5. lawyer 9　　　　　　 6. emergency services worker 7　　　　　　 7. medicine 6

1. sports star 12　　　　 2 .pop star 11　　　　　 3. actor 11　　　　 4. astronaut 9

60.The best title for article should be _______.

A. Kids F.A.C.E. and Kids Yard---two environmental organization

B. A 9-year-old girl and her Kids F.A.C.E

C. Protect nature, let’s act!

D. Protect the environment, should we wait?

B

When their parents were children, they imagined a future standing in front of a class of pupils or doing the rounds (巡诊) as a doctor.

　 But today’s British teenagers, a survey suggests, seem to have set their sights only on becoming the next Leona Lewis or Wayne Rooney.

　 Researchers questioned 3,000 teenagers about their ambitions and also asked parents about their youthful career hopes.

　 According to the survey, youngsters dream of a celebrity (明星) lifestyle, perhaps after finding fame through shows such as the X Factor, and of being actors or sports stars.

　 Copying the likes of Rooney and David Beckham was the top career ambition of today’s teenagers, cited (说到) by 12 percent.

　 Almost as many, 11 percent, wanted to be pop stars, and the same proportion (比例) dreamed of being actors.

　 The success of celebrity chefs such as Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay is likely to explain why becoming a chef is now the dream of 5 percent, a career ambition which did not figure in the list of 25 years ago.

　 A quarter of a century back teaching was the top career choice, cited by 15 percent. These days the job is chosen by only 4 percent.

　 Of the traditional professions (职业), only law has risen in popularity.

　 The survey also suggests that more girls dream of becoming doctors and boys want careers as astronauts (宇航员) or firefighters.

　 Child psychologist (心理学家) Laverne Antrobus said the findings reflect today's celebrity culture and warned children against unrealistic dreams.

　 “Children see footballers, pop stars and actors on TV and their lives look exciting, glamorous (光鲜的) and fun,” she said. “It is hard for them to realize that they are the end product of a lot of ingredients including talent, determination and years of hard work. Wayne Rooney is not on the pitch (球场) by chance.”

　 As Antrobus pointed out, there is absolutely nothing wrong with children having big dreams, but “these have to be based on reality,” she said.

　 UK career ambitions of two generations

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59. Which of the following can be inferred from the text?

A. Adults are resource-sucking people.

B. Poe sought help from a youth organization.

C. Kids F.A.C.E members are from the USA.

D. Kids are urged to save natural resources.

58. Kid’s Yards is _______.

A. established in a national park

B. started to protect wildlife

C. a wildlife-rasing project

D. an entertainment park for kids

57. What can we learn about Poe?

A. She was awarded a prize in Brazil.

B. She donated billboards across the country.

C. She got positive responses for her efforts.

D. She joined the National Park Service.

56. Kids F.A.C.E is _______.

A. a program to help students with writng.

B. a project of litter recycling.

C. a campaign launched by President Bush.

D. a club of environmental protection.

47. A. exciting　　 B. astonishing　 C. encouraging　 　　 D. outstanding

Section C (12 points)

　Directions: Complete the following passage using the word or phrase that best fits the context.

　　 Plants can't communicate by moving or making sounds, as most animals do. _48_ , plants produce volatile compounds, chemicals that easily change from a liquid _49_ a gas. A flower's sweet smell, for example, comes from volatile compounds that the _50_ produces to attract insects such as bugs and bees.

Plants can also detect volatile compounds produced by other plants. A tree under attack _51_ hungry insects, for instance, may give off volatile compounds that let _52_ trees know about the attack. In response, the other trees may send off chemicals to keep the bugs away - or even chemicals _53_ attract the bugs' natural enemies.

Now scientists have created a quick way to understand what plants are saying: a chemical sensor (传感器) called _54_ electronic nose. The "e-nose" can tell compounds that crop plants make when they're attacked. Scientists say the e-nose could help quickly figure out _55_ plants are being eaten by insects. But today the only way to detect such insects is to visually inspect individual plants.

　Reading comprehension (40 points)

Section A (30 points)

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

A

Melissa Poe was 9 years old when she began a campaign for a cleaner environment by writing a letter to the then President Bush. Through her own efforts, her letter was reproduced on over 250 donated billboards(广告牌) across the country.

The response to her request for help was so huge that Poe established Kids FOR A Cleaner Environment ( Kids F.A.C. E.) in 1989. There are now 300,000 memberd of Kids F.A.C.E. worldwide and it is the world’s largest youth environmental organization.

Poe has asked the National Park Service to carry out a “Children’s Forest” project in every national park. In 1992, she was invited as only six children in the world to speak at the Earth Summit in Brazil as part of the Voice of the Future Program. In 1993, she was given a Caring Award for her efforts by the Caring Institute.

Since the organization started, Kids F.A.C.E. members have ditributed and planted over 1 million trees! Ongoing tree-planting projects include Kid’s Yard--- the creation of backyard wildlife habitats(栖息地)---and now Kids F.A.C.E is involved in the exciting Earth Odyssey, which is a great way to start helping.

“Starting the club turned out to be a way to help people get involved with the environment. Club members started doing things like recycling, picking up litter and planting trees as well as inviting other kids to join their club.”

“We are trying to tell kids that it’s not OK to be lazy,” she explains. “ You need to start being a responsible, environmentally friendly person now, right away, before you become a resource-sucking adult.”

46. A. Unhappily　 B. Obviously　 C. Normally　　 　　　 D. Gradually

45. A. other　　　 B. yourself　　 C. your family　 　　 D. the presents