1．This picture book explores the life of a tree that has deep roots, long arms, and many children．She provides shelter for many animals and bears fruit．The author uses colorful, simple, yet detailed watercolor illustrations to convey her words．The charming pictures show the many aspects in the life of a tree down to the caterpillars that eat the leaves．It is good for pre－school children．

2．This charming picture book highlights the life of a garden, from planting seeds to harvesting．With the narrator as guide, the reader is led through a variety of free verse and occasionally rhymed poems that fill in the story of a garden and its inhabitants．The pictures．delightful watercolors in bright pastels, add to the whimsical feel of the poems．Young readers will certainly e-joy this fun and fanciful text．

2．This is a story from 1956 which introduces a little boy who likes to go fishing with a tree limb, a wonn, and a pin．Ahhough he never catches anything, on this particular day he finally does hook three big ones, but the little one gets away．The boy pulls them home in his wagon and his mother cooks them for supper．The swinging rhythms of the text and the good humor evident in the illustrations remain fun for the youngest readers．

3．This useful, attractive, oversize volume uses its height well, employing a tree metaphor to show the earth’S various kinds of life and how aU living things．from bacteria to the largest mammals, are related．Each spread covers one branch of the animal kingdom．To make the enormity of species understandable．Strauss equates individual species(e．g．, 1 0, 000 bacteria)with one leaf on the tree．

4．This is a story about how a grandfather teaches his eager granddaughter to catch speckled trout from the stream in springtime．After a whole day on the lake, only Grandpa is lucky．The next morning the young fisherman hurries to the dock alone, and soon she hooks the catch of a lifetime．Young readers will appreciate this story that celebrates the special bond between the older and younger generation, while brilliant watercolor illustrations capture the beauty of the natural world

Bryan、Olgn、Scott、Anna和David正在进行一项“企业家成功秘诀调查”．他们将采访几位企业家．下题是他们似定的采访话题．阅读下面刊登在Entrepreneur(《企业家》)杂志上6位企业家的成功感言(A、B、C、D、E和F)，为每位采访者选定最佳采访对象，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑．选项中有一项是多余选项．

1．Bryan：What comes first,the customer or the profit?

2．Olga：How important is an entrepreneur’s montion to his/her company’s growth?

3．Scott：How does an entrepreneu take use of his/her advantages?

4．Anna：Why do success cntrepreneurs seem to enjoy their work?

5．David：What attitude should an entrepeneur have toward his/her social responsibilities?

A

Sheri Poe

Ryka Inc．

　　Since I started this company in my kitchen seven years ago i always dreamt of what it would be some day．Focusing on that goal helps me get through tough times．To get the kind of success that you want ,you need to dream big．That’s the starting point ,Every success story begins with big dreams you need to have bih dreams for yourself.like being somebody rich.famous of fulfilled．You need to have a clear goal of what you want to achieve．

　　Also,I think it’s really important that the people you’re working with are as committed to the same goal as you are ,so you can support each other and keep each other energetic．

B

Anita Roddick

The Body Shop Inc．

　　In wetica we have a shop in Harlem waete 50 percent of the profits go into the community drvelopment．and the other 50 percent go toward the funding of a a similar shop elsewhere in the United States The pride that shop brings to the staff and local people inspired me．

　　What The Body Shop does srccessfully is use our facilities in the street and shopping centers to talk about real human issues like AIDS recycling, human rights．And community service or to encourage people to speak out against anything they consider to be unjust．Knowing our products are symools of social change is really encouraging．

C

Ben Cohen

Ben ＆Jerry’s Homemade Ine．

　　I’m energized by the people I work with．I’m very relation ship-driven which a think is differert from most entrepreneurs．i’m inspired by doing things that are not nomal and that most people think don’t fit into the business world or don’t make any sense．

　　In business ,you are judged by the company you keep－from your management team ,board of directors,and strategic partners．Maybe the lady you met in a trade association meeting can help you secure funding ,or the gentleman at a conference can provide you with management advice．

D

Richard Melman

Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises

　　A number of years ago,I was interviewed by someone who was writing a book on．enterprises．He asked me．”What’s the opposite of work?”I answered．”Lazy”He started laughing and said ,”Believe it or not ,a lot of entrepreneurs say the same thing．”

