读对话，回答问题

　　A：Terrible! Terrible!

　　B：What’s the matter?

　　A：After school, I was riding home hurriedly along the street on the right when suddenly a boy rushed out of his house, with his dog following him．

　　B：What happened?

　　A：I was too scared to stop my bike．The boy escaped from being hurt．But the dog was hit by my bike．It was rolling on the ground, barking and barking．

　　B：What about the boy?

　　A：The boy was first frightened to death．Then he calmed himself down．He caught hold of my bike．He demanded that I pay him fifty yuan for his dog or I give him my bike．

　　B：What did you do then?

　　A：I gave him forty yuan, the only money in my pocket．I had to hurry home for lunch on my bike．If I was late for class, I would also be punished by the head teacher．

　　B：Bad luck．

1．Was the author riding in the wrong way?

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2．Should the dog be hit instead of the boy?

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3．What should the author do?

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4．Why didn’t he stop his bike?

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5．Why did the author offer his money instead of his bike?

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短文理解

　　The Chinese Antarctica expedition returned to Shanghai on March 20 following a month living on the ice．It was the first time Chinese scientists had visited the Amery Ice Shelf－the longest ice shelf in the world．

　　The team collected ice samples and data on temperatures, which are necessary for research on global warming．

　　So far, about 27 countries have visited Antarctica for scientific research．Although the living conditions are very hard, many scientists have to stay there for long periods of time．

　　So, how do they manage their lives on the ice?

　　Well, during the summer, the temperature in Antarctica reaches about －20 ℃．It falls to about －60℃ in winter．So, even if there are 24 hours of sunshine, scientists must keep wearing all the correct clothes _________．These clothes include jeans, running shoes, jackets, long underwear, boots and woolen socks．

　　Although highly technical clothing provides much protection against the extreme cold, scientists often need to go outside when there is an icy wind blowing and the temperature is －30℃．Natural protection such as facial hair can also help．

　　“That’s why many researchers wear a beard．It really does keep you warm．”says German explorer Raved Fuchs．

　　Usually, the polar researchers have good meals．Some even have feasts on holidays like Christmas and New Year’s Day．Vegetables are always welcomed and usually finished the quickest．

　　Life on the ice means living with other researchers in tight living spaces．Most people sleep in dormitory style rooms．More remote field camps use separate tents．So, at least some researchers don’t have to put up with annoying snores(鼾声)。

　　But what do they do for fun in their spare time? There are actually a lot of things they can do．They watch movies, read tons of books, listen to music, visit saunas, paint and ski．Some female researchers might even do some knitting．

　　It is important for a polar researcher to be in good physical condition．They can be required to climb to heights of more than 3, 000 meters．And the Antarctic atmosphere has less oxygen than that of any other continent．

1．Why is the expedition designed?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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2．Which sentence in this passage can be replaced by the following one?

Hard as the living condition, one must…

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3．Please fill in the blank in the passage with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words．)

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4．What do you think of expedition?

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5．Translate the underlined sentence in the passage into Chinese?

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读下面的短文，从语法角度分析下列部分

　　It was on Thanksgiving morning and in the crowded kitchen of my small home that I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang．I opened the front door and saw a little boy and a little girl in rags, sitting inside the storm on the top doorstep．The boy was holding a cigarette end．

　　“Any old papers, lady?” asked the girl．

　　I was busy．I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet．They were wearing thin little sandals, wet with heavy snow．

　　“Come in and I’ll make you a cup of hot Coca-Cola．”

　　They walked over and sat down at the table．Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor．I served them CocaCola and bread with jam to fight against the cold outside．Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household．

　　The silence in the front room struck me．The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it．The boy asked in a flat voice, “Lady, any cigarette? ”

　　“Am I rich? Mercy, no! Why a cigarette?” I was surprised．

　　“I have been smoking for a long time．Five years ago, one day I had a stomach．My father gave me something like a cigarette．I smoke a little and then I felt much better．Since then…” said the boy．

　　I looked at my shabby slipcovers．The girl put her cup back in its saucer carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers．” Her voice was hungry with a need that no amount of food could supply．They left after that, holding their bundles of papers against the wind．They hadn’t said thankyou．They didn’t need to．They had done more than that．

　　What a boy and a girl!

