“My kids really understand solar and earth-heat energy,” says a second-grade teacher in Saugus, California. “Some of them are building solar collectors for their energy course.” These young scientists are part of City Building Educational Program (CBEP), a particular program for kindergarten through twelfth grade that uses the stages of city planning to teach basic reading, writing and math skills, and more.

        The children don’t just plan any city. They map and analyze（分析）the housing, energy, and transportation requirements of their own district and foretell its needs in 100 years. With the aid of an architect（建筑师）who visits the classroom once a week, they invent new ways to meet these needs and build models of their creations. “Designing building of the future gives children a lot of freedom,” says the teacher who developed this program. “They are able to use their own rich imagination and inventions without fear of blame, because there are no wrong answers in a future context. In fact, as the class enters the final model-building stage of the program, an elected ‘official’ and ‘planning group’ make all the design decisions for the model city, and the teacher steps back and becomes an adviser.”

        CBEP is a test of activities, games and imitations that teach the basic steps necessary for problem-solving: observing, analyzing, working out possible answers, and judging them based on the children’s own standards.

63. The Program is designed ______________.

   A. to direct kids to build solar collectors               

  B. to train young scientists for city planning

   C. to develop children’s problem-solving abilities

   D. to help young architects know more about designing

64. An architect pays a weekly visit to the classroom ____________.

   A. to find out kids’ creative ideas                          B. to discuss with the teacher

   C. to give children lectures                                          D. to help kids with their program

65. Who is the designer of the program?

   A. An official.      B. An architect.         C. A teacher.      D. A scientist.

66. The children feel free in the program because ______________.

   A. they can design future buildings themselves

   B. they have new ideas and rich imagination

   C. they are given enough time to design models

   D. they need not worry about making mistakes

Helen _______ it if she doesn’t want to.

A. doesn’t need do   B. need not to do  C. needs not to do   D. need not do

 

 

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

D

People in Shanghai can quench their thirst with high quality water if the Shanghai Water Authority (SWA) is able to make good on its word. It has vowed to make the city’s water match its status as a world class city.

   “The current tap water quality meets national standards, but, compared with that of the European Union and the United States, it still needs to be improved.” said the SWA’s director general, Hang Jiayi.

    In other developed countries, water fountains can be found almost everywhere—people do not bother with bottled drinking water.

    By 2020, the water of the Huangpu River will be treated to reduce the amount of organic waste in it. Major water works that draw water from the Huangpu will need more treatment facilities to improve the colour, texture, ammonia(氨)and nitrogen content before 2010.

    These treatment facilities are expected to cost 4 billion yuan, something that could affect the price of water, according to Chen Yin, SWA’s deputy director general.

    Chen said that replacing water pipes was also a key project. The city’s aged pipes are mostly to blame for the bad water quality.

    The SWA has started the water facilities renovation(更新)work, including the more than 14,000 kilometres of indoor piping, 107,000 tanks on top of the buildings, and more than 6,000 underground facilities.

    World Water Day came on March 22, and this year’s theme is “Water for the future”. Beijing is also drawing up plans during China’s Water Week, which runs until March 28.

    By 2010, the water for the Shanghai EXPO is to be above World Health Organization standards. And, the people of Beijing will be able to drink their tap water as well.

【小题１】People in Shanghai can drink their tap water_____.

   A. by 2020       B. in the first half of this year     C. by 2010      D. by 2008

【小题１】What step need not be taken in order to improve the tap water?

A. The water of the Huangpu River will be treated.       B. Aged water pipes will be treated.

C. Water facilities must be renovated.                      D. Water fountains must be found.

【小题１】Which is the correct statement according to the passage?

A. The tap water quality in Shanghai hasn’t met national standards.

B. World Water Day fell on March 22 this year.

C. The people of Beijing cannot drink their tap water now.

D. The treatment of the water of Huangpu River has been finished.

【小题１】What is the main idea of the passage?

A. The cost of treating the tap water.

B. How to reach the water standards of developed countries.

C. The project for making tap water drinkable in Shanghai and Beijing.

D. The progress of treating the water of Huangpu River.

 

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71. Which one of the following activities requires the longest time to complete?

   A. Fun in Mandarin

   B. Fairytale Holiday Chinese Camp

   C. Magic Moments English Speech and Drama Camp

D. Magic Moments Mandarin Speech anti Drama Camp

72. After attending the Building Confidence course, the children will  __    .

   A. become magicians               B. overcome stage fright

   C. grow cells in the lady             D. tend to patients in the hospital

73. If you want your son to learn some table manners, which of the following activities can you register him in?

   A. Baking Workshop                      B. Lollipops Life Science

   C. Flower anti Card Making                D. Kids' Dining Etiquette course

74. Which of tile following statements is true?

   A. Participators need not bring any materials for the activities.

   B. All activities are targeted at primary school children only.

   C. All participants will receive a free gift upon registration.

   D. All activities are organised throughout the year.

75. A couple with three children aged 6, 9 and 14 want them to attend the same activities together. The number of activities they can attend is

A. one          B. two         C. three            D. four

C

—“In the case of mild illness, patients should be provided with supportive care at home by a designated caregiver and only referred to health care facilities if they deteriorate or develop danger signs.

—Such danger signs may include: weakness or inability to stand, lethargy, unconsciousness, convulsions, very difficult or obstructed breathing or shortness of breath, inability to drink fluids, high fever.

—Treatment at home should entail(需要) rest, fluids(液体), medication for fever, and good nutrition, with patients kept separate from other people except one designated carer who should wash their hands and household surfaces frequently.

—It is more important in the home that patient wears a mask than the caregiver. The mask need not be worn all day and only when close contact with the caregiver is anticipated.

—If enough masks are available, caregivers should also use them to cover their mouth and nose during close contact.

—Windows should be kept open to allow good ventilation(通风).

49．The passage is written to ______ .

A．offer some suggestions for the treatment of mild patients

B．give tips on how to wear masks

C．show danger signs of infected patients

D．tell people how to take care of mild patients

50．The illness mentioned in the passage may_____.

A．have no cure           B．have no prevention

C．be highly contagious       D．be deadly

51．The passage may be taken form _____.

A．a doctor’s note B．a patient’s description

C．guidelines from a government D．guidelines from a health organization

52．When should the caregivers wear masks?

A．When the patients are present.

B．When close contact with patients is a must.

C．All day long.          

D．When there is no good ventilation.