　　The average person thinks the opposite of work is play ,but to an entrepreneur work is play i think it all adds up to having fun it’s fun to create;it’s fun to entertain ,and it’s fun to make people happy with our service．When it stops being fun．I’ll stop doing it．

E

Frank Toskan

Make-Up Art Cosmeties(M.A.C)

　　One of the nicest things anyone ever said to me was,”I hate makeup ,but I love M.A.C.”That’s what moves me on．Even people who don’t wear makeup can appreciate our company ,what it stands for．Its values ,and the way we do business．

　　We work from an inverted pyramid,where the customers are always at the top, Our customers inspire me and keep me going．They and our staff ,not money ,make me enthusiastic if I had stayed in this business just for the money ,I wuold have closed down years ago．

F

Kenneth Cole

Kenneth Cole Productions Ine．

　　You can’t be everything to everybody．Each of us has our own strengths and weaknesses,To be effective,you need to dientify your strengths and concentrate on them,you’ll become more successful if you are able to channel your efforts to areas that you do best,In business,for example, if you know you are good at marketing,then give ,I full play,seek help or assisree in areas that you may be poor at ,such as accounting or bookkeeping,To turn your weakness into strength,consider taking hands-on learning or training．

　　Home can be a great place for children to study．It’s important to provide a workspace of their own where they can read books or just write a letter to their friens．

　　●Location(位置)

　　　　2　　Kitchen and dining room are not so well suite for regular study since books and pens get in the way of the day-to-day uses of those areas．Set up a place where a child can settle in and leave papers and pens at band without having to clear everything away each night．For a child that likes being alone, set aside a corner of his bedroom,but keep it separate from things like games,music and other hobbies not related to studuing．

　　●Keeping Things in Order

　　Parents should encourage their child to spread out, but to leave it neat and orderly when he isn’t using his workspace．Ownership is very important for self-respect 　　3　　 The workplace should be personal, but not another part of the playroom．

　　●　　4　　

　　Encourage the whole family to help build a supportive environment that children need for success in school．Give them a good example of how to deal with problems,how to manage time and get things done in the right way．　　5　　 Study will be more enjoyable and effevtive when supported by the whole farmily

A．Auinde Is Everything．

B．Bring Organization into Your Home．

C．Here are sevecal ways to choose a location．

D．Building a Good Home Learning Environment．

E．Hold a can-do attitude and your child will follow your example．

F．Setting up a space in a common area of your home can be a good idea for children．

G．A child who learns to organixe his spare will carry crganization into every corner of his life．

Directions：Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from the list A-F for each paragraph．These is one extra heading which you do not need．

　　Effective reading should adopt a correct way, and then you can get more by paying less．Here are some hints for reading effectively．

1．

　　Don’t choose a rather difficult book or a too easy one for yourself to read．A book full of new words will make you feel discouraged quickly．To understand those new words, you have to turn to the dictionary quite often．It seems that you are not reading the book but the dictionary．It has no fun at all!On the contrary, a too easy one will only waste your time and cannot do any help．The two extremes may at last make you give up reading．So it’s better for you to find a proper book with no more than five new words on each page．

2．

　　If you come across a new word, do not look it up in a dictionary as quickly as possible．Leave it alone and guess the meaning of it based on the content of the text．This ability is quite necessary in reading．If you know your guess is right later, you will be highly excited at your“success”, and your interest in reading is well stimulated．If a word really hinders you from understanding the whole passage, turn to the dictionary by then．I am sure you can remember this word very well, as it has left you such a deep impression for its“troublesome image”．

3．

　　To comprehend what you are reading, you should think while you are reading, then form your own ideas on some special issues．Try to scribble some lines – a very short journal, to express your ideas．Your writing does not need to be quite formal but expressive．This practice can make you communicate with the original English authors．Day by day, your way of thinking in English will turn into a native way, which is quite important for English writing．

4．

　　Language has its own beauty, no matter Chinese or English．Don’t merely take English as a“test”．Take it as an“entertainment”instead and you will enjoy it through learning．

