If Mickey Mouse slips (滑倒)on a banana skin on TV, viewers laugh. But for ordinary people, falling is not   36  . For example, if you   37  over a stone or fall off your bike, you have to take days to get well. For   38  people, the result of a fall could be worse.

Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, wanted to know why some people are   39  likely to fall than others.

The researchers found that   40  means more than planting your feet on the ground and standing tall. Your brain   41  your sense of balance with information from your eyes and inner ears and the   42  from your feet and legs. If something goes wrong with any of these, you’re   43   to fall. People   44  to fall more often as they grow older because their senses are slower.

State of mind is important too. The research shows that when people know they’re walking on a slippery surface, they   45  their pace and walk with flatter feet. As a result, they fall less often.

“We actually   46  people slip and fall,” researcher Mark Redfern said. People of different ages fall on   47  in his lab. Cameras   48  their falls and a computer analyzes the information. Scientists then can   49  people who fall often how to be more watchful.

“If they get   50  to a lifelike but controlled environment, people can   51  learn to handle the   52  thing,” Redfern said.

Falls happen to everyone sometimes.   53  you see someone fall, think about why and offer a helping   54  . This person’s painful experience may   55  you from falling at the same place.

A．unhappy B．exciting    C．amusing    D．foolish

A．drop      B．trip   C．knock       D．get

A．slow      B．young       C．old    D．active

A．too B．less   C．very  D．more

A．balance  B．control     C．fall    D．walk

A．remains  B．imagines   C．thinks       D．keeps

A．touching       B．feeling      C．walk  D．pace

A．likely     B．surely       C．possible    D．certain

A．refuse    B．mean C．tend  D．like

A．frighten       B．quicken    C．widen       D．slow

A. encourage B．make     C．stop   D．challenge

A．purpose       B．ground     C．accident    D．agreement

A．broadcast     B．record      C．play  D．catch

A．persuade      B．force C．practise     D．train

A．closed  B．informed  C．used  D．know

A．eventuallyB．firstly   C．regularly   D．mainly

A．uneasy B．real   C．creative    D．hard

A．Even if       B．While      C．As far as   D．Next time

A．hand    B．stick  C．word D．leg

A．warn    B．remind     C．prevent     D．defend

The care given to pupils at an infants school has been rated （评定）as outstanding in a recent Ofsted report. Inspectors （视察员）visited Avondale Infants School in Kettering in June and were pleased with what they found.

    Schools are graded between one and four, with one being outstanding, and staffs（全体职员）at Avondale were delighted to be to be given an overall（总的）grade of two.

    The reports states that the school, which has an above average number of children who are entitled to free school meals, is improving.

    It also focuses on the good progress made by children who enter the school with below or well below average standards – the standards at the end of Year 2 are now the best since 2004.

    The report states: "Pupils' behavior and personal development are good, being enhanced（增强）considerably by the vibrant（活跃的）atmosphere within the school."

    Headteacher Jean Wilkins is also praised as "the driving force behind developments and the vision of the future. Under her exceptional guidance, a conscientious team is intent（专注）upon raising standards."

    Mrs. Wilkins said that staff at the school, which has 163 children aged from four to seven, pride themselves on the support and guidance they offer the children.

    She said: "We're extremely pleased with these results. We put a lot of emphasis（强调）on the well-being of the pupils to raise their self esteem（尊重）and make sure they enjoy being at school.

    "We have focused carefully on where we needed to make improvements."

    Inspectors said that the school could improve further through closer working with the parents of some pupils who do not attend regularly.                        

1. The main idea of the text is that _________.

  A. The pupils at an infants school.            B. Happy school wins inspector’s praise.

  C. The pupils have made much progress.       D. The Avondale Infants School is improving.

2. What else will the school need to do with?

  A. Make the meals better                    B. Focus on the pupils

  C. Hire a great many staffs                   D. Work with the parents.

3. From the passage, we can learn that what “ infant school” is ?

  A. Children attend school with little intelligence.

  B. Children attend school with good understanding.

  C. Children attend school in the first few years of their life.

  D. Children attend school with outstanding performance.

4. The writer wants to tell us the following EXCEPT that _______.

  A. Inspectors paid a visit to Avondale Infants School in June, 2004.

  B. More than 50% of the children in the school have meals for free.

  C. The staffs at the school provide the pupils with much guidance.

  D. The infant school has made large quantities of improvement.

One cold January evening in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, America, I went with my father on an oil burner service call. My father was in his forties at that time and I was about twelve years old. He was always working hard trying to support us seven kids. I enjoyed hanging out with him whenever I could — he taught me so much.

       We arrived at the call and after walking over snow and ice, we knocked on the customer’s door. A senior citizen opened the door and let us into her very cold home. She was wearing an old, worn-out brown coat that went down to her knees. On her head, covering her gray hair, was an old and worn hat. The home wasn’t furnished very well and was quite dark, except for a single light bulb over the dining room table. Below the light was an older man counting change from several old coffee cans. He looked up at us as we passed by to get to the kitchen where my dad would fix the oil burner. He didn’t say anything. He just looked up at us. He couldn’t speak English, nor could his wife. She only pointed to the kitchen and smiled at us.

       After a short while, my father had the heater up and running, and it began to heat their cold home. The lady asked my dad in poor English how much she owed him for fixing the heater. My dad looked around the house and said that he had to go out to the truck and write the bill.

