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　　More than 30 000 drivers and front seat passengers are killed or seriously injured each year．Wearing a seat belt saves lives; it reduces your chance of death or serious injury by more than half．

　　Therefore drivers or front seat passengers over 14 in most vehicles must wear a seat belt．If you do not, you could be fined up to ￡50．It is the driver’s responsibility to make sure that children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind．

　　However, ________ if you are reversing(倒开)your vehicle; or you are making a local delivery or collection using a special vehicle; or if you have a valid(有效)medical certificate which excuses you from wearing it．Make sure these facts request you before you decide not to wear your seat belt．Remember you may be taken to count for not doing so, and you may be fined if ________．

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

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2．Complete the first sentence of the 3rd paragraph in your own words．(Please answer within 10 words．)

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3．Are you in favor of the law or against the law?Why?(Please answer within 30 words．)

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4．Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese．

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5．Complete the last sentence of the passage in your own words．(Please answer within 20 words．)

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　　Why did the chicken cross the road? To get the other side．Most people know this joke．But recently, some people have been much more worried about how the grizzly bear and mountain lion can cross the road．

　　“Millions of animals die each year on U．S．roads,” the Federal Highway Administration reports．In fact, only about 80 ocelots, an endangered wild cat, exist in the U．S．today．The main reason? Roadkill．

　　“Ecopassages” may help animals cross the road without being hit by cars．They are paths both over and under roads．“These ecopassages can be extremely useful, so that wildlife can avoid road accidents,” said Jodi Hilty of the Wildlife Protection Society．

　　But do animals actually use the ecopassages? The answer is yes．Paul Beier of Northern Arizona University found foot marks left by mountain lions on an ecopassage that went under a highway．This showed that the lions used the passage．

　　Builders of ecopassages try to make them look like a natural part of an area by planting trees on and around them．Animals seem to be catching on．Animals as different as salamanders(蜥蜴)and grizzly bears are using the bridges and underpasses．

　　The next time you visit a park or drive through an area with a lot of wildlife, look around．You might see an animal overpass!

1．What does the writer want to show using the example of “ocelots”?(Try to answer within 10 words)

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2．What is an ecopassage after you read the news story?(Please answer within 10 words)No garden without its weeds．没有不长草的园子。

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3．What does the writer mean when he says that animals seem “to be catching on”?(Try to answer within 10 words)

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4．What may we infer from the passage?(Try to answer within 15 words)

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5．What should be the title of the passage?

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　　You don’t need every word to understand the meaning of what you read．In fact, too much emphasis on separate words both and reduces your comprehension．

　　First, any habit which slows down your silent reading to the speed at which you speak, or read aloud, is inefficient．If you point to each word as you read, or move your head, or form the words with your lips, you read poorly．Less obvious habits also hold back reading efficiency．One is “saying” each word silently by moving your tongue or throat; another is “hearing” each word as you read．

　　These are habits which should have been outgrown long ago．The beginning reader is learning how letters can make words, how written words are pronounced, and how sentences are put together．Your reading purpose is quite different; it is to understand meaning．

　　It has been supposed that up to 75％ of the words in English sentences are not really necessary for ?expressing? the meaning．The secret of silent reading is to find out those key words and phrases which carry the thought, and to pay less attention to words which exist only for grammatical completeness．

　　An efficient reader can grasp the meaning from a page at least twice as fast as he can read the page aloud．He takes in a whole phrase or thought unit at a time．If he “says” or “hears” words to himself, they are selected ones, said for emphasis．

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

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

These habits are formed when readers are young and they should have got rid of them as they grow up．

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

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4．What do you think is your bad reading habit?Why?(Please answer within 30 words)

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

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　　Do you want to live another 100 years or more?Some experts say that scientific advances will one day enable humans to last ten of years beyond what is now seen as the natural limit of the human life span．

　　“I think we are knocking at the door of immortality(永生),”said Michael Zey, a Montclair State University business professor and author of two books on the future．“I think by 2075 ________ and that’s a conservative estimate(保守的估计)．”

　　At the conference in San Francisco, Donald Louria, a professor at New Jesery Medical School in Newark said advances in using genes as well as nanotechnology(纳米技术)make it likely that humans will live in the future beyond what has been possible in the past．“There is a great push so that people can live from 120 to 180 years,” he said．“Some have suggested that there is no limit and that people could live to 200 or 300 or 500 years．”

　　However, many scientists who specialize in aging are doubtful about it and say the human body is just not designed to last past about 120 years．Even with healthier lifestyles and less disease, they say failure of the brain and organs will finally lead all humans to death．

