阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　A cactus(仙人掌) stood all alone in the desert, wondering why it was stuck in the middle of nowhere．"I do nothing but stand here all day," it sighed．"What use am I? I'm the ugliest plant in the desert．My spines (脊骨) are thick and prickly (多刺), my leaves are rubbery and tough, I can't offer shade or juicy fruit to any passing traveler．I don't see that I'm any use at all．" All it did was stand in the sun day after day, growing taller and fatter．Its spines grew longer and its leaves tougher．．．It truly was strange-looking．

　　"I wish I could do something useful," it sighed．By day, hawks (老鹰)circled high overhead．"What can I do with my life?" the cactus called．Whether they heard or not, the hawks sailed away．At night, the moon floated into the sky and cast its pale glow on the desert floor．"What good can 1 do with my life?" the cactus Called：The moon only stared coldly as it goes on its way．A lizard crawled by, leaving a little trail in the sand with its tail．"What worthy thing can I do?" the cactus called．"You?" the lizard laughed, pausing a moment．"Worthy deed? Why, you can't do anything! The hawks circle ways overhead, tracing delicate patterns for us all to admire．The moon hangs high like a lantern at night, so we can see our way home．Even I, the lowly lizard can decorate the sands with these beautiful brush-drawings as I pull my tail

　　along．But you do nothing but get uglier every day．"

　　And so it went on year after year．At last the cactus grew old, and it knew its time was short．"Oh, God" it cried out, "I've wondered so long, and I've tried so hard．Forgive me if I've failed to find something worthy to do．" But just then the cactus felt a strange stirring and unfolding．At its very tip, like a sudden crown, a glorious flower suddenly opened in bloom．

　　Never had the desert known such a blossom．Its fragrance perfumed the air far and wide and brought happiness to all passing by．

　　The butterflies paused to admire its beauty, and even the moon smiled when it rose to find such a treasure．The cactus heard a voice．"You have waited long," the God said．"the heart that seeks to do good reflects My glory, and will always bring something worthwhile to the world, something in which all can rejoice (得到喜悦) －even if for only a moment．"

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　June came and the hay was almost ready for cutting．On Midsummer's Eve, which was a Saturday, Mr．Jones went to Willington and got so drunk at the Red Lion that he did not come back till midday on Sunday．The men had milked the cows in the early morning and then had gone out rabbiting, without bothering to feed the animals．When Mr．Jones got back, he immediately went to sleep on the living-room sofa with the "News of the world" over his face, so that when evening came, the animals were still not fed．At last, they could stand no longer．

　　One of the cows broke into the door of the store-house with her homs(角) and all the animals began to help themselves to the grains．It was just then that Mr．Jones woke up．The next moment he and his four men were in the store-house with whips (鞭子) in their hands, whipping in all directions．This was more than the hungry animals would bear．Together, though nothing of the kind had been planned beforehand, they jumped upon their masters．

　　Jones and his men suddenly found themselves being struck with horns and kicked from all sides．The situation was quite out of their control．They had never seen animals act like this before, and this sudden uprising (起义) of creatures whom they were used to beating and whipping just as they chose frightened them．After only a moment or two, they gave up trying to defend themselves．A minute later all five of them were in full fright down the road, with the animals running after them joyfully．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Now let us look at how we read．When we read a printed text, our eyes move across a page in short, jerky movement．We recognize words usually when our eyes are still when they fixate．Each time they fixate, we see a group of words．This is known as the recognition span or the visual span．The length of time of which the eyes stop －the duration of the fixation -varies considerably from person to person．It also varies within any one person according to his purpose in reading and his familiarity with the text．Furthermore, it can be affected by such factors as lighting and tiredness．

　　Unfortunately, in the past, many reading improvement courses have concentrated too much on how our eyes move across the printed page．As a result of this misleading emphasis on the purely visual aspects of reading, numerous exercises have been created to train the eyes to see more words at one fixation．For instance, in some exercises, words are flashed on to a screen for, say, a tenth or a twentieth of a second．One of the exercises has required students to fix their eyes on some central point, taking in the words on either side．Such word patterns are often constructed in the shape of rather steep pyramids so the reader takes in more and more words at each successive fixation．All these exercises are very clever, but it's one thing to improve a person's ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently．Reading requires the ability to understand the relationship between words．Consequently, for these reasons, many experts have now begun to question the usefulness of eye training, especially since any approach which trains a person to read isolated words and phrases would seem unlikely to help him in reading a continuous text．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　While it is impossible to live completely free of stress, it is possible to prevent stress as well as reduce its effect when it can't be avoided．The US Department of Health and Human Services offers the following suggestions for ways to deal with stress．

