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　　Wen Jiabao arrived in Singapore yesterday for an official visit to the country．It is the first visit by a Chinese premier to Singapore in eight years．In the arrival statement, When said he is looking forward to the meeting with Singing pore on ways to deepen East Asian cooperation between two nations so as to contribute to the building of a peaceful, harmonious relationship．

　　Premier Wen Jiabao and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong agreed to jointly develop an environmentally friendly city in northeastern China．The city will be a model for sustainable development, a Singapore government statement said．The“Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city”will be developed by a joint venture formed by Chinese and Singapore companies．“This eco-city, to be built in Tianjin, will become another highlight in our relations,”When said after signing an agreement with Lee, who agreed,“On the Singapore side, on all levels, we'll give this project our full support．”

　　The two sides will share expertise and experiences in urban planning, environmental protection, resources conservation, recycling, use of renewable resources and wastewater re-use．China's economic planning agency issued a set of guidelines earlier this month welcoming foreign investment in environmentally friendly areas such as recycling,“clean”industries and environmental protection．

　　Bilateral relations between China and Singapore have seen big progress even though the two countries established diplomatic ties only 17 years ago, When said during his talks with Lee．

　　China and Singapore have also kept close contact and coordination on regional issues, he added．When said China and Singapore are both important Asian countries that share common interests in many areas．

　　Title：Wen's visit to Singapore

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　　Educating girls quite possibly harvests a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world．Women's education may be an unusual field for economists, but increasing women's contribution to development is actually as much an economic issue as a social one．And economics, with its focus on incentives(鼓励), provides an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of(剥夺)an education．

　　Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family：girls grow up only to marry into somebody else's family and bear children．Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and are kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school－the prophecy(预言)becomes self-fulfilling, trapping women in a vicious circle(恶性循环)of neglect．

　　An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices．She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance．The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy．The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle．

　　Few will argue that educating women has great social benefits．But it has enormous economic advantages as well．Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers．Wages rise by 10 to 20 percent for each additional year of schooling．Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investments, but they are just the beginning．Educating women also has a significant effect on health practices, including family planning．

　　Topic：The significance of(1)________ education in developing countries

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Instructions：The following people are visiting Adventureland．Please read their plans and intensions carefully and recommend the proper places for them to visit．

________1．Michael：I am interested in science and I hope very much to know what our life will be like in the days to come．

________2．Harry：After visiting the Adventureland I want to buy my friends and parents some souvenirs．

________3．Maria：I am Nostalgia and I often recall the past days．I think people used to live more happily than us．

________4．Dick：I am tired of the unchanged and dull life now and what I look forward to is a completely new life．

________5．Alice：I read a lot about the whales but I haven't seen them for myself．I hope this dream can come true in Adventureland．

Explore places you have never been to before, and experience different ways of life．

Visit the Amazon jungle village, the Turkish market, the Tai floating market, the Berber mountain house and others．Talk to the people there who will tell you about their lives, and things they make．You can try making a carpet, making nets, fishing…

This exhibition shows how progress will touch our lives．It allows us to look into the future and explore the cities of the next century and the way we'll be living then．Spend some time in our space station and climb into our simulator(模拟装置)for the Journey to Mars!

In the Safari Park you can drive among African animals in one of our Range Cruisers：see lions, giraffes, elephants in the wild．Move on to the Monkey Park to watch the monkeys．And then there is still the Aviary to see．

This is the center of Adventureland．Run out of film, need some postcards and stamps? For all these things and many more, visit our underground shopping center．Come here for information and ideas too．

In the village you will find people live a simple life just as the ancient people did．They wore ancient clothes and were selling the old goods and food．You can even watch an old dance performed by some actors and actresses．

Here you will find a variety of fish and even some kinds of sharks．You will think you are in the water but of course this is not true．If you are interested in fish I suggest that you pay a visit to it．

Answer sheet

1．________　　2．________　　3．________　　4．________　　5．________

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　　As the US wakes up to China's rising status(地位)as an economic and strategic competitor, US parents are urging their children to learn Chinese, reports Julian Borger．

　　The US is being swept by a rush to learn Mandarin(普通话)-- from wealthy New York mothers hiring Chinese nannies(保姆)for their small children to a defence department education project in Oregon．

　　The forces driving Mandarin's momentum(势头)are parental ambition for children facing a future in which China is almost certain to be a major player, and the government is worried about that America may get left behind in that new world．

　　The bottleneck is the supply of teachers．Mandarin instructors are difficult to import and difficult to train．There are visa problems in bringing over teachers from China but the biggest barrier is cultural．Teaching in Asia is generally done by rote and the change to western, interactive styles of instruction can be a large leap(跳越)．

　　On the other hand, it requires enormous firmness for westerners to learn a language like Chinese, with its thousands of written characters．According to the Asia Society in New York, all of America's teacher-training institutions turn out only a couple of dozen homegrown Mandarin teachers．