　　Scientists also differ on what kind of life the super aged might live．“It remains to be seen if you pass 120, you know, could you be healthy enough to have good quality of life?”said Leonard Poon, director of the University of Georgia Gerontology Center．“At present people who could get to that point are not in good health at all．”

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

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

We have got some ideas about living forever．

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

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4．Do you think it is possible for humans to live longer in the future?Why?(Please answer within 30 words．)

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

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　　Do you want to work with people or animals or machines or tools?Do you want to work indoors or outdoors, directly serve people in need or serve people behind the scenes?These are the typical questions that a volunteer service agency would ask．

　　Every year, thousands and thousands of people in the west offer volunteer services．Volunteering greatly strengthens the community partly because it helps the old, the young, the weak, the sick, the disabled and the injured to overcome difficulties．

　　Volunteers usually help in many ways．They may give people advice, offer friendship to the young drive the elderly to church, counsel kids against drugs．Work as an assistant in a nursing home, raise funds, plant trees, help out in local libraries and do many other things．

　　Volunteering can be a few hours a week or a few hours a month, time during the day, evenings or weekends, either part time or full time．Anybody ________ can become a volunteer．

　　The art of volunteering is a process of both giving and receiving．Volunteering allows to meet new people and make new friends and fix with people from all walks of life(各界人士)．Volunteering is an excellent way to experiment, practice and try out new techniques and skills．It is much more effective to practice a skill than to read about it or study it in a classroom．Volunteering is a great way to develop good teamwork skills, discover your individual talents and explore career choices．Being a volunteer takes individuals on a wonderful journey and helps them learn many important things beyond their school learning．

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?

Volunteer service can provide chances for volunteers to make acquaintance of all kinds of people．

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

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4．What kind of volunteer jobs would you like to take?Why?(Please answer within 30 words．)

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

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　　Recently, many states of America have approved a program that will link increase in teachers’ pay to improvements in students’ test scores．The program will take effect next school year．It will increase teacher’s pay if his or her students increase their scores on the Comprehensive Assessment Test, which measures reading and mathematics knowledge．It is now used to decide if students will pass to the next grade level．The state gives extra money to schools whose scores are good or have increased from the year before．Normally, the money is divided among the school workers．

　　Those teachers who teach reading and mathematics will be judged on the test scores only．That is, how much their students have improved since the year before．But those who teach other subjects like geography, art and music will have to be judged differently．

　　Teacher groups around the country generally oppose such a program．They say it is not fair to judge teachers by how well students’ scores on a test．They say many things affect student’s test scores, such as learning problems or lack of sleep．They point out that there are other ways to judge strengths and weaknesses of students．In addition, some teachers say the quality of teaching will decrease if teachers are forced to compete with each other for money and praise．They fear that teachers will refuse to work in schools where many children have learning problems or do not speak English well．

　　However, those who ________ say teachers must be judged by the way other professionals are－by the results of their work．Using students’ test scores is a true measure of a teacher’s performance．

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

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

The test scores will be the only thing to judge the performance of the teachers who teach reading and mathematics．

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

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4．Do you agree on the new program? Why?(Please answer within 30 words．)

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5．Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese．

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　　American government has suggested a new plan to increase the study of foreign languages in schools．

　　Research has shown that childhood is a better time than manhood to learn foreign languages．However, ________ learn only English．Less than one third of American elementary schools teach foreign languages．Only 44 percent of American high school students take a foreign language．And 70 percent of them are learning Spanish．What’s more, the United States doesn’t have enough foreign teachers．

　　The plan calls for teaching more children foreign languages, as early as the age of four．Most of the new teaching would be in languages not widely taught now in American schools．These include Arabic, Chinese, Farsi(波斯语), Hindi(北印度语)and Russian．It also aims to increase foreign language instruction in colleges and graduate schools．The hope is to bring more foreign language speakers into government service．

　　Administration officials will ask for 114 million dollars in 2007 to start the program．The money would be used to help foreign-language students pay for their educations．The plan also calls for sending more American students to other countries to study．And it calls for bringing more foreign language teaching assistants to the United States．

　　In a word, to face the uncertain challenges in the future, America needs more officers, teachers, and students who can understand foreign languages．It will also improve the understanding and cultural exchange between America and other countries around the world．

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 has been proved by research that it’s easier for children to learn foreign languages than adults do．

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3．Please fill in the blank in the second paragraph with the proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 30 words．)

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4．Do you think it’s necessary for America to make the new plan?Why?(Please answer within 30 words．)

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

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