　　◆Try physical activity．

　　When you are nervous, angry or upset, try releasing the pressure through exercise or physical activity．Running, walking, playing tennis, and working in your garden are just some of the activities you might try．

　　◆Take care of yourself

　　You should make every effort to eat well and get enough rest．If you easily get angry and can't sleep well enough, or if you're not eating properly, it will be more likely that you will fall into stressful situations．If stress repeatedly keeps you from sleeping, you should consult a doctor．

　　◆Make time for yourself

　　Schedule time for both work and entertainment．Don't forget, play can be just as important to your overall well-being as work．You need a break from your dally routine to just relax and have fun．Go window-shopping or work on a hobby．Allow yourself at least a half hour each day to do something you enjoy．

　　◆Make a list of things to do

　　Stress can result from disorganization and a feeling that “there's so much to do, and not enough time”．Trying to take care of everything at once can be too much for you and as a result, you may not achieve anything．Instead, make a list of everything you have to do ,then do one thing at a time, checking off each task as it is completed．Set out to do the most important task first．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　On a warn Monday, Jenny Neilson bought a sandwich and parked her car under some trees．

　　Rolling down the windows to　let in fresh air, she settled back to enjoy her lunch．Suddenly she noticed a big bald man running through the parking lot．Before she came to realize what would happen, the man was there, shouting through her window．"Get out!"

　　Neilson　refused．

　　Pulling open her door, the man seized her　by the neck and hair, and threw her out of the car onto the ground．She screamed,　grabbing her purse and the keys．

　　Two reporters of the local newspaper, Robert Bruce and Jeff Jackson, just outside their office building on a break, heard the screams and began running．

　　When they　reached Neilson's car, the attacker had jumped into the driver's seat and was madly searching for the keys．Bruce opened the door, and he and Jackson dragged the man out．The attacker　fought back．But even in his cornered panic, he was no　match for the two athletic men．

　　Reggie Miller, a worker of the local newspaper, heard the screams, too．He rushed back to the office to phone the police, and then ran back with some plastic ropes － used to tie up newspapers．

　　With his arms tied tightly behind him, the prisoner looked up and said　coldly," I hope you guys feel good about yourselves – you just caught one of the most wanted men．" They ignored him and waited for the police．Later, Bruce and Jackson were shocked to learn the man was the professional carjacker (劫车者 )and suspected murderer, whose picture – but with a full head of hair – had been recently printed in their own newspaper．

　　Neilson considers herself lucky　though she suffered injuries．She believes the story might have had a different ending if those good people had not come to her aid．"Unfortunately," she says, "many people would　never have done what they did, and that is the real truth．"

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　While most high school students spend most of their time worrying about who likes who, and different relationships between their classmates, I choose to focus on my school lessons and sports．

　　When I was young，my mother encouraged me to develop and keep friendship with boys in order to build strong relationships．But she told me not to risk a good friendship with a boy with the title of boyfriend．It's indeed a wise choice to stay friends with those of the opposite sex．In my

　　opinion，even though some high school relationships might continue after graduation，the probability of them lasting much longer is so slim that there really is not a point to it．

　　Firstly you have to think about such a question－whether it is possible to hurt both of you，or even hurt both of your future husbands or wives．My second point is that you still can date if youhope marriage could possibly follow．Except this，there really is not any other reason for dating．Some students desire relationships for a chance to be romantic．While these are nice to have，there are many more important things at this point in our lives

　　The titles of boyfriend put too much stress on a relationship between high school students．Just staying as common friends may be the best choice for us．I strongly recommend we should deal with it in an appropriate way and follow our teachers' advice if necessary．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was one of the most private women in the world, yet when she went to work as an editor in the last two decades of her life, she revealed (展现) herself as she did nowhere else．

　　After the death of her second husband, Greek shipping magnate (巨头) Aristotie Onassis, Jaqueline's close friend and former White House social secretary Letitis Baldrige made a uggestion that she consider a career in publishing．After consideration, Jacqueline accepted it．Perhaps she hoped to find there some ideas about how to live her own life．She became not less but more interested in reading．For the last 20 years of her life, Jacqueline worked as a publisher's editor, first at Viking, then at Doubleday, pursuing (追求) a late-life career longer than her two marriages combined．During her time in publishing, she was responsible for managing and editing more than 100 successfully marketed books．Among the first books were In the Russian Style and Inventive Paris Clothes．She also succeeded in persuading TV hosts Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell to transform their popular television conversations into a book, The Power of Myth．The book went on to become an international best-seller．She dealt, too, with Michael Jackson as he prepared his autobiography (自传), Moonwalk．