　　One way to ease the shortage is to find native Mandarin speakers and use fast-track methods to train them．However, the majority of Chinese-Americans grew up speaking Cantonese, the dialect(方言)spoken in Hong Kong, where their parents came from．Many are themselves signing on as Mandarin students at the private language schools springing up on the west coast．

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　　First-time dog owners may encounter(遇到)many problems getting to know and train their pets．Sometimes a puppy, or even an older dog, will chew their fingers or bite them．Even in play, this can really hurt．Unfortunately, many pet owners tolerate(容忍)this in a young dog．However, when the dog gets larger, it is not fun to be bitten by it．Training a dog never to place his teeth on human skin or clothing is an important lesson．From now on, if you feel your dog's teeth while you are playing with him, say“Ouch”in a loud voice and move away from him．He will soon learn that when he bites, you will not play with him any more．

　　Another bad habit that many people tolerate in their pets is allowing them to bite and hold on to clothing．Don't let your dog do this to you．When he does something you want him to do, praise him and tell him he's a good dog．You can also give him a treat at the same time he performs the good behavior．Eventually he will learn which kind of behavior is acceptable and which is not．Remember that a reward is more effective than punishment．If you reward your dog when he does what you want to, he will become very well behaved．Also remember that puppies need to chew on something．So give him a sock with a knot(结)tied in it or an old shoe．If he chews the wrong thing, take it away while saying“No”and give him something he can chew．If dogs are trained well, they will truly be your friends for a lifetime．

1．Why do you say“Ouch”in a loud voice and move away from the dog when you feel your dog's teeth?(回答词数不超过8个)．

2．What way does the author think of to train a good dog?(回答词数不超过10个)．

3．What does the author want to tell us in the passage?(回答词数不超过5个)．

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注意：每空一词。

　　In a society such as the United states or Canada, which has many national, religious, and cultural differences, people highly value individualism－the differences among people．Teachers place a lot of importance on the qualities that make each student special．The educational systems in these countries show these values．Students do not memorize information．Instead, they work individually and find answers themselves．There is often discussion in the classroom．At an early age, students learn to form their own ideas and opinions．

　　In most Asian societies, by contrast, the people have the same language, history, and culture．Perhaps for this reason, the educational system in much of the Orient reflects society's belief in group goals and purposes rather than individualism．Children in China, Japan, and Korea often work together and help one another on assignments．In the classroom, the teaching methods are often very formal．The teacher lectures, and the students listen．There is not much discussion．Instead, the students recite rules or information that they have memorized．

　　There are advantages and disadvantages to both of these systems of education．For example, one advantage to the system in Japan is that students there learn much more math and science than American students learn by the end of high school．They also study more hours each day and more days each year than North Americans do．The system is difficult, but it prepares students for a society that values discipline and self-control．There is, however, a disadvantage．Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools, yet many students say that after an exam, they forget much of the information that they have memorized．

　　The advantage of the educational system in North American, on the other hand, is that students learn to think for themselves．The system prepares them for a society that values creative ideas．There is, however, a disadvantage．When students graduate from high school, they haven't memorized as many basic rules and facts as students in other countries have．

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　　A thief who drooped a winning lottery ticket(彩票)at the scene of his crime has been given a lesson in honesty．His victim, who picked up the ticket, then claimed the 25,000 pounds prize, managed to trace him, and handed over the cash．The robbery happened when math professor Vinicio Sabbatucci, 58, was changing a tire on an Italian motorway．Another motorist, who stopped to“help”, stole a suitcase from his car and drove off．The professor found the dropped ticket and put it in his pocket before driving home to Ascoli in eastern Italy．

　　Next day, he saw the lottery results on TV and, taking out the ticket, realized it was a winner．He claimed the 60 million lire(里拉)prize．Then he began a battle with his conscience he decided he could not keep the money despite having been robbed, but his family rejected it, then he tried his best to persuade them to accept his idea．Finally he advertised in newspapers and on radio, saying,“I'm trying to find the man who robbed me．I have 60 million lire for him- a lottery win．Please meet me．Amonymity(匿名)guaranteed．”

　　Professor Sabbatucci received hundreds of calls from people hoping to trick him into handing them the cash．But there was one voice he recognized – and he arranged to meet the man in a park．The robber, a 35-year-old unemployed father of two, gave back the suitcase and burst into tears．He could not believe what was happening．“Why didn't you keep the money?”he asked．The professor replied,“I couldn't because it is not mime．”Then he walked off, spurning the thief's offer of a reward．

1．Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word“spurning”．

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2．Why did hundreds of people phone Professor Sabbatucci?