       Once in the truck he marked the bill “no answer at home, no charge”, so they wouldn’t be charged for his work. He looked over at me and said, “He was counting his change to pay me. They need their money more than I do.”

       As usual, my father taught me something important that time, which was to be kind to the poor.

According to Paragraph 1, we know that the writer’s father                        .

     A. often taught the writer how to work                            

B. worked several jobs at the same time

C. had a very big family to support                                        

D. brought up his children alone

The description in Paragraph 2 shows that the old couple                        .

       A. had no job

       B. led a very poor life

       C. didn’t know how to save money

       D. were not very friendly to strangers

What can we infer from the passage?

       A. The old couple had no children in America.

       B. The old man didn’t plan to pay money.

       C. The old woman felt very embarrassed all the time.

       D. The old couple were not native Americans.

The writer’s father didn’t charge for his work because                         .

       A. he didn’t need that money

       B. he felt pity for the old couple

       C. he was not satisfied with his work

       D. he wanted to set a good example to others

One morning more than thirty years ago, I entered the Track Kitchen, a restaurant where everyone from the humblest(卑微的)to the most powerful came for breakfast. I noticed an empty chair next to an elderly, unshaven man, who looked somewhat disheveled. He was wearing a worn-out hat and was alone. I asked if I might join him. He agreed quietly and I sat down to have my breakfast.

We cautiously began a conversation and spoke about a wide rang of things. We never introduced ourselves. I was concerned that he might have no money and not be able to afford something to eat. So as I rose to go back to the counter and buy a second cup of coffee, I asked,

“My I get you something ?”

“A coffee would be nice.”

Then I bought him a cup of coffee, We talked more , and he accepted another cup of coffee, Finally, I rose to leave, wished him well, and headed for the exit. At the door I met one of my friends. He asked,

“How did you get to know Mr. Galbreath?”

“Who?”

“The man you were sitting with. He is chairman of the Board of Churchill Downs.”

I could hardly believe it. I was buying, offering a free breakfast, and feeling pity for one of the world’s richest and most powerful men!

My few minutes with Mr. Galbreath changed my life. Now I try to treat everyone with respect, no matter who I think they are, and to meet another human being with kindness and sincerity.

What does the underlined word “disheveled” mean?

A. Unfriendly.    B. Untidy.   C. Gentle.     D. Kind.

The author bought coffee for the old man because     

A. he thought the old man was poor     B. he wanted to start a conversation

C. he intended to show his politeness    D. he would like to thank the old man

How did the author probably feel after he talked with his friend?

A. Proud.     B. Pitiful.     C. Surprised.      D. Regretful

What is the message mainly expressed in the story?

A. We should learn to be generous.      B. It is honorable to help those in need.

C. People in high positions are not like what we expect.

D. We should avoid judging people by their appearances.

The run-up to the launch of China's first lunar orbiter at the end of this month has caught the country's imagination, with more than two thirds of the nation hoping to see the launch live on TV, according to a survey.                              

According to the survey by China Youth Daily and www.qq.com, almost the entire nation hopes to catch images of the event at some point, with 99 percent of the 10358 respondents saying they expected to witness the satellite launch and 68.9 percent said they were certain to watch the live broadcast of the launch. On www.qq.com and www.sina.com, two popular web portals in the country, internet users have contributed some 2,000 poems and 5000 drawings on the theme of Chang'e I.

"The satellite launch means much more than just saying 'hello' to the moon. Maybe in the future we could also send some people to accompany sister 'Chang'e'," said a college student in the survey.

Remarkably, many people expect to visit the moon one day, with 93.4 percent of respondents saying they expected to do so.

Chang'e I is named after Chang'e, a famous character from Chinese mythology. She ascended from earth to live on the moon as a celestial being after drinking an elixir.

There is also another connection between the moon and China. In the 1970s, a crater on the moon was named after a Chinese stargazer, Wan Hu, who is said to be the first astronaut in human history.

Legend says about 600 years ago, around the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Wan Hu, a local government official, tried to fly into space with the help of a chair, two big kites and 47 self-made gunpowder-filled rockets. According to the legend after the rockets were lit there was a huge bang and lots of smoke. When the smoke cleared Wan was nowhere to be found.

China's first astronaut flew into space in 2003 with the launch of the Chinese-made spaceship Shenzhou V. China became the third country, after the Soviet Union and the United States, to carry out manned space missions.

Which is true according to the passage?

 A. According to a survey, two thirds of the nation are hoping to see the launch live on TV,

 B. The internet users have drawn some 5000 pictures of ‘Chang’e’.

C. Wan Hu, a Chinese stargazer(n. 看星星的人,占星师,天文学家) , was dead after the huge bang and a lot of smoke.

 D. China’s first astronaut flew into space in 2003 in the spaceship Shenzhou VI.

What’s the meaning of the underlined word in paragraph 5?

A. a kind of medicine for long life. B. a kind of medicine to make you light enough to fly in the air.

C. a kind of wine               D. a kind of alcohol.

Why was Wan Hu said to be the first astronaut in human history?

 A. Because a crater on the moon was named after his name.

 B. Because he was the first to go to the moon in his own “spaceship”.

 C. Because of his courage for scientific experiment to the moon.

 D. Because he made the first rocket in human history.