阅读表达

　　Let children judge their own work．A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time：if corrected too much, he will stop talking．He notices a thousand time a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use．Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s．In the same way, children learning to do all other things without being taught to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes．But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself．We do it all for him．We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to．Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not．

　　If it is a matter of right answer, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book．Let him correct his own paper．Why should we teachers waste time in such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer．Let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know．

1．What is the best title of the passage?(Please answer with in 10 words)

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2．What is the best way for children to learn things?(Please answer with in 10 words．)

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3．According to the writer, what should teachers do in school．(Please answer with in 10 words．)

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4．Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese．

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5．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

However, in school we always tell children what’s wrong and tell them how to correct them．

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阅读表达

The food we eat seems to have profound effects on our health．Although science has made enormous steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat．Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and forty percent of cancer is related to the diet as well, especially cancer of the colon．Different cultures are more likely to cause certain different illnesses because of the food that is characteristic in these cultures．That food is related to illness is not a new discovery．In 1945, about 35 years ago, government researchers realized that nitrates, commonly used to preserve color in meats, and other food additives, caused cancer．Yet, these carcinogenic additives remain in our food, and it becomes more difficult all the time to know which things on the packaging labels of processed food are helpful or harmful．The additives which we eat are not all so direct．Farmers often give penicillin to beef and living animals, and because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cow．Sometimes similar drugs are given to animals not for medical purposes, but for financial reasons．The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to obtain a higher price on the market．Although the Food and Drug Administration(FDA)has tried repeatedly to control these procedures, _________．

1．What’s the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

It seems that the food we eat has a great effect on our health．

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3．What are penicillin and similar drugs can be used for?Why?(Please answer within 30 words．)

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4．Please fill in the blank with proper words or phrases．(Please answer within 10 words．)

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5．Translate the underlined sentence．

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阅读表达

　　In the course of working my way through school, I took many jobs I would rather forget．But none of these jobs was as dreadful as my job in an apple plant．The work was hard; the pay was poor; and, most of all, the working conditions were terrible．

　　First of all, the job made huge demands on my strength．For ten hours a night, I took boxes that rolled down a metal track and piled them onto a truck．Each box contained twelve heavy bottles of apple juice．I once figured out that I was lifting an average of twelve tons of apple juice every night．

　　I would not have minded the difficulty of the work so much if the pay had not been so poor．I was paid the lowest wage of that time－two dollars an hour．Because of the low pay, I felt eager to get as much as possible．I usually worked twelve hours a night but did not take home much more than ＄100 a week．

　　But even more than the low pay, what made me unhappy was the working conditions．During work I was limited to two ten-minute breaks and an unpaid half hour for lunch．Most of my time was spent outside loading trucks with those heavy boxes in near-zero-degree temperatures．The steel floors of the trucks were like ice, which made my feet feel like stone．And after the production line shut down at night and most people left, I had to spend two hours alone cleaning the floor．

　　I stayed on the job for five months, all the while hating the difficulty of the work, the poor money, and the conditions under which I worked．By the time I left, I _________．

1．What is the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

The worst job among all my jobs was working in an apple plant．

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3．Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words．)

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4．Which of the conditions do you think is the most terrible? Why?(Please answer within 30 words．)

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5．Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese．

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阅读表达

　　Should there be separate science classes for boys and girls?It might be a wise idea, because it is difficult to satisfy all tastes, researchers at Leeds University in the UK found last week．

　　According to their report, British boys want science lessons to be about weapons of mass destruction and the effects of chemical weapons, while girls prefer to learn how to keep fit or the meanings of their dreams．

