may even believe that parents should be unhappy. One group of parents do not agree. They believe that parents have certain rights. These rights are given here:

1. Parents can say no.

2. Parents can say “because I said so”.

3 Parents can be angry.

4. Parents can let children cry sometimes.

5. Parents can punish children.

6. Parents can beat their children.

7. Parents can be selfish sometimes.

8. Parents can be alone when they need to be.

9. Parents can be unfair at times.

10. Parents can change their minds.

11. Parents can make mistakes.

12. Parents can raise their children in their own way.

Parents’ power is good for parents. It is also good for children. It makes them feel loved and cared for. This will help them to be good parents someday.

1. The writer thinks it right that parents______.

A. become their children’s slaves

B. do everything for their children

C. have parents’ power

D. often punish their children

2. Parents power is good for children because______.

A. it makes them feel loved and cared for 

B. it will help them to be real parents someday

C. they can get everything they want　　 

D. they can’t make any mistakes

3. Some parents become their children’s slaves because______.

A. they are always shouting at their children

B. they do everything they can for their children

C. they keep teaching their children

D. they work day and night

4. Which doesn’t belong to the twelve rights?

A. Parents can be angry with their children.

B. Parents can use their own way of bringing up children.

C. Parents can learn a lot from their children.

D. Parents needn’t be always staying with their children.

A master schedule can be used to find out how much time you really have for activities. This schedule lists all of the activities that you must complete. A weekly schedule can also be used to help you plan time for the things that you really like to do. Your weekly schedule should include time for fun or recreational activities. It also should include activities that will help you to achieve lifetime, long-term, and short-term goals. Finally, it should include your study time and free time. Free time is necessary so that you can make needed changes in your schedule.

A daily schedule is a final suggestion to help you plan your time.

1. The best title for this passage is______.

A. Making Schedules

B. Completing Activities

C. Planning Your Time

D. A Daily Schedule

2. The passage mainly tells us that______.

A. we’d better not forget the appointment

B. how we cannot be late for part-time jobs

C. making schedules can help us arrange our time

D. it is important to make a lifetime goal

3. A master schedule______.

A. is used to plan time for things you like to do

B. can help you plan your free time

C. can be changed daily if necessary

D. lists all of the activities you should complete

To apply for one of these scholarships, you should write 300 words describing your own educational career so far, and giving reasons why you think your education would benefit from participation in the Sakura Scholarship Scheme.

The closing date for applications is February 1. Applicants who have been selected for the short list will be notified by March 31. The final selection will be made on the basis of interviews held during May.

Applications are open to all students, regardless of age, sex or nationality, and are also welcome from people who are not currently full-time students.

Please apply to Ms Kyoko Matsumoto, Sakura Scholarship Scheme, Sakura Trading Co, 200 East Avenue, London E97PS.

1. This passage most likely appears in______.

A. an advertisement

B. a newspaper

C. a book

D. an announcement

2. When will the final selection of the applicants be made?

A. On February 1.　　   　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    　　   　　B. On March 31.

C. By March 31.　　   　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  　　　　　　  D. In May.

3. You should send your applications to______.

A. Japan

B. England

C. Ms Kyoko Matsumoto

D. Sakura Scholarship Scheme

4. If you are selected by Sakura Scholarship, ______.

A. You’ll need to pay the tuition of this three-month Japanese language course

B. you’ll get pocket money, not including meals and accommodation in Japan

C. you’ll go to Japan to study Japanese from February to May

D. you needn’t worry about the expense of the course, including the return air fares

Professor Chris Idzikowski, director of the Sleep Assessment at the University in Southern England, has discovered six common sleep positions and what they mean.

Bended in the fetal position is the most popular sleep pattern and loved by 51 percent of women, according to the results of the study he carried out for a large hotel group. Fetal sleepers tend to be shy and sensitive(敏感的). People, who have the soldier position—flat on their back with arms at their sides, are quiet and unfriendly.

Sleeping on one’s side with legs outstretched(伸长) and arms down, is a sign of social, easy-going personality. But if the arms are outstretched, the person tends to be more disbelieving.

The freefall, flat on the stomach with the hands at the sides of the head, is the most unusual position. Only 6. 5 percent of people prefer it and they are usually in a hurry and sociable.

Modest, good listeners usually sleep in the starfish position—on the back with outstretched arms and legs.

Idzikowski, who discovered the positions by comparing personality of people, their preferred way of sleeping and the most common positions, said once a sleeping way is formed it is hardly ever changed.

