(E)

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.

　 80.

　　 An Iowa high school counselor gets a call from a parent protesting the “C” her child received on an assignment. “The parent argued every point in the essay, ”recalls the counselor, who soon realized why the mother was so disappointed about me grade. “It became apparent that she’d written it. ”

　 81.

In a survey, 90% of new teachers agreed that involving parents in their children’s education is a priority at their school, but only 25%described their experience working with parents as “very satisfying.” When asked to choose me biggest challenge they face, 31% of them quoted involving parents and communicating with them as their top choice. 73% of 　new teachers 　said too many parents treat schools and teachers as enemies.

　 82.

At a time when competition is rising and resources are limited, when battles over testing force schools to adjust their priorities, when cell phones and e-mail speed up the information flow and all kinds of private ghosts and public quarrels slip into the parent-teacher conference, it’s harder for both sides to step back and breathe deeply and look at the goals they share.

　 83

　　 Everyone says the parent-teacher conference should be pleasant, civilized, a kind of dialogue where parents and teachers build partnership. But what most teachers feel, and certainly what all parents feel, is anxiety and panic.

　 84.

When a teacher asks parents to be partners, he or she doesn't necessarily mean Mom or Dad should be camping in the classroom. Research shows that though students benefit modestly from having parents involved at school, what happens at home matters much more. According to research based on the National Education Longitudinal Study, a sample of nearly 25,000 eighth graders, among four main areas of parental involvement(home discussion, home supervision. school communication, and school participation), home discussion was the most strongly related

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(D)

　　 The “Bystander Apathy Effect” was first studied by researchers in New York after neighbours ignored-and in some cases turned up the volume on their TVs-the cries of a woman as she was murdered(over a half-hour period). With regard to helping those in difficulty generally, they found that:

(1) women are helped more than men;

(2) men help more than women;

(3) attractive women are helped more than unattractive women.

　　 Other factors relate to the number of people in the area, whether the person is thought to be in trouble through their own fault, and whether a person sees himself as being able to help.

　　 According to Adrian Furnham, Professor 0f University College, London, there are three reasons why we tend to stand by doing nothing:

(1) “Shifting of responsibility”一the more people there are, the less likely help is to be given. Each person excuses himself by thinking someone else will help, so that the more “other people’ there are, the greater the total shifting of responsibility.

(2) “'Fear of making a mistake'’一situations are often not clear. People think that those involved in an accident may know each other or it may be a joke, so a fear of embarrassment makes them keep themselves to themselves.

(3) “Fear of the consequences if attention is turned on you, and the person is violent.”

　　 Laurie Taylor, Professor of Sociology at London University, says: “In the experiments I’ve seen on intervention(介入), much depends on the neighborhood or setting. There is a silence on public transport which is hard to break. We are embarrassed to draw attention to something that is happening, while in a football match, people get involved, and a fight would easily follow. ”

　　 Psychotherapist Alan Dupuy identifies the importance of the individual: “The British as a whole have some difficulty intervening, but there are exceptional individuals in every group who are prepared to intervene, regardless of their own safety: These would be people with a strong moral code or religious ideals.”

76. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. Pretty women are more likely to be helped. 　　 B. People on a bus are more likely to stop a crime.

C. Religious people are more likely to look on. 　　 D. Criminals are more likely to harml women.

77. Which factor is NOT related with intervention according to me passage?

A. Sex.　　 　　　　　 B. Nationality.　　 　　　　　　　 C. Profession.　　 　　　　　　 D. Setting.

78. Which phenomenon call be described as the “Bystander Apathy Effect”?

A. When one is in trouble, people think it’s his own fault.

B. In a football match, people get involved in a fight.

C. Seeing a murder, people feel sorry that it should have happened.

D. On hearing a cry for help, people keep themselves to themselves.

79. The author wrote this article ______.

A. to explain why bystanders behave as they do　　 　　　 B. to urge people to stand out when in need

C. to criticize the selfishness of bystanders　　　　　　　　 D. to analyze the weakness of human nature

(B)

　　 Nervous suspects(嫌疑犯) locked up in Britain's newest police station may feel relieved by a pleasant yellow Colour on the door. If they are close to confessing a crime, the blue on the wall might tip the balance.

　　 Gwent Police have abandoned colours such as greys and browns of the 20th-century police cell(牢房) and have used colour psychology to decorate them.

　　 Ystrad Mynach station, which recently opened at a cost of￡5 million, has four cells with glass doors for prisoners who suffer from claustrophobia(幽闭恐怖症). Designers have painted the frames yellow, which researchers say is a calming colour. Other cells contain a royal blue line because psychologists believe that the colour is likely to encourage truthfulness.

　　 The station has 31 cells, including 12 with a “live scan” system for drunken or disturbed prisoners, which detects the rise and fall of their chest. An alarm alerts officers if a prisoner's breathing stops and carries on ringing until the door is opened.

