①Brain-injured boy set for ￡ 1.75m payout

　　A YOUNGSTER who was knocked off his bicycle by a taxi and left with a serious brain injury is set to be awarded ￡ 1.75 million.

　　Fourteen-year-old George Currie, from Dalkeith, was living in country Durham with his parents Allister and Paula at the time of the accident in September 1993.

　　George, who was then three years old, was riding his small tricycle along the pavement when he lost control and swerved on to the road into the path of an on-coming taxi.

　　The driver's insurance company has now ac cepted responsibility for the accident and New Castle County Court is expected to rule on the payout on Monday.

　　②Boating accidents reduce

　　Lee and Collier counties tied at No. 10 for boating accidents in Florida in 2004, an improvement for both.

　　But because the counties remained in the top 10 among Florida's 67 counties, safety continues to be a concern, officials said.

　　③Teens react to new law on driving permit

　　Lawmakers may hope to make teenage drivers drive more safely, but some local teens behind the wheel feel angry following the passing of Senace Bill 36 last week.

　　SB 36 is a law that limits times new teen drivers can drive and the number of passengers

　　④Road accidents take costly toll

　　Traffic accidents kill more than one million people each year, injure tens of millions more and cost developing countries twice as much as they receive in international aid, the leader of a research body said Wednesday.

　　The figures have led experts to form an international road safety network to choose the most important research areas, inform policy makers and help develop ways to prevent accidents, particularly in poor nations.

　　pavement: 人行道

　　swerve: 突然转

　　insurance: 保险.

TOP 10

　　Florida counties with the most accidents in 2004:

　　1．Monroe (98)

　　2．Palm Beach (65)

　　3．Pinellas (64)

　　4．Broward (59)

　　5．Miami-Dade (54)

　　6．Okaloosa (34)

　　7．Orange (24)

　　8．Bay (22)

　　9．Lee (21)

　　10．Collier (21)

(1) What does Passage ① tell us about the boy?

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A．He was injured in the head when he was 14.

B．He has waited for the payout for a long time.

C．He has lived in the same place since the accident.

D．He was run over by a taxi when riding on the pavement.

(2) What can we learn about Lee and Collier counties from Passage ②?

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A．They both became safe places.

B．They won the same place in race.

C．They had the same number of accidents.

D．They joined hands in reducing accidents.

(3) Which passage would give more information on the prevention of road accidents?

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Using words

Match the words and phrases in Box A with their meaning in Box B.

　　　　　　A

1．transport　　6．stubborn

2．fare　　　　7．insist

3．graduate　　8．proper

4．cycle　　　　9．determine

5．persuade　　10．familiar

B

a．having a good knowledge of

b．take sth. /sb. from one place to another in a vehicle

c．decided not to give way; strong－willed

d．demand forcefully

e．suitable; correct

f．cause sb. to do. sth by giving reasons

g．complete an educational course

h．ride a bicycle

i．money charged for a journey by bus, ship, taxi, etc

j．decide

　　On July 16,1960, Jane Goodall, a 26-year-old former secretary from England, began to study the behavior of chimpanzees in the wild. Until that time, scientists had mostly observed and studied chimpanzees in laboratories and zoos. Few scientists had gone to study chimpanzees in the remote areas of Africa where the chimps live. When scientists had studied the chimpanzees in the wild, they hadn't spent long periods of time observing them. Jane Goodall planned to watch chimpanzees in Africa over a ten-year period and see exactly how they behaved. She was not a professional scientist when she started out. Her book, In the Shadow of Man, tells how she began her project and what she discovered.

　　As Goodall said in 1973,“I had no qualification at all. I was just somebody with a love of animals.”Her love of animals drew her to Africa where she met Dr. Leakey SB. Leakey was a world-famous scientist who was studying how prehistoric people lived. Since chimpanzees are human's closest living relatives, Leakey thought prehistoric people might have lived in the same way that chimpanzees live today. Leakey told Goodall that studying chimpanzees might give clues about the way that early people lived.

　　Leakey asked Goodall to study the chimpanzees on the shores of lake Tanganyika in Africa. The chimpanzees were very shy and the country was difficult to travel through. Goodall took on the difficult job of finding and watching the chimpanzees.

1．It is clear from the text that Jane Goodall decided to study chimpanzees ________.

[　　]

A．because she was working in the laboratory

B．when she was doing research for a book

C．because of her scientific work in England

D．after she met Dr. Leakey in Africa

2．According to the information, finding chimpanzees in Africa would be a difficult task for Jane because ________.

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A．the country was rugged and the animals were timid

B．the chimpanzees may not remain in the area for ten years

C．Jane would have to identify areas where prehistoric people had lived

D．Dr. Leakey was not aware of the conditions in which the chimpanzees live

3．The title of Jane's book, In the Shadow of Man, ________.

[　　]

A．reflects Jane's passion for her work

B．hints at the difficulties that Jane faced

C．emphasizes the link between chimpanzees and humans

D．indicates that Jane's experiences mirrored those of other scientists

4．The word closest in meaning to“remote”, as it is used in the passage, is ________.

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书面表达　　

假定你是北京西城外语学校的学生会主席；为促进学校全体教师和学生的英 语学习，你校将办英语晚会。现请你以学生会的名义发一份英语书面通知，欢迎全校教师和同学们参加。

内容：

(1) 晚会时间：下星期五晚8：00—10：00

　　 (2) 晚会地点：学校大会议室 　　

　　 (3) 晚会节目：英语故事、英语歌曲、英语诗歌及短剧等。届时还邀请

　　 在本校工作的加拿大教师格林夫妇及子女参加晚会，他们将要表

　　 演精彩的节目。

注意：

(1) 通知要包括所有要点，但不要逐条翻译。要注意“通知”的格式。

　　 (2) 词数：80—120 提示：表演节目 give (sb) a performance