　　Jacqueline may have been hired for her name and for her social relations, but she soon proved her worth．Her choices, suggestions and widespread social relations were of benefit both to the publishing firms and to Jacqueline herself．In the books she selected for publication, she built on a lifetime of spending time by herself as a reader and left a record of the growth of her mind．Her books are the autobiography she never wrote．Her role as First Lady, in the end, was vershadowed by her performance as an editor． However, few knew that she had achieved so much．

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阅读理解，阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Dear Mr．Barton，

　　I'm writing in the name of the residents’ association to inform you of our feelings regarding your behaviour．We’ve really had just about enough of you．Although we have tried to speak to you civilly on several occasions, you have always responded with a stream of verbal abuse．

　　Ever since you moved in three months ago, you have shown very little consideration for the other residents of the building，despite numerous complaints．For the past six weekends in a row，you have held extremely noisy parties，which have not finished until the early hours of the morning．It's just not on! As you are aware, most of the people here are old people or have very young children，and the noise keeps them awake all night．You don't have to be so noisy, do you?

　　Last weekend the situation deteriorated further when two of your acquaintances were involved in a fight on the first floor landing．The disturbance was so bad that the police had to be called．What's more, your mates left the stairs in a terrible state－they even broke two windows on their way out! We feel that this type of bad behaviour is unbearable．

　　We strongly recommended that you arrange payment for this damage to the windows，soon．If you don't and you carry on being a nuisance, we will kick you out! Legal steps will be taken if necessary．

Yours sincerely

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阅读理解，阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　●A swimming coach from Moldova is looking for a job in Beijing．Qualifications as：Coach/Judge at National Standard; Olympian(Ranking 12th in the world in 1995), World Cup Silver Medalist．Experienced children's coach at all levels; Qualified driver(B, C, D, E categories); Bodybuilding instructor; Fluent in Russian, English, French, Ukrainian．

　　Contact Max Cazmirciuc at：13126711168 or email：mcazmirciuc@yahoo．com

　　●A retired president and CEO of two Canadian companies, interested in teaching English or French in China．

　　Cellphone：13520559132, email：Jeanguyfurois@aol．com

　　●Web design graduates are available．For details visit：www．inhb．com, or call Liu or Tang at：0311-3160000．Email：luogq@beinfo．net

　　●Female Beijinger, 39, has a decade's experience in import-export business, human resources management, interpretation and secretarial work．I have a good command of computer skills and am good at English, both writing and speaking．

　　Mobile：13611163663

　　●Laid-off workers are providing PC maintenance services such as system upgrade, virus detection and removal, data copying and recovering, system utilization and security．

　　Call：67327317

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　　I love my blackberry-it's my little connection to the larger world that can go anywhere with me．I also love my laptop computer, as it holds all of my writing and thoughts．Despite this love of technology, I know that there are times when I need to move away from these devices and truly communicate with others．

　　On occasion, I teach a course called History Matters for a group of higher education managers．My goals for the class include a full discussion of historical themes and ideas．Because I want students to thoroughly study the material and exchange their ideas with each other in the classroom, I have a rule-no laptop, iPads, phones, etc．When students were told my rule in advance of the class, some of them were not happy．

　　Most students assume that my reasons for this rule include unpleasant experiences in the past with students misusing technology．There's a bit of truth to that．Some students assume that I am anti-technology．There's no truth in that at all．I love technology and try to keep up with it so I can relate to my students．

　　The real reason why I ask students to leave technology at the door is that I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversions and truly engage　complex ideas．Interruptions by technology often break concentration and allow for too much dependence on outside information for ideas．I want students to dig deep within themselves for inspiration and ideas．I want them to push each other to think differently and make connections between the course the material and the class discussion．

　　I’ve been teaching my history class in this way for many years and the evaluations reflect student satisfaction with the environment that I create．Students realize that with deep conversation and challenge, they learn at a level that helps them keep the course material beyond the classroom．

　　I'm not saying that I won't ever change my mind about technology use in my history class, but until I hear a really good reason for the change, I'm sticking to my plan．A few hours of technology-free dialogue is just too sweet to give up．

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