　　Maybe you should find some beautiful literary works such as a prose or a poem to read, if you like．Try to read them as loudly and impassionedly as you can．During this process, not only you can enjoy yourself by the great emotions of the writers, but also your pronunciation and your manner of speaking English will be improved．

5．

　　The last but not the least, keep on reading．If you cannot keep it as a habit, you will suffer from paying without gaining．

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

　　Although many Chinese students say that their knowledge of English grammar is good, most would admit that their spoken English is poor．Whenever I speak to a Chinese student, they always say,“My spoken English is poor．”　　1　　 I would like to suggest that there may be some reasons for their problems with spoken English．

　　First, they fail to find suitable words to express themselves due to a limited vocabulary．　　2　　．However, you can speak with a limited vocabulary, if you choose a positive attitude．Others will follow you as long as you use the words that you know．

　　　　3　　．Sometimes they make mistakes when they are speaking because they are shy and nervous．Yet students should remember that their goal should be FLUENCY NOT ACCURACY．Your aim in writing is to be accurate following the rules for grammar and using the right words and spelling them correctly．However, in speaking your aim is fluency．You want to get your message across, to talk to someone in English, as quickly and as well as you can, even though sometimes you may use a wrong word or tense, but it doesn’t matter．　　4　　．

　　The third reason is that not enough attention is paid to listening．You have one mouth but two ears!All that hearing is necessary for you to start speaking．

　　Fourth, most Chinese students are reactive rather than proactive language learners．Instead of actively seeking out opportunities to improve their spoken English they passively wait for speaking opportunities to come to them and wonder why their English always remains poor．　　5　　．

A．The person you are speaking to will understand you and make allowances for any mistakes he hears．

B．They may try to avoid making similar mistakes next time．

C．Obviously the better answer is to expand their vocabulary．

D．If you have this proactive outlook, then you will see English opportunities wherever you go．

E．However, their spoken English does not have to remain“poor”!

F．Second, they are afraid of making mistakes．

G．The second reason lies in the reluctance of using what has just been learned．

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

　　Weight loss is a hard topic．Lots of people aren’t satisfied with their present weight, but most people aren’t sure how to change it．You may want to look like the models or actors in magazines or on TV, but those goals might not be healthy or realistic(现实的)for you．　　1　　

　　So what should you do about your weight control?

　　　　2　　 The best way to find out if you are at a healthy weight or if you need to lose or gain weight is to talk to a doctor or dietitian(营养学家)．　　3　　 If it turns out that you can benefit from weight loss then you can follow a few of the simple suggestions listed below to get started．

　　　　4　　 People who lose weight quickly by crash dieting or other extreme measures usually gain back all of the pounds they lost, because they haven’t permanently(永久地)changed their habits．Therefore, the best weight management ways are those that you can maintain for a lifetime．

　　Small changes are a lot easier to stick with(坚持做)than large ones．Try reducing the size of what you eat．　　5　　 Once you have that down, start gradually introducing healthier foods and exercise into your life．

　　It’s a good idea to maintain a healthy weight because it’s just that：healthy．

A．Try giving up regular soda for a week．

B．Try to pay attention as you eat and stop when you’re full．

C．Weight management is about long-term success．

D．Besides, no magical diet will make you look like someone else．

E．Being healthy is really about being at a weight that is right for you．

F．Changing from whole to nonfat or low-fat milk is also a good idea．

G．They will compare your weight with healthy standards and help you set goals．

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

　　There is an English saying：“1．________．”Until recently, few people took the saying seriously．Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body．2．________．

　　Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body．People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles．It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise．3．________．If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial．

　　Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body．In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs．The group that tolerated(忍耐)the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program．4．________．

　　5．________．They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter．

A．Laughter can prolong one’s life．

B．As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics

in which they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh．

C．The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish both stress and pain．

D．It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet．

E．Although laughter helps cure the disease, doctors still can not put this theory into clinic practice．

F．Laughter is the best medicine．

G．They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health．

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

　　Recently some American scientists have given a useful piece of advice to people in industrialized nations．They say people should eat more of the same kind of food eaten by humans living more than 10,000 years ago．　　1　　

　　The scientists say that the human life has changed greatly．Our bodies have not been able to deal with these changes in lifestyle and this had led to new kinds of sicknesses．　　2　　 So they are called“diseases of civilization”．Many cancers and diseases of the blood system are examples of such diseases．