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3．If the story appears in a newspaper, what will be the best title for this passage?(回答词数不超过6个)

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注意：每空不超过3个单词。

　　Focus is an important part of success, and of achievement in general．Many things can become distractions．Your ability to focus your mind, emotions, and physical movements will directly influence your success．However, staying focused on a task at hand is not easy．Here are some powerful techniques that can help you improve your ability to focus．

　　To improve your physical control, it helps to have a consistent exercise schedule．There are many benefits of exercising, and one is gaining a broader mindfulness of your body's limits．Exercising also helps you gain better command of your body, and even goes beyond the body, giving you more flexibility not just physically but also emotionally and mentally．When you feel more comfortable in your body, you increase your self-confidence, which ultimately helps you feel more relaxed．

　　For mental control, meditation(冥想)is the trick．Meditation helps block out all the noise and activities they are going on around you．It's easy to get distracted by things in the background, and in order to perform well you have to maintain a high degree of focus．Relaxing your mind through meditation trains it to deal effectively with distractions, so you can stay centered on what matters most at the moment．

　　Your emotions are well served by meditation also．It prevents you from overreacting, and also from overacting．When your emotions settle down, you gain greater awareness of the circumstances you're in, and feel calm and in control．

　　In short, focus requires self-control．The good thing is that self-control can be developed．Start exercising frequently, get yourself into meditation, and start to feel positive changes in your career and your life in general．

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　　A hundred years ago, the only signs of elephants at Kruger National Park in north-eastern South Africa, which had just opened, were a few tracks in a dry river bed．Game hunters of the 19th century had hunted the creatures almost to extinction(绝种)．Conservation efforts were so successful that, in 1967, the authorities decided they had to start culling(剔选)elephants -shooting them from helicopters and hauling their dead bodies away in trucks-to keep their populations between 6,000 and 8,000, considered to be the park's“carrying capacity(容量)．”Few people questioned the policy, which was dropped in 1995．Since then, the elephant population has soared to 14,000．Conservationists now fear that it might destroy vegetation, threatening many life forms with extinction．

　　A new proposal to select the creatures has created a dilemma for the national parks authority, South African National Parks．As a responsible department, it has urged that “decisive action is required”to safe guard the survival of the rich and various life forms in South African wildlife reserves．The culling of elephants, it argues, is needed as a necessary measure to prevent local creatures' extinctions in the future．“A decision of culling elephants,”the park manager said back in 2005,“should not be delayed beyond March 2006．”What has held up this action is fierce disagreement over whether culling the elephants is a morally responsible choice-a debate that didn't exist in 1967．

　　What's changed? Scientists have told us in recent years that elephants and other higher mammals-such as chimpanzees, gorillas, dolphins, whales and dogs-have aspects of feelings and intelligence that until recently most people thought was the province of humans alone．Geneticists have shown that 98 per cent of the human genetic code is identical to that of chimpanzees．Psychologists and neuroscientists assert that higher mammals experience emotions．Linguistic researchers have proved that many mammals have languages with a diversity of sounds and symbols．The debate over what to do about Kruger's elephants-like similar debates over the ethics of animal testing and the treatment of animals raised for food-is challenging us to reflect on how we treat other living beings．

1．According to this passage, what was the most probable reason for elephants' almost extinction in north-eastern South Africa in the 19^th century?(回答词数不超过1个)

2．Why did the authorities decide to keep the elephants' populations between 6, 000 to 8, 000?(回答词数不超过10个)

3．What department is in charge of Kruger National Park?(回答词数不超过4个)

4．What does the underlined word“that”in the last paragraph refer to?(回答词数不超过3个)

5．What does the debate over what to do about Kruger's elephants make us reflect on?

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　　Anne Whitney, a sophomore at Colorado State University, first had a problem taking tests when she began college．“I was always well prepared for my tests．Sometimes I studied for weeks before a test．Yet I would go in to take the test, only to find I could not answer the questions correctly．I would blank out because of nervousness and fear．I couldn't think of the answer．My low grades on the tests did not show what I knew to the teacher．”Another student in microbiology has similar experiences．He said,“My first chemistry test was very difficult．Then, on the second test, I sat down to take it, and I was so nervous that I was shaking．My hands were moving up and down so quickly that it was hard to hold my pencil．I knew the answers．Yet I couldn't even write them down!”

　　These two young students were experiencing something called test anxiety．Because a student worries about a test, his or her mind does not work as well as it usually does．The student can't write or think clearly because of the extreme tension and nervousness．Although poor grades are often a result of poor study habits, sometimes test anxiety causes the low grades．Recently, test anxiety has been recognized as a real problem, not just an excuse or a false explanation of lazy students．

　　Special university counseling courses try to help students．In these courses, counselors try to help students by teaching them how to manage test anxiety．At some universities, students take tests to measure their anxiety．If the tests show their anxiety is high, the students can take short courses to help them deal with their tension．These courses teach students how to relax their bodies．Students are trained to become calm in very tense situations．By controlling their nervousness, they can let their minds work at ease．Learned information then comes out without difficulty on a test．

　　An expert at the University of California explains．“With almost all students, relaxation and less stress are felt after taking out program．Most of them experience better control during their tests．Almost all have some improvement．With some, the improvement is very great．”

1．What led to Ann Whitney’s poor grades in the test when she began college?(回答词数不超过3个)

2．How do counselors help students who have problems taking test?(回答词数不超过8个)

3．What effect do the counseling courses have on these students?(回答词数不超过5个)