“What’s interesting is that the profile(形象) behind the position is often very different from what we would expect, ”he added in a statement.

1. According to Professor Chris Idzikowski, from a person’s sleeping position, you can__________.

A. know what he is interested in

B. understand what he usually means

C. tell what his character is like

D. guess what he usually thinks

2. A person who sleeps with his face up and arms at his sides__________.

A. seldom talks and is hard to get along with

B. is afraid to face strangers and is easily hurt

C. likes to make friends with others

D. hardly believes things and words from others

3. What Idzikowski said in the last paragraph means __________.

A. people’s sleeping way never changes

B. in real life people don’t behave as their real personality

C. people’s sleeping position doesn’t show their personality all the time

D. sleepers themselves always can’t control their own sleeping position

4. The best title for this passage would be__________.

A. Six Sleeping Positions

B. Choose Your Best Sleeping Position

C. Sleeping Position Shows Personality

D. How to Sleep Well

Take something like the motor-car, for example. It’s obviously wasteful, noisy, dangerous, etc. So perhaps in the future it will have been replaced by something better. Projecting in the same way we can say that the common cold will have been cured,pollution will be got rid of,Antarctica will have been developed.money will have been replaced by credit cards,floating cities will have been built,the Jupiter(木星) will have been visited,a cure for cancer will have been discovered,the world’s mineral supplies will have been used up, and so on. But only one thing is really certain: most of us will have been completely forgotten!

1. What do astrologers and futurologists have in common?

A. They use scientific methods.

B. They make predictions.

C. They tell us something about the past.

D. They tell us something about the present.

2. Forecasts(预测) about the future are __________.

A. based on the present

B. made by astrologers

C. taken seriously

D. scientifically based

3. As far as human beings are concerned, the only really certain thing is that__________.

A. pollution will be got rid of

B. money will be replaced

C. we will disappear from the world

D. we will visit Jupiter

4. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. The Past, the Present and the Future

B. Astrologers and Futurologists

C. The Changing World

D. Tomorrow’s World

Economist Stephen Harper was chosen to lead the newly-merged right-wing party and will face off against Prime Minister Paul Martin’s liberals in the national election in  a few weeks’ time. He got 50 percent support, easily defeating Stronach and former Ontario cabinet minister Tony Clement.

But for the 37-year-old Stronach, heiress to the car parts giant Magna International, this is a beginning rather than an end. Despite being a newcomer to politics, she drew much attention during the campaign.

In 2002, Stronach was rated one of the world’s most powerful women by Fortune magazine with US $600 million to her name. At the time she was president and CEO of Magna International, the world’s seventh-biggest auto parts manufacturer, which was founded by her father.

Stronach first joined the company board aged 23. In 1990, she married Don Walker, her father’s former assistant, and the pair became Magna’s power couple, with Walker rising to the rank of CEO in 1994. They had a son and daughter, now 12 and 10, before splitting in 1995.

Stronach has since married and divorced Johann Olav Koss, the Norwegian Olympic speedskater, and most recently was seen on the arm of former US president Bill Clinton providing tabloid gossip from Los Angeles to Frankfurt. Admirers describe Stronach as a younger, prettier version of Hillary Clinton.

Stronach replaced Walker as CEO in 2001 and became president of the company the following year. She resigned from both posts in January in order to compete for the leadership of the Conservative Party.

Stronach’s defeat came despite spending millions of dollars on consultants and political advisers. But she says she will run for a seat in Parliament, ruling out both a return to Magna and a holiday.

1. How many people tried to win the bid for the Conservative Party leadership?

A. One. 　　　　　　　　　　  B. Two. 　　　　　　　　　　  C. Three. 　　　　　　　　　　    D. Four.

2. Stronach failed in her bid on Saturday__________.

A. which was a hit to her

B. who regretted having spent millions of dollars

C. but she didn’t lose heart in taking up politics

D. which was out of her expectation

3. Stronach can’t be said to be__________.

A. wealthy　　　　　　　　    B. well-known　　　　　　  　　   C. talented　　　　　　　　    D. tiresome

4. Paragraph 5 and 6 mainly tell us__________.

A. Stronach has had an unhappy marriage

B. the media has been paying attention to Stronach

C. Stronach’s personal life

D. Stronach is making an effort to get married

5. Which of the following mentioned about Walker is NOT true?

A. He was a former husband of Stronach.

B. He made contributions to the development of Magna.

C. He was dissatisfied to work in Magna after his divorce.

D. He once worked as CEO of Magna.