　　The study among 15-year-olds aimed to discover how science might be made more popular．The researchers, who contacted 1200 English students, say most did not like science as much as other subjects．

　　The difference in results has curriculum(课程)planners considering separate classes for each sex．“The responses show a strong interest among boys in destructive technologies, ” say the researchers．Girls, by contrast, ________ their own bodies．They want to know how to deal with eating disorders, are interested in how to beat cancer and what to do to keep fit．The differences make teaching a mixed-gender class a difficult job．

　　There was, though, agreement on what boys and girls least wanted to learn．Both sexes were bored by the thought of studying the benefits and possible dangers of modern farming methods．Neither wanted to study“famous scientists and their lives”．

1．What is the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

British boys would prefer to learn knowledge about fighting and wars．

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3．Please fill in the blank in the passage with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words．)

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4．Both sexes hate learning “famous scientists and their lives”．What do you think of this point of view?(Please answer within 30 words．)

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5．Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese．

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阅读表达

　　A year ago, the World Bank announced a new program to control malaria in Africa and Southeast Asia．It launched the Global Strategy and Booster Program on Africa Malaria Day．The five-year plan calls for expanded use of medicines and preventions like bed nets treated with insect poisons．Public health experts say mosquitoes spread as many as five hundred million cases of malaria each year．

　　Now, thirteen of those experts in North America, Africa and Europe have criticized the World Bank for its history on the disease．Their criticism appeared in the medical publication－THE LANCET．

　　They accuse the World Bank of wasting money on ineffective medicines．They say claims of “success stories” in India and Brazil are wrong．And they accuse the bank of false claims about increased spending in Africa in the past five years．

　　Amir Attaran at the University of Ottawa in Canada and the other experts to close down its malaria projects．They say the bank should finance groups that are better able to save lives quickly．

　　THE LANCET published a reaction from World Bank officials, led by Jean-Louis Sarbib．The officials call the financial reporting accusations untrue．And they use evidence from India to dispute the accusations about treatments．

　　Malaria kills more than one million people each year, mostly young children in Africa．The Abuja declaration of 2000 calls for a fifty percent cut in malaria deaths in Africa by 2010．A Lancet editorial says that if the World Bank is serious about being judged on results, then this is a chance for cost-effective action．

1．What is the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

It was declared by the Abuja in 2000 that malaria deaths should be reduced by 50％by the year 2010．

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3．Please fill in the blank in the passage with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words．)

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4．If you were an official of the World Bank, what should you say about the criticism from experts?(Please answer within 30 words．)

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5．Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese．

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阅读表达

　　“I runned, I swinged and I slided”is how a four-year-old boy might explain his day in the park．The mistakes he makes show he is on his way to knowing the rules of his language．He already knows that you add “ed”to words when you talk about something you did in the past．What he doesn’t know is that the rules do not apply to all verbs．

　　In another year, these childhood language mistakes will disappear．By the age of five, most children can express their thoughts in words．Their thinking may go faster than their mouths at times! This will make them stop and start, repeat what they say, and pause between sentences．

　　Adults change the way they speak when they talk to small children．They use the words the child uses．They also react to what children mean, not what they say．For example, a child may say, “I want to carry you” instead of “_________．” The parent will often respond by correcting the mistake and saying, “You want me to carry you．”The child knows the parent understands and at the same time is told the correct way to say the sentence．Parents can help children learn language．They can ask children what they are doing or thinking．They can help children with the names of things and tell them what words mean．It does not help to make children repeat what they said in the correct way as children will not see that a mistake has been made．It is better for you to repeat the sentence using the correct words．(267 words)

1．What might a child of four years old say if he wants to express that he already ate his breakfast?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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2．Please fill in the blank with proper words or phrases．(Please answer within 10 words．)

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3．Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese．

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4．What’s the general idea of the third paragraph?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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5．What is a better way to correct children when they make mistakes when talking and why?(Please answer within 20 words．)

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