　　 Designers and psychologists have worked for years on colour. Blue is said to suggest trust, efficiency, duty, logic, coolness, thinking and calm. It also suggests coldness and unfriendliness. It is thought that strong blues will stimulate clear thought and lighter, soft colours will calm the mind and aid concentration.

　　 Yellow is linked with confidence, self-respect and friendliness. Get the colour wrong and it could cause fear, depression and anxiety, but the right yellow can lift spirits and self-respect.

　　 Ingrid Collins, a psychologist who specializes in the effects of colour, said that colour was an “energy force”. She said: “Blue does enhance communication but I am not sure it would enhance truthful communication.”

　　 Yellow, she said, affected the mind. Red, on the other hand, should never be considered because it could increase aggression. Mrs Collins praised the designers for using colours in the cells. Gwent is not the first British force to experiment with colour to calm down or persuade prisoners to co-operate. In the 1990s Strathclyde Police used pink in cells based on research carried out by the US Navy.

69. The expression “tip the balance” in paragraph 1 probably indicates that the blue might ____.

A. let suspects keep their balance　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. help suspects to confess their crimes

C. make suspects cold and unfriendly in law court　　　　　　　 D. enable suspects to change their attitudes to colours

70. Which of the following colours should NOT be used in cells according to me passage?

A. Pink.　　 　　　　　　　　　 B. Yellow　　 　　　　　　　　　　 C. Blue.　　 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Red.

71. Which of the following helps alert officers if someone stops breathing?

A. Scanning equipment.　 B. Royal blue lines. 　　　　　　 C. Glass doors.　　 　　　　　 D. Yellow frames.

72. The passage is mainly concerned with ______

A. the relationship between colours and psychology　　 B. a comparison of different functions of colours

C. the use of colours in cells to affect criminals’ psychology

D. scientific ways to help criminals reform themselves in prison

73. The word “talion” in introducing the book Eye for an Eye is probably a concept of ______.

A. medicine　 　　　　　　　 B. trade　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. avenging　　 　　　　　　　　　 D. striving

74. The book entitled A History of Modern Indonesia has focus on _______.

A. 1andscapes and tourist attractions in Indonesia　　　　 B. its fourth largest population in the world

C. its relatively unfamiliar and understudied economy　 D. its social and political aspects in modern times

75. What do these books have in common?

A. Their authors are introduced in detail. 　　　　　　　　　 B. They all have a hard back and a paperback.

C. Each of them is commented by a professor.　　　　　　 D. They are published by the same publishing house.

Directions：　 Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them mere are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one mat fits best according to me information given in me passage you have just read.

(A)

　　 Cara Lang is 13. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts, in me U. S. Last Thursday, she didn't go to school. She went to work with her father instead. Every year, on the fourth Thursday in April, millions of young girls go work. This is Take Our Daughters to Work Day. The girls are between me ages of 9 and 15. They spend the day at work with an adult, usually a mother, father, aunt, or uncle. They go to offices, police stations, laboratories, and other places where their parents or other family members work. Next year, the day will include sons, too.

　　 The Ms. Foundation, an organization for women, started the program about ten years ago. In the U.S., many women work outside the home. The Ms. Foundation wanted girls to find out about many different kinds of jobs. Then, when the girls grow up, they can choose a job they like.

　　 Cara's father is a film director. Cara says, “It was very exciting for me to go to the studio with my dad. I saw a lot of people doing different jobs.” Many businesses have special activities for girls on this day. Last year, Cara went to work with her aunt at the University of Massachusetts. In the engineering department, the girls learned to build a bridge with toothpicks and Candy. In the chemistry department, they learned to use scales. They learned about many other kinds of jobs, too.

　　 Right now, Cara does not know what job she will have when she grows up. But because of Take Our Daughters to Work Day, she knows she h2Ls many choices.

65. What is Cara's father?

A. An engineer.　　 　　　　　　 B. An official.　　 　　　 C. A moviemaker.　　 D. A professor.

66. According to the passage, Take our Daughters to work Day is ______.

A. on every Thursday in April　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. a holiday for girls of all ages

C. a day for girls to know about jobs　　 　　　　　　　　　 D. a day for girls to get a job easily

67. On this special day, Cara has done all the following EXCEPT that ____.

A. she learned to use scales　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. she worked as an actress

C. she went to work with her aunt　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. she used toothpicks and Candy to build a bridge

68. What is probably the best title for the passage?

A. Cara Lang, a Fortunate Girl　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Take Our Daughters to Work Day

C. Children's Day and Work Day　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Ms. Foundation, an Organization for Women

(B)

　　 “When a customer enters my store, forget me. He is King, ’’said John Wanamaker, who in l876 turned an abandoned railway station in Philadelphia into one of me world’s first department stores. This revolutionary concept __55__ the face of retailing(零售业) and led to the development of advertising and marketing as we know it today.