　　Scientists noted that people in both the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age enjoyed very little alcohol or tobacco, probably none．　　3　　 However, a change in food is one of the main differences between life in ancient times and that of today．

　　Stone Age people hunted wild animals for their meat, which had much less fat than domestic ones．They ate a lot of fresh wild vegetables and fruits．They did not have milk or any other dairy products, and they made very little use of grains．　　4　　 We eat six times more salt than our ancestors．We eat more sugar．We eat twice as much fat but only one third as much protein and much less vitamin C．

　　　　5　　 But scientists say that we would be much healthier if we eat much the same way as our ancestors did, cutting the amount of fatty, salty and sweet food．

A．These new sicknesses were not known in ancient times．

B．People today probably do not want to live the way people thousands of years ago did．

C．Ancient people also lived in large groups．

D．But today, we eat a lot of these．

E．Ancient people also got a great deal of physical exercise．

F．In that case, they would live much healthier．

G．People today probably live the same life as people thousands of years ago．

从给出的七个选项中选出五个正确的答案

　　Although the Athens Games are over, 　　1　　．While busy preparing for the new semester in the first week back at school, many youngsters have started to wonder what Beijing can learn from Athens．

　　“I was amazed by the fantastic opening ceremony from the moment it began,”said She Fei, a Senior 2 boy from Beijing Huiwen High School．He represented China in Athens and got the chance to see the opening ceremony with his own eyes．

　　“Greece has done such a good job in showing its colorful culture using high-tech methods．　　2　　”he said．“It seems that Beijing needs to combine the use of advanced technology with creative design to present its culture to the rest of the world．　　3　　”he added．

　　Echoing her view on the challenge of designing an unique opening ceremony, Zhang Yufei, Senior 3 from No．2 High School attached to Beijing Normal University, thinks that director Zhang Yimo’s presentation of Chinese culture will be out of date by 2008．

　　“Peking Opera costumes and the big red lantern did not seem to surprise the audience in the closing ceremony．　　4　　”She said．

　　Other students worry people’s bad habits, 　　5　　, might be the weak point of Beijing 2008．

　　“In Athens, all the residents were very careful with their behavior and manners．I think they have set a good example of Olympic hospitality．Beijingers can learn from them and do better．”She Fei said．

A．such as spitting on the ground

B．We definitely need something better in 2008．

C．Chinese teenagers’ passion for the Olympic has not faded

D．Beijing is the best place to host it．

E．Beijing can learn a lot from the success of the opening ceremony in Athens．

F．This will ensure Beijing does an equally good job on four years time．

G．We are sure Beijing will surprise the whole world．

Directions：Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph．There is one extra heading which you do not need．

1．________

　　Turning off the monitor and removing the mouse soon makes a web developer aware of the problems that arise when browsing web pages without vision．Speech output is essential(and/or Braille)in order for those who cannot see the text and pictures to be able to access the content．

2．________

　　Screen readers use synthesized(合成的)speech and Braille is provided through a series of pins that move up and down(refreshable)as part of a Braille device which sit alongside a keyboard．Screen readers tell the user about all aspects of the page and all navigational links as well as menu items．

3．________

　　They are verbose(冗长的)and tiring to listen to．A new user may only be able to cope with speeds of around 150 words per minute but an accomplished user has the speed set at around 250-300 words per minute, this is similar to average reading speeds．However, we do not read all that is on a web page and scanning or skipping items is the norm but with a screen reader this is not always possible unless the site has been regularly visited．Too many navigational elements, often repeated on all pages can be very time consuming．

4．________

　　Multimedia is often a problem but for example, if there are accessible MP3 players available, new versions of screen readers will often re-format the web pages to make them readable, and provide separate lists for links and other navigational aids to speed the process．They cope better with frames and tables but only if they are written correctly．

5．________

　　People with weak eyesight may have a restricted field of view, problems with reading small or moving elements, and recognizing text with poor contrast or color choices．They may require screen magnification, better color contrast or glare filters．Screen magnification programs are used to enlarge text and pictures and can also provide focus within a small area with an enlarged cursor or pointer．