But convincing as that slogan was, __56__ the shopper was cheated out of the crown. __57__ manufacturing efficiency increased the variety of goods and lowered prices, people still relied on advertisements to get most information about products. Through much of the past century, ads spoke to an audience restricted to just a few radio or television channels or a __58__number of publications. Now media choice, has __59__ too, and consumers select what they want from a far greater variety of sources-especially with a few clicks of a computer mouse. __60__ the internet, the consumer is finally seizing power.

As our survey shows, __61__ has great implications for companies, because it is changing the　 way　 the　 world　 shops.　 Many　 firms　 already　 claim　 to　 be　 “customer-driven” or “consumer-centred”. Now their __62__ will be tested as never before. Taking advantage of shoppers’ __63__ will no longer be possible: people will know-and soon tell others, even those without the internet-that prices in the next town are cheaper or that certain goods are inferior. The internet is working wonders in __64__ standards. Good and Good and honest firms should benefit most.

55. A. changed 　　　　　　　　　 B. maintained　　　　　　　　 C. restored　　 　　　　　　 D. rescued

56. A. in time　　　　　　　　　　　 B. in truth 　　　　　　　　　 C. in case　　 　　　　　　　　　　 D. in theory

57. A. Just as　　　　　　　　　　　 B. The moment　　　　　　 C. If　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Although

58. A. 1imited　　　　　　　　　　　 B. minimum 　　　　　　　　 C. sufficient　　 　　　　　 D. great

59. A. disappeared　　　　　　　　 B. existed 　　　　　　　　　　 C. exploded　　 　　　　　 D. survived

60. A. According to 　　　　　　 B. Thanks to　　　　　　　　 C. But for　　 　　　　　　　 D. Apart from

61. A. consumer power　　　　 B. product quality　　　　　 C. purchasing habit　　　　 D. manufacturing efficiency

62. A. information　　　　　　　　 B. investment　　　　　　　　 C. claims　　　　　　　　　　　 D. shops

63. A. generosity　　　　　　　　　 B. knowledge　　　　　　　　 C. curiosity　　　　　　　　　 D. ignorance

64. A. raising 　　　　　　　　　　　 B. lowering　　　　　　　　　 C. abandoning　　　　　　　 D. carrying

Directions: 　For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

(A)

　　 Several years ago, well-known writer and editor Norman Cousins became very ill. His body ached and he felt constantly tired. It was difficult for him to even __45__ around. His doctor told him that he would lose the ability to move and eventually die from the disease. He was told he had only a 1 in 500 chance of survival.

　　 __46__ the diagnosis(诊断), Cousins was determined to overcome the disease and survive. He had always been interested in medicine and had read a book, which discussed the idea of how body chemistry and health can be damaged by emotional stress and negative __47__. The book made Cousins think about the possible __48__ of positive attitudes and emotions. He thought, “Is it possible that love, hope, faith, laughter, confidence, and the __49__ to 1ive have positive treatment value?”

　　 He decided to concentrate on positive emotions as a way to treat some of the symptoms of his disease. In addition to his traditional medical treatment, he tried to put himself in situations that would __50__ positive emotions. “Laugh therapy” became part of his treatment. He __51__ time each day for watching comedy films, reading humorous books, and doing other activities that would draw out __52__ emotions. Within eight days of starting his ‘‘laugh therapy” program his pain began to __53__ and he was able to sleep more easily. He was able to return to work in a few months’ time and __54__ reached complete recovery after a few years.

45. A. run 　　　　　　　　　 B. pass　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. move　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. travel

46. A. Besides　　　　　　　 B. Despite 　　　　　　　　　 C. Without 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Beyond

47. A. attitudes 　　　　　　 B. beliefs　　　　　　　　　　　 C. goals 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. positions

48. A. shortcoming　　　　 B. harm　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. benefit　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. interest

49. A. emotion　　　　　　　　　　 B. pain 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. fear　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. will

50. A. bring about　　　　　 B. set about 　　　　　　　　 C. put up　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. make up

51. A. afforded　　　　　　　 B. appointed　　　　　　　　　 C. offered 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. arranged

52. A. positive　　　　　　　 B. approving　　　　　　　　 C. strong　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. mixed

53. A. escape　　　　　　　　 B. decrease　　　　　　　　　 C. shrink　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. end

54. A. generally　　　　　　 B. especially　　　　　　　　　 C. actually　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. presently

44. I hope I will not be called on in class as I’m not yet _______ prepared.

A. attentively　　　　　 　　 B. readily　　 　　　　　　　　　　　 C. actively　　 　　　　　　 D. adequately

43. Try not to start every sentence with “the”. _____ the beginnings of your sentences.

A. Vary　　 　　 　　　　　　　 B. Decorate　　 　　　　　　　　　 C. Form　　 　　　　　　　　 D. Describe

42. When Jane began to take swimming lessons, her main _____ was the fear of water.

A. evidence　　 　　　　　　 B. crisis　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. obstacle　　 　　　　　　 D. danger

41. You can see the stars on a clear night, but in the daytime they are _____.

A. unavoidable　　 　　　　 B. invisible　　 　　　　　　　　　　 C. inaccessible　　 　　　　　